Fertility Transition in India: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

The rapid rate of population growth in India is adversely affecting every sector of its economic and social development and the country seems to be in the grip of the vicious circle of economic backwardness-high rate of population growth more economic backwardness. The unprecedented rate of population growth in India has been caused due to the drastic decline in mortality without being accompanied with the commensurate decline in fertility after 1950. The ultimate solution to the growing population therefore, lies in the control of fertility.