GENERAL STUDIES

PROJECT WORK
Prepared By : Suraj Chand
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SOCIAL ILLS THAT AIL THE INDIAN SOCIETY

1. Overpopulation
2. Economic Issues

2.1 Poverty

2.2 Sanitation
2.3 Corruption

3. Violence

3.1 Religious violence

3.2 Terrorism
3.3 Naxalite Maoist insurgency
3.4 Caste related violence

OVERPOPULATION
THE POPULATION OF INDIA IS AN ESTIMATED 1.27 BILLION.
INDIA RANKS SECOND IN POPULATION, IT RANKS 33 IN POPULATION DENSITY.
INDIRA GANDHI, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, HAD IMPLEMENTED A FORCED
STERILIZATION PROGRAM IN THE EARLY 1970S BUT THE PROGRAM FAILED.

POVERTY

IN 2013, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT STATED 21.9% OF ITS POPULATION IS BELOW ITS OFFICIAL POVERTY
LIMIT.

THE WORLD BANK, IN 2010 BASED ON 2005'S PPPS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON PROGRAM,[5]
ESTIMATED 32.7% OF INDIAN POPULATION, OR ABOUT 400 MILLION PEOPLE, LIVED BELOW $1.25 PER
DAY ON PURCHASING POWER PARITY BASIS.

ACCORDING TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, AN ESTIMATED 29.8% OF INDIANS LIVED

BELOW POVERTY LINE IN 2009-2010.