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Case Study- Formative Assessment- III (EV-3) (2020-2021)

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Case Study- Formative Assessment- III (EV-3) (2020-2021)

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Grade: 8
Marks: 15
Chapter: Human Resources
Topic: Impact of population on India’s economy
Type: Individual Activity
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the impact of overpopulation on India’s economy
Competence: Problem Solving
MIP Pillar: My Community and My Language

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Question1- Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income? Support your answer with appropriate evidences.                                            

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Question1- Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income? Support your answer with appropriate evidences.                                            

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The relationship between population growth and growth of economic output has been studied extensively . Many analysts believe that economic growth in high-income countries is likely to be relatively slow in coming years in part because population growth in these countries is predicted to slow considerably . Others argue that population growth has been and will continue to be problematic as more people inevitably use more of the finite resources available on earth, thereby reducing long-term potential growth . Population growth affects many phenomena such as the age structure of a country’s population, international migration, economic inequality, and the size of a country’s work force. These factors both affect and are affected by overall economic growth.

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Question2- Is population growth good or bad for economic development? Justify your answer.

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Question2- Is population growth good or bad for economic development? Justify your answer.

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There are several reasons why population growth in developing countries is today a greater economic burden than it once was in today's developed countries:

Population growth is now much more rapid. In industrializing Europe it seldom exceeded 1.5 percent a year, compared with the 2 to 4 percent that most developing countries have averaged since World War II.

Unlike nineteenth century Europe, large-scale emigration from today's developing countries is not possible.

Compared with Europe, Japan, and North America in their periods of fastest population growth, income in developing countries is still low, human and physical capital are less built up, and in some countries political and social institutions are less well established.

Many developing countries whose economies are still largely dependent on agriculture can no longer draw on large tracts of unused land.

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Question3- Population is rising at an alarming rate in India making overpopulation an urgent and important issue. Give reason.

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Question3- Population is rising at an alarming rate in India making overpopulation an urgent and important issue. Give reason.

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The two main common causes leading to over population in India are: The birth rate is still higher than the death rate. We have been successful in declining the death rates but the same cannot be said for birth rates.
Prime Minister Modi emphasized that population explosion in the country has and will create various problems for the coming generations. There is a need for social awareness in the country. This article is a small initiative to emphasize the impact of overpopulation in India on world population day which falls on July 11.
Scientists suggest that the overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of technology, has pushed the planet into a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene.
With the advancement of science and technology, the mortality rate among humans has reduced significantly and within the last two centuries the population has increased manifolds.

Human resource is the biggest asset but it is becoming a liability to our nation. According to the 1941 census of India, the population of India was nearly 31 crore which since then has increased more than four times since independence. The current population is estimated to be 138 crore. The surface area of Indian land is 2.4 per cent but the Indian population is 18 per cent of the world population. India is the second most populous nation in the world after China.

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indian population in comparision to china

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Question4- Per capita income is not enough for measuring economic development? Do you agree or not?

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Question4- Per capita income is not enough for measuring economic development? Do you agree or not?

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Yes, is agree per capita is not enough for measuring economic development.
Per capita income is an average and this average may not represent the standard of living of the people, if the increased national income goes to the few rich instead of giving to the many poor. Thus unless national income is evenly distributed, per capita income cannot serve as a satisfactory indicator of development.
Per Capita Income as a Growth Indicator : Dividing GDP/GNP by the total population one gets per capita GDP/GNP. Conventionally, per capita income is used as an index of development. Economic development involves something more than economic growth.

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Question5- Use your creativity and draw a poster to show how overpopulation affected Indian economy.

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Question5- Use your creativity and draw a poster to show how overpopulation affected Indian economy.