Population Growth

No longer the city of gardens! How we can stop our cities and towns from going the Bangalore way

Currently, only 30 per cent of India’s wastewater is recycled. This is alarming for a country that is going to face the twin wrath of growing population and climate change

Extreme heat in big cities due to population growth, global warming makes it unbeneficial for the poor to move

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was the worst-affected city, seeing an increase of 575 million person-days of extreme heat over the study period.

Citizenship Amendment Act: BJP chasing ghosts in Assam; Census data shows number of Hindu immigrants may have been exaggerated

The BJP's goal of cultivating the support of a large chunk of Bengali Hindus in Assam using the the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 could very well be based on misconceptions if the available Census data is taken into account

On 73rd Independence Day, Narendra Modi advocates population control, says keeping one's family small is an act of patriotism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed concern over "population explosion" in the country, saying it causes innumerable challenges for the coming generations and asserted that the central and state governments should launch measures to deal with the issue

Economic Survey 2019 says India needs to raise retirement age as country set to witness sharp slowdown in population growth

Sounding a note of caution, the Economic Survey Thursday said India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth over the next two decades

China's population set to go on path of 'unstoppable decline' from 2030, says government report

China's population is expected to fall back to 1.36 billion by the middle of the 21st century, which could mean a considerable decline in the workforce.

BJP bets on citizenship bill to make inroads in Assam, West Bengal as TMC's 'U-turn' leaves legislation up in air

The BJP has an opportunity to get cosier with Bengali Hindus, many of whom are eagerly waiting for the bill to become a law.

India's population growth rate highly overestimated, inclusion of diversity can help with its accuracy: Austrian study

India's population growth rate is highly overestimated by existing models, say scientists who suggest that accounting for the diversity and differences in the levels of education among people can help arrive at more accurate projections.

1971 vs 2011: Time to question governments specifying census year for finance commissions

The terms of reference (ToR)of the first six Finance Commissions did not make any mention of population data at all.

BJP leaders cite growing Muslim population as threat to India; facts don't back their claims

As two elected representatives of the BJP, including a union minister, cite rising Muslim population as a threat to India, the facts reveal otherwise.