A Thought On World Population Day

Today is World population Day, 

A day recognised by the world to ponder over the boons and banes of ever increasing population in many countries and near stagnation or reverse growth in some. 

As any other issue on world forum, this issue also has its own Indian context which is unique to us.

We face both, the scarcities due to the increasing no. of people claiming the limited (till we invent/ discover/ innovate a paradigm shifting technology) resources as well as a potential in form of Human Capital, The Demographic Dividend.

The more we think of it the more it challenges us. The dimensions keep on increasing, (talking of Limited Resources and the claiming population), in terms of Quality of Resources, New Inventions / Technologies for a paradigm shift in usage of resources, efficiency improvement etc.

If we talk of Demographic Dividend too, there are dimensions of Quality of Human Capital and the kind of Growth opportunity we can provide to the youth, or whether the youth in Lack of proper direction will succumb to the need of putting their energy to use in baneful pretexts.

The need for a prelude in the right direction and right training has increased in the present crisis of economies in countries. We ourselves are facing weakening of Currency, increasing CAD and Fiscal Deficits with repayments due soon. If we agree that our great no. is our strength, we must also agree that these no. should represent a Vision and not Chaos. Critically viewing its just the different way of putting the Glass half full or Half empty analogy, but has much greater implications than can be imagined.

Not only the youth, another face of Demographic Dividend is our numbers in various countries creating a space of their own and having an Impact on International Issues. We need to ask ourselves a few questions today. Have we done enough to bring technological changes? Have we given emphasis to the efficiency improvements and innovations? Have we thought well and planned good for the future considering the ecological constraint we may have? Have we given the right direction to the numbers that we are?

But, the broader question remains and subsumes all, Do we have a Vision of where we see ourselves five years from now?

@ Worth pondering.