Module 6: Population of India
  Lecture 19: Trends in Death and Birth Rates
 

India has had ambitious economic plans and declarations in the part of political leaders that India is fast catching up with the West. This created fast rising aspirations among the masses. The country has also made progress in many fronts. It has made progress by large investments (not always fair for a poor country) partly by internal mobilization and partly by borrowings and, yet, the reality is that it's not possible for India to catch up with the Western countries. Over the years development has produced more inequalities: between regions, males and females, social classes, urban and rural areas and the rich and the poor. The gap between those working in organized sectors mostly in big cities, and those working in unorganized sectors in small towns and villages is significant. The result is the widespread discontent and anarchy.