CAPF AC Argument: Large population of India is more of a bane than a boon

By Dhruv Kumar|Updated : June 6th, 2020

UPSC CAPF(AC) is one of the ways to join the Armed Police Forces of India as an officer. The exam is divided into four phases, including written, physical, medical and interview. The written exam is also divided into two Paper, Paper 1:General Ability and Intelligence (objective) and Paper 2:General Studies, Essay and Comprehension(Subjective)

In this article, we will discuss the Argument Part of Paper 2.There are two arguments asked in Paper 2 of CAPF(AC), each of 20 marks. In this section, you are typically asked to write on an issue or topic in both favour and against. Argument writing requires clear, logical thinking and the know-how to appeal to readers' needs.

It is one of the easiest parts to fetch maximum marks. The questions generally range from current affairs to social issues.

The large population of India is more of a bane than a boon

For

  • The increase in population puts pressure on the several resources that we have. This leads to the overall shortage of inland, jobs, capital, housing, and health services.
  • The rapid population explosion has led to the overexploitation of the natural resources and degradation of the environment.
  • Environment degradation has resulted in many natural calamities that rarely happened earlier. It has also fastened global warming. Human actions are increasing it, even more, deteriorating the situation.
  • For a huge population, it becomes more difficult to provide the facilities so basic such as water, health etc. Even if provided somehow, then the quality of the facilities decreases.
  • For feeding a large population, we need more production of food.  Even though new techniques of agriculture have to manifold our productions many times, there is still malnutrition reported in the developing and poor countries.
  • Poverty is one of the reasons why people couldn’t get enough resources for themselves. Not having enough money takes a considerable toll on the availability of services.
  • When the population is large, there are employment issues. Many people have the necessary qualifications, but there are not enough jobs for them.
  • Many people turn towards the illegal activities due to unemployment and poverty, which leads to the waste of manpower, both in illegal activities and in keeping these in check.
  • Population explosion ultimately leads to a decrease in per-capita income and standard of living of the people.
  • A large population makes efficient management a burdensome task. If not managed properly, achieving sustainable development would become a dream for us.

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Against

  • Population growth provides us with a more number of the working population, which is needed nowadays for speed progress.
  • India’s population is termed as a young population as the average age of the Indian population is around 25-26 years, which is considered a productive age. This kind of population can help the economy to grow.
  • Greater population means more consumers for industries. So many industries focus on the countries having a large population to sell their products. This leads to competition and eventually fall in the prices of many things.
  • The larger population provides great manpower. If this manpower is utilized efficiently in different sectors, it can lead the country towards prosperity.
  • Population explosion also provides us with people of multiple talents in the fields such as sports, music, art etc. If a country invests well on human resources and provides enough opportunities to the people, it can come up with a vast pool of talented people.
  • If the number of the working population is greater than kids and elders, they can support them. This will reduce the dependency rate. As the dependency rate decreases, savings will increase, so are the investments. This will result in a hike in productivity, which will ultimately help the economy grow.
  • In the European countries which have been experiencing zero or negative population growth, people are offered incentives to encourage them to have more children in order to increase their population as their economy is in shambles. This shows that we can not overlook the potential of a big number.

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Conclusion:-

While the population explosion can give us many opportunities for development, it also takes a toll on our resources. This results in the degradation of the quality of living. The quality of an undernourished, poverty-stricken, unhealthy but big society is definitely lower than a smaller but healthy, educated, economically secured, and well-employed society.

The population can be our strength only when we have resources and power to feed, provide the basic facilities, health care and jobs. This will mould them into an asset. But in reality, we don’t have the necessary resources to do this. So we must put our efforts into the prevention of further increase of the population. We need to strike a balance between quality and quantity.

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