Globally, overpopulation is becoming a growing source of concern. It refers to population expansion in a single place when the area becomes overcrowded, exceeding its natural capacity. A visit to India triggers in mind when overpopulation is mentioned as a global social problem. India has a yearly population growth change of over 0.99%, increasing the density per kilometer to 464 people. Overpopulation brings about poverty and an increase in the sizes of slams which results in an increase in diseases and an increased birth rate. The poverty rate in India, according to 2021 statistics, is that 68.8% are poor, 30% of them earning a daily salary of 1.25$; this makes India among the poorest countries in the world. Due to overpopulation, India has encountered many challenges: high infant mortality, malnutrition, child labor, lack of education, child marriage, HIV and AIDs.
A solution to all these struggles can begin with a huge sacrifice from the Indian government, an introduction of a disease that only kills a range of 55 years and above and improves the health of young people. The death of the aged reduces the population by 10.2% of the total population. This solution will create employment opportunities for the youths since they will replace the old job market and get creative by developing furnaces to burn the dead.
Reasons why the solution will work:
- The aged population has little to offer to the country’s economy.
- Employment to the youth reduces poverty.
- Youths are more productive to the economy than the old.
- The government will not need to give money for welfare payments to the aged.