POPULATION EDUCATION
Subodh Verma
Ghaziabad, India
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It is universally concepted that the progress of a nation and that of the family depends upon small families. Most of the developing and least developed countries have large families with the result that they are facing the problems of inadequate food, nutrition, clothing and shelter etc. Promoting Small Family for Better Living: Population control programmes must be universally accepted in the interest of the family and the nation. The aim of this population control is not merely to cut down population, but to create conditions in which there can be happier families in which parents are able to give their families the care which is their due. The aim of the family planning is to make family life and the life of children happier richer, more contented more prosperous and more progressive. It is to usher a new social order. We want our children to inherit a better world than our own. We should, therefore realize that family size is controllable and that it can facilitate the development of higher quality of life in the nation and that a small family size can contribute to the quality of living for the individual family.
Keywords:
population; small family; family planning
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