NATS 1840 Chapter 10: 10.4-India and China
Document Summary
World first family planning program began in india in 1952 when population was nearly. Nearly half of india"s population is unemployed. Half of the countries crop is degraded. Poor results of family planning because of inefficiency,bureaucracy, low status of women, poverty, no administrative and financial support. Fertility rate from 5. 7 to 1. 6 children per woman. Since 1970 china has used a government enforced program to cut its birth rate in half. Couple who had one child received benefits. Couples who had more than one child lost benefits and faced fines. China has 19% of the world"s population.