One Child Policy of China
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CHINA ABANDONED ITS ONE CHILD POLICY China has officially abandoned its One Child Policy amid deepening demographic crisis of shrinking workforce and aging population in the world’s second largest economy. The new law allows couples to have two children from January 1, 2015 and marks the ending its over three decades old One Child Policy. www.drshakyacurrentaffai rs.com
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CHINA ABANDONED ITS ONE CHILD POLICY China has officially abandoned its One Child Policy amid
deepening demographic crisis of shrinking workforce and aging population in the world’s second largest economy.
The new law allows couples to have two children from January 1, 2015 and marks the ending its over three
decades old One Child Policy.
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During the 1940’s the Chinese government encouraged people to have large families, to gain military strength and for the people to help with agricultural production led to OVERPOPULATION
in china.
During the 1950’s and 1960’s the Chinese government tried to address the problem by encouraging people to have fewer
children. And then the average family sizes fell from 5 Children per family to 3 Children.
However, this still wasn’t enough as the population was still growing at a rapid rate. China introduced the ONE CHILD POLICY In 1978.
WHY ONE CHILD POLICY ?
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Details of Policy?
This forced policy was introduced in 1978 and was implemented since 1980 in order to curb/control the population
and limit demands for water and other resources.
Aim of Policy:
Its main aim was to rein in population growth in order to alleviate social,
economic and environmental problems in China.
The controversial policy had restricted most of Chinese couples to only a single
offspring and prevented over 400 million births in over 3 decade span.
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CRITICISM: Serious human rights violations - including forced abortions Unethical practices
Debated that it has resulted in China’s economic boom.
Gender imbalance -- due to forced sterilizations, infanticide and sex-selective abortions
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CRITICISM:
Aging population --- More expenditure on healthcare Stress on pocket/Exchequer
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Shrinking workforce Low working population High dependency rate Bad for ECONOMY
ONE FINAL QUESTION
Should India have one child policy ?
‘Hum Do, Hamara Ek’?
The answer is NO.
Recent population policies in India focus on the advancement of women economically, academically and socially, as independent women are more likely to have small families and concentrate on her career.
India has also seen its birth rate plummet over a generation. From a TFR of 6.3 in1960, it has fallen to 2.3 now.
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