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Demographic Transitions - "Comparison between China & India"

In the 1970s, China launched the "later, longer, fewer" campaign {later marriage and age at first birth, longer inter-birth intervals, and fewer births (i.e., 2 in the cities and 3 in the countryside)}. This evolved into the adoption in 1980 of the one-child policy, which encouraged and very often required couples to have only one child (though the policy was less rigorous in rural areas and among ethnic minorities). The campaign and policy propelled the sharp decline in fertility that began in the 1970s. But in case of India, there was no forceful policies to reduce the fertility rate, instead India adopted awareness campaigns (such as "Hum Do Humare Do") to make aware its population about the problem of over population and so India has seen a gradual reduction in the fertility rate.

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* Contributed by: -
Manvendra Pratap Singh & Vishal Narlawar,
MBA (majoring in Marketing),
ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad.