Population   India possesses 2.4 per cent of the total land area of the world but it has to support about 17.5 per cent of the total world population India added 181 million to its population since 2001, slightly lower than the population of Brazil. We can’t afford such increase in population.             Half a century later, the birth rate has been halved, but the massive population is still the number...

Illiteracy: A Bane             After six decades of independence we are still too far away from the universal literacy. What is the reason? Why have we come to such a sorry state? Reason can be well enumerated; improper planning, poor implementation of policies, lack of infrastructure and lack of political will are the main causes responsible for such state of affairs.             If seen statistically, literacy in India has made remarkable...