India's Quest For Population Stabilisation

This book traces the evolution of population policies, both implicit and explicit, ever since India became free in 1947. It wades through numerous reports and unpublished documents of relevance, sorts these out and presents in a cogent manner the material for easy access for the reader. It also discusses the expansion of demographic database in India and problems of population research. Above all, it discusses critical issues of population and development, like the growing North-South demographic disparity and the spread of female foeticide in India. Scholars as well as planners and policy makers in the field of population and development should find this book indispensable.

Ashish Bose (1930-2014), Ph.D. retired as Head of the Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi. He also served Honorary (Emeritus) Professor at IEG. In 1990, he was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship. He wrote and edited over 20 books including From Population to People. In 1986 he was a member of the National Commission on Urbanisation (NCU) appointed by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. As the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of NCU, he produced a series of reports on urbanisation. He was Chairman of the Expert Group for analysing 2001 ensus data on religion, appointed by the National Commission for Minorities.

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