Modi Pushes for Population Control

Population control is back on the agenda of the present Indian government of Narendra Modi. In his 15th August Indian Independence Day speech prime minister Modi put his government’s focus back on population issue, and he went as far as to say that,

But there is a vigilant section of the public which stops to think, before bringing a child to the world, whether they can do justice to the child, give them all that she or he wants,” he continued. “They have a small family and express their patriotism to the country. Let’s learn from them. There is a need for social awareness. Those who follow the policy of small family also contribute to the development of the nation, it is also a form of patriotism.

So is Indian population really a problem like what Modi is terming it to be?

The French Liberal economist J B. Say had a lot to say about the issue of population.  In his masterpiece ‘A Treatise on Political Economy‘ Book II, Ch. XI, OF THE MODE IN WHICH THE QUANTITY OF THE PRODUCT AFFECTS POPULATION Say discussed the major principles of population growth. What he said there is very relevant for the present discussion of Modi terming Indian population as a big concern. Here is what Say said about the determinants of population, and I quote:

…and it may be laid down as a general maxim, that the population of a state is always proportionate to the sum of its production in every kind.

In one line – which he logically builds up in this chapter – he exposed the whole Malthusian population theory that population growth will outstrip food production! He further discussed other implications of that maxim, and I quote:

…It appears to me, however, that one very natural consequence, deducible from this maxim, has escaped their observation; which is, that nothing can permanently increase population, except the encouragement and advance of production; and that nothing can occasion its permanent diminution, but such circumstances as attack production in its sources.

That is the key principle to understand India’s population issue. Population growth in India is not a problem at all because it has only increased due to prior increased production of consumer goods. And, it will only decline if somehow this production will decline. Why the production will decline? Say has the answer. As Say discussed further, lo and behold, governments are responsible for the decline in production. Here is say again,

… But though such temporary calamities are more afflicting to humanity than hurtful to the population of nations, far other is the effect of a vicious government, acting upon a bad system of political economy. This latter attacks the very principle of population, by drying up the sources of production; and since the numbers of mankind, as before seen, always approach nearly to the utmost limits the annual revenue of the nation will admit of, if the government reduce that revenue by the pressure of intolerable taxation, forcing the subject to sacrifice part of his capital, and consequently diminishing the aggregate means of subsistence and reproduction possessed by the community, such a government not only imposes a preventive check on further procreation, but may be fairly said to commit downright murder; for nothing so effectually thins the effective ranks of mankind, as privation of the means of subsistence.

And downright ‘murder’ is what every government commits. Politicians are criminal murderers. Rothbard famously said, the state is a gang of criminals, writ large.

India’s population rose rapidly because the means of survival were available first. And the production of means of survival primarily went up because of the use of Western technology as investment advisor Jayant Bhandari has said:

India economic growth, which began in the early 1990s, came about not so much because of so-called liberalization, but because cheap telephony and internet “force-fed” technology into the country, as it did to the rest of the Third World. That benefit has now been used up.

And as he mentioned, that advantage is now being exhausted. The low hanging fruits are all gone. The present Indian population is not capable of dealing with any modern technologies like the Artificial Intelligence. Cap Gemini India CEO Srinivas Kandula said,

a majority of the workforce cannot imbibe the required emerging skill-sets in the IT industry.

The latest Mohandas Pai report revealed the reality of Indian population,

India no longer enjoys the advantage of demographic dividend as it’s saddled with crores of youngsters with low skills unsuited to the economy.

So, as Say said and as the evidence suggests, India’s population number is not a problem. The problem is its quality i.e., low productivity. The problem is that this population has become a liability instead of asset. And for that we can only blame government’s various policies of centrally planning and either outright controlling or heavily regulating everything under the sun.

On one side Modi is showing concern for the population issue, but on the other side he himself is very busy in killing the economy – i.e., production and finally people –  since he came to power in 2014. His draconian measures like the demonetization and GST have killed the Indian economy. His government is busy in wasting resources on a gigantic scale. He is busy destroying every Indian institution, like the RBI, CBI, Educational Institutions, Judiciary and finally the Constitution itself, that made the modern India and allowed its production and population to rise. Unemployment in his reign has gone 45 year high. India has slipped from 5th to 7th place in the global GDP ranking. He has ignited the Kashmir issue again which will haunt us for decades. I think this is his indirect way of controlling the Indian population! As Say said, once Modi kills the production, population will die of hunger.

Say also exposed the uselessness of Indian government’s family planning programs of controlling population and Modi’s recent attacks on population. He gave a better alternative. Here is Say again:

…Some parts of India and of China are oppressed with population, and with misery also; but their condition would be nowise improved by thinning its numbers, at least if it were brought about by a diminution of the aggregate product. Instead of reducing the numbers of the population, it were far more desirable to augment the gross product; which may always be effected by superior individual activity, industry, and frugality, and the better administration, that is to say, the less frequent interference of public authority.

Thus, Modi should stop worrying about the Indian population. He should better keep his own house in order. Instead of thinking actively about population control, it is much better if Modi government got out of peoples’ way and left them alone to manage their numbers and affairs.

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  1. SAMIR SARDANA says:

    Chaiwala is in his infra paradise boom !

    What Indian economists do not understand – as they have no industry,business, entrepreneurship, finance,mining or mercantile experience – let alone skills

    The GDP growth in India is Infra led ! So the sales of steel,cement,capital goods, and infra labour is OVER.

    So the key issue is “WHAT INCREMENTAL SALES OR VALUE CAN THE INDIAN RACE GENERATE FROM THIS INFRA

    It is the Magic Number of Genesis – ZERO – THEN THERE WAS NONE !

    Chaiwala says new connectivity will get products to areas where they could not reach – to create new demand,or make the users rise up,the consumption curve.BULLSHIT ! As the humans in the new markets have no cash (DEMO),no money,no jobs, no business

    Chaiwala says that the farmers will get access to markets.BULLSHIT.As the farmers will reach the metros and vice versa,but there will be a 1 time gain for farmers – as there will be a supply glut and traders whose biggest issue was logistics – will get the benefit.But that is ALSO BULL – as farming in India is NOT VIABLE – which means that 500 million people will have declining purchase power,and the only use of the bridges,is for the farmers to hang therefrom.

    Chaiwala’s infra will AID THE RICH AND MONEYED CLASS TO MAKE MORE PROFITS – AS THE BIGGEST LACUNAE IN THEIR RAPACIOUS PLANS, WAS LOGISTICS !

    Chaiwala says Indian Infra will aid the Indian Industry to reduce costs.That is correct.But those with scale will save the most – and so,SME is history.Logistics costs are a part of materials and distribution costs,but a SME needs much more than this to be viable – in terms of finance,economies of scale,power etc – WHICH IS WHAT the SMEs,do NOT have – and which is what,the LARGE CORPORATES HAVE.

    REDUCTION IN COSTS IS NOT THE SAME AS INCREMENTA L GDP. INCREMENTAL GDP WILL COME FROM INCREMENTAL DEMAND – WHICH NEEDS INCREMENTAL PURCHASING POWER,AND PEOPLE HAVE NO MONEY ! SO THE NEXT STEP,IS TO TRANSFR FUNDS,TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE,IN JANDHAN ! ALL TO GET INDIA BANKRUPT !

    SO CHAIWALA EXPECTS AN EXPLOSION IN NEW INDUSTRIES,IN DOWNSTREAM INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL PRODUCTS – WHEREIN SMEs WILL COMPETE,TO KILL EACH OTHER,VIA COMPETITION – SO THAT “THE PRIMARY AND BASIC MATERIAL SUPPLIERS BOOM” !

    AND WHO ARE THE PRIMARY AND BASIC MATERIAL SUPPLIERS ? THESE ARE THE PANWARI BANIA SCUM,AS UNDER :

    A – AGARWAL

    B – BAJAJ

    C – CHORDIA

    D – DALMIA

    E – EMAMI

    G – GUPTA MEESHTAN BHANDAR

    J – JAIN

    K – KANORIA ..

    J – JAIN

    MAMMA MIA – THAT IS WHY CHAIWALA DID THE INFRA BOOM !

    CHAIWALA TRANSFERED 500 BILLION USD TO THE PANWARI BANIA OWNERS,OF STEEL,CEMENT,INFRA,EPC, CAPITAL GOODS UNITS.THE BANIA MATHS,IS AS UNDER :

    ASSUME A PROFIT OF 10%,IS USD 50 BILLION

    INFRA IS END POINT OF GST CHAIN – SO THERE IS NO GST OFFSET – AND SO,THE GOI GAINS BY PRINTING CASH TO STIMULATE THE INFRA

    BUT SINCE THERE IS NO GST,THE BANIA STEEL,CEMENT … UNITS SELL SAY 10% PRODUCTION IN CASH,AND SAVE THE GST OF 10% – WHICH IS USD 5 BILLION,IN THE CASH STACK OF THE BANIA

    CHAIWALA HAS A CALL OPTION ON ALL THIS CASH MADE FOR THE BANIAS,FOR HIS POLL CAMPAIGN AND MEDIA BLITZ !

    BUT THERE IS 1 MORE CATCH ! THE BANIAS MIGHT HAVE INVESTED USD 100 BILLION TO GET CHAIWALA A 2ND TERM – AND THEN, COVID STRUCK ! SO THE ROI FOR THE BANIA,IS A LOSS ! THEREFORE THE INFRA SPEND,LOWERS COSTS FOR THE BANIAS,TILL 2022,TO CUT COSTS FOR THE BANIAS – AND FINANCE CHAIWALA’S,NEXT CAMPAIGN !

    LOOK AT THE BANK NPA AND FRAUDS,IN INDIA – ALL DONE BY BANIAS !

    THAT IS Y I SAY – THE DALITS,MUSLIMS,SC,ST – HAVE TO EXTERMINATE THESE PANWARI BANIAS !

    SHIVAJI PLUNDERED SURAT,7 TIMES !

    Y ?

    HE TOOK BANIAS AS RANSOM ! ID.EST,AFTER LOOTING THE BANIA’S GOLD,HE WENT FOR THEIR PERSON = – AS THERE IS NOTHING THAT A BANIA VALUES MORE THAN HIS LIFE,WHEN HE KNOWS IT WILL END

    SHIVAJI MADE 1 MISTAKE !

    HE DID NOT WIPE THEM OUT ! IN DUE COURSE,THESE BANIAS WERE THE WORKING CAPITAL CHAIN,TO FINANCE THE MUGHALS,TO DESTROY THE MARATHAS !

    THE DALITS AND MUSLIMS HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF SHIVAJI ! WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM IN THE 500 USD BILLION ROADS – WHEN THEY CAN’T EVEN EAT,SHIT,SLEEP OR STAY ON IT ?

    IN THE INFRA,IS A RS 1000 CRORE TOILET SCAM OF TOILETS WHICH WERE NEVER BUILT – AND WERE FUNDED BY INDIAN PSUs LIKE REC,PGC,NTPC,NHPC ………

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/40-of-toilets-surveyed-by-cag-in-govt-schools-non-existent-unused/article32680816.ece

    THESE CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO BANIAS ! diniooohindoo

    COULD NARENDRA MODI HAVE ASSESSED THE TRUE WORTH OF INDIANS,IN MAKING AND CLEANING TOIETS ?

    IS THS THE HINDU RENAISSANCE AS FORETOLD IN THE BHAGWAT PURANA ? dindooohindoo

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