Easy for poor countries to multiply, difficult for rich countries to do so

When population increased and job opportunities were not there, the Singapore Government even drafted draconian measures with its 'stop at two' mantra. I believe punishment was also mandatory, such as priority for school registration for example. Later, the mantra was changed to tell people to have more children if they can afford to, meaning the rich can have more children, but not the poor. Now, the Singapore Government is throwing incentives for people to have more children, mostly favoring the rich like tax incentives, but such calls have fallen on deaf ears.

China did the same with its one child policy when it was in its poverty- stricken years, which has been demolished as well, yet population growth has not expanded again as expected. The more progress in economic terms a country has reached, the more difficult it is to get people to marry and have children. It is a global issue.

I do not believe India can do that if it were to take a leaf from what Singapore did to curb its population growth. The poorer a country is, the more difficult it is to curb population growth. It is a rather unique feature of human nature.

Anonymous