Question

Analyse the main features of Phase-III (1951 - 81) of growth of population in India.

Answer 1

1. The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India, which was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country.
2. The average annual growth rate was as high as 2.2 percent.
3. It is in this period, after the Independence, that developmental activities were introduced through a centralised planning process and economy started showing up ensuring the improvement of living condition of people at large. Consequently, there was a high natural increase and higher growth rate.

Answer 2

1. The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India, which was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country.
2. The average annual growth rate was as high as 2.2 percent.
3. It was in this period, after the Independence, that developmental activities were introduced through a centralised planning process and economy started showing up, ensuring the improvement of living condition of people at large. Consequently, there was a high natural increase and higher growth rate.