The ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 witnessed numerous views on inhabitants development, start charges, and the potential implications of the upcoming Lok Sabha delimitation. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and Telangana MLA Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR) shared their views on the problem.
Talking on the summit, Ram Mohan Naidu defended Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s current remarks encouraging households within the state to have extra youngsters. “There is no such thing as a controversy in Chandrababu Naidu saying that we’d like extra youngsters. Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary… He thinks for the following 20 years, even 50 years,” he stated, including that the Chief Minister’s feedback had been rooted in considerations about an ageing inhabitants, much like challenges confronted by nations like Japan, Germany, the USA, and Nordic nations.
He highlighted that whereas India at present advantages from a younger inhabitants, this demographic benefit may not final indefinitely. “Possibly in 20-30 years, we additionally might face the issue of growing older inhabitants. He desires to make folks conscious that if you’d like India to be an advantageous nation of demographic dividend over the following 100-200 years, our strongest benefit ought to proceed sooner or later… He’s not forcing folks; he desires folks to know that India has a bonus over the world attributable to a younger inhabitants,” Ram Mohan Naidu defined.
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ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024: KTR Criticises Inhabitants Development Calls, Says ‘Delimitation Is Separate Concern’
In distinction, KTR, additionally talking on the summit, critiqued the push for inhabitants development, citing the rising prices of residing, training, and healthcare. “Our infrastructure, training, medicare amenities have change into so costly that the center class doesn’t wish to have extra children, that’s deterring folks from having extra children,” he remarked, mentioning the challenges confronted by working girls attributable to an absence of help methods like crèches and nurseries at workplaces. “Infrastructure is crumbling in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, site visitors is a nightmare and now you need extra youngsters? Governments must introspect. It’s also a private alternative that rests extra with girls. For the prevailing inhabitants, present the absolute best amenities.”
KTR additional emphasised that the upcoming delimitation of constituencies must be addressed by political unity fairly than a demographic shift. “Delimitation is a separate challenge; you may’t remedy it by having youngsters now. Allow us to battle collectively in Parliament because the south, that our voice and illustration doesn’t go down due to our profitable household planning,” he said. KTR urged for a united stance in Parliament to problem the proposed delimitation course of, which he argued might penalise states that had adhered to household planning measures within the Seventies and Eighties.
“Allow us to battle with Modi ji and inform him that it will be fallacious to extend seats in UP as a result of your celebration is robust there and reduce it within the south as a result of your celebration is weak there. You’re penalising and disincentivising these individuals who adopted authorities recommendation again within the Seventies and 80s,” he emphasised.
Chandrababu Naidu, MK Stalin’s Remarks On Inhabitants Development
These remarks come after N. Chandrababu Naidu appealed to households in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, urging girls to have a minimum of two youngsters to deal with the state’s declining birthrate. Citing demographic challenges confronted by Europe and Japan, he warned, “South India is witnessing an growing older drawback,” and careworn the significance of accelerating start charges to keep away from a society with a disproportionately aged inhabitants. He cautioned that if present developments proceed, the birthrate might fall to 1 or decrease. “If you happen to (every lady) give start to greater than two youngsters, then the inhabitants will enhance,” Chandrababu Naidu said, as quoted by information company PTI.
In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin prompt that the upcoming Lok Sabha delimitation might affect household planning choices. Drawing on a conventional Tamil blessing, “pathinarum petru peru vazhvu vazhga” (which means “purchase 16 completely different sorts of wealth and lead a affluent life”), Stalin pointed to the doable affect of the delimitation course of. “The Parliament delimitation course of might encourage {couples} to have many youngsters and quit ideas of a small household. However no matter be the end result, present Tamil names to your youngsters,” he remarked, underlining the cultural significance of sustaining conventional practices amid demographic modifications.