भारत में जनसंख्या की गति भारत के विभिन्न राज्यों में भिन्न-भिन्न है। जिसले जनसंख्या वृद्धि की गति में तारतम्य हो है। भी दोनों में भी अंतर दिए गए प्रश्न का उत्तर दीजिए। The pace of demographic transition varies across different states of India making population growth a double-edged sword. Comment. (Answer in 150 words) 10 Marks

Pace in different states - Northern states like Bihar, UP etc having TFR more than 2.5 - Southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu have stabilized their population rate (CTFR 2.1 or less)

Benefits/significance of population growth:

A double-edged sword: (1) Less education, less skills, create problems like mob lynching, insurance etc. (2) Social injustice, discrimination and atrocities in society prevent the benefit of dividend. (3) Malnutrition and gender (4) Pressure on scarce resource and Eg>> Environment pollution, plastic pollution

To achieve the SDG and socio-economic goals it's important to provide education, skill & health. In order to prevent the more demographic dividend from becoming [illegible].