Narayana Murthy Warns About Impact Of India's "High Population Growth"
NDTV
Narayana Murthy quoted an article in the Technology Review from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to highlight the impact of high population growth on access to water.
Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy today warned about the consequences of India's high population growth rate and said the country did not put population control on the "front burner" since the excesses of the forced sterilisation during the Emergency in the mid-70s.
Speaking at the convocation ceremony at Techno India University in Kolkata, Mr Murthy told students, "High population growth has the potential to wreak havoc on our country in the next twenty to twenty-five years.""Ever since the excesses of the forced sterilisation during the Emergency, our country has not put population control on the front burner. India's per capita land availability is just 7 per cent of the United States, while in Brazil, it is just 5 per cent. The per capita land of India is one-third that of China among countries with large land mass," Mr Murthy said.
Mr Murthy quoted an article in the Technology Review from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to highlight the impact of high population growth on access to water.
