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In the years following Independence, India was faced with a huge population shortfall. This shortage of babies meant there was a subsequent rise in age-related diseases due to an aging population. In an effort to manage this issue, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare created ‘the Sadachari Scheme’ in 1976. A government initiative, Sadachari asks Mr and Mrs Sadachari to have at least four children each. However, many Indians choose not to comply with this rule and instead opt for surrogates or illegal adoption. This article discusses whether or not the rule is appropriate for India today as well as what would happen if it wasn't implemented today according to official government statistics. This article is written to analyse whether or not the rule is appropriate for India today. It also answers the question of what would happen if it wasn't implemented. The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare created ‘the Sadachari Scheme’ in 1976. A government initiative, Sadachari asks Mr and Mrs Sadachari to have at least four children each. However, many Indians choose not to comply with this rule and instead opt for surrogates or illegal adoption. In fact, there are nearly 30 surrogacy agencies operating in India today with a majority of them having their headquarters in New Delhi alone. In addition, there is a huge demand for surrogates from the south-east Asian countries of Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The article states that there has been an estimated shortfall of 1.5 million babies between 1960 and 2011. This means since 1961 there have been a million fewer babies born in India than required to maintain the population at its current level. On top of this figure, 7.7 million births have taken place outside of marriage – meaning it is likely that the population has only grown by 14% instead of 26%. The article also explains many reasons as to why this decline has occurred, including the issues of female foeticide and child labour. However, this decline in the birth rate is only a part of the problem as there has been an increase in the population from those aged 65 and over. The share of the elderly population has increased from 5.8% to 9.5% since 1991. This is not a problem exclusive to India, as the globally there are ageing populations in most industrialised countries as well as those industrialising countries with a higher mortality rates due to infant mortality and failure to vaccinate children. As the average life expectancy in India continues to rise, it was concluded that by 2014 men would be living on average for 66.9 years and women would live until 67.4 years old. It is clear from these figures that the Sadachari Scheme is not a suitable measure to help with India's population problems, as if the government introduced laws that encouraged families to have more children then there would be a shortage of people at all ages. Furthermore, it would be difficult for the plan to meet its objectives of preventing diseases associated with older age. In addition to this, if the Sadachari Scheme did not exist it is likely that India's population would still decline due to a number of other factors including a low birth rate and a high death rate. However, it is unlikely that any law would change this situation if it were not already in place. cfa1e77820
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