COMMITTEE TO BE SET UP FOR EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES ARISING FROM FAST POPULATION GROWTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES

With focus on ‘Viksit Bharat’ and ‘Amrit Kaal’ by 2047, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today expressed that rising population growth and demographic changes pose challenges to the goals of ‘Viksit Bharat’, as she presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament, today.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman proposed that a high power Committee will be formed for extensive consideration of the challenges arising from fast population growth and demographic changes.  She further added the Committee will be mandated to make recommendation for overcoming the above challenges.   

Population growth risks: a high power committee to assess demographic challenges and recommend policy measures for national development. Formation of a high power Committee is announced to examine challenges from accelerating population growth and demographic changes affecting the national development objectives of Viksit Bharat and Amrit Kaal, with a mandate to undertake extensive consideration and make recommendations to overcome those challenges.