Steps taken by the government over population

Steps taken by the government to control population in India:
Government is making efforts to ensure the optimal use of human resources by initiating human resource development programmes. The government has taken various steps to minimise the problems caused due to over population. Some of them are:

• To check the problem of migration from villages to cities, the government has introduced different programmes to provide education and unemployment opportunities to the people living in villages.
• Hospitals and health care centres have been opened up in the villages.
• Land has been given to the landless farmers.
• To remove illiteracy, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has been launched and implemented all over India.
• Under different programmes, the government is creating awareness about birth control methods and the benefits of a small family.
• Government has introduced various vocational training programmes to provide employment to people on a large scale.