The Hindu Editorial Analysis : 3rd February 2024

The Hindu Editorial Analysis

The Importance of Reading The Hindu Editorial: Reading The Hindu newspaper has several benefits, including improving reading skills, facilitating comprehension, staying informed of current events, enhancing essay writing, and more. For individuals aiming for a career in banking, reading editorials is crucial for vocabulary building. In this article, we will examine today’s editorials, provide practice questions, and highlight important vocabulary words.

Priority on population: During interim budget statement

• One of the fascinating facts in the statement of the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during presenting the interim budget is the constitution of a high powered Committee to examine the challenges faced by the country from fast population growth and demographic changes.
• Apparently the union government postponed the decennial census again and again, this action doesn’t support this statement.
• The decennial census has not been conducted for the first time in a decade. The last decennial census was conducted in 1881.
• Evidently India is the most populous country in the world.
• However, according to the Sample Registration System statistical report in 2020 and the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) report, the total fertility rate in India is 2% overall.
• Only a few states in India have the total fertility rate above 2.1 such as Bihar (2.98), Meghalaya (2.91), Uttar Pradesh (2.35), Jharkhand (2.26) and Manipur (2.17).
• The total fertility rate fell 2% in 2020 from 5.7 in 1950.
• Apart from that the population share in southern states in India has declined to 21% in 2011 from 26% in 1951 due to the better situation in socio economic outcomes and education.
• There is no doubt these surveys and reports are necessary and robust, the continuing delay in the decennial census reflects poorly on the union government.
• If we take the overall situation in the country due to high rising life expectancy and demographic shift, the new challenges and Opportunities have arrived.
• The high powered Committee will become crucial if it interestingly takes part in addressing the Challenges related to job and social security, rapid urbanization, mechanization of work and many more.

Important Questions:

1. What does the union government stand on population growth in the interim budget 2024?
2. How can demographic shift and population growth in a country arise both challenges and Opportunities?

Important vocabs:

• Pulverised– reduce to fine particles.
• Sediment– matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid;
• Delineation– the action of describing or portraying something precisely.
• Encumbrance– an impediment or burden.
• Fleeting– lasting for a very short time.
• Boisterous– noisy, energetic, and cheerful.
• Rambunctious– uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous
• Roisterous– being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way
• Aggrandizing– increase the power, status, or wealth of.

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