UK newspaper, the Independent asks How will India Change under Modi? With the Indian election now over, its worth reflecting that the population of the country has increased by nearly three and a half times, since 1950 when Prime Minister elect, Narendra Modi, was born. He was born into an India shared with 361 million others, but he is now leader of a nation of 1.24 billion, nearly 18% of the overall world human population. Although birth rates are slowly declining, with a growth rate still around 1.5% p.a., the UN predicts that Indias population will rise to a staggering 1.6 billion by 2050. independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-election-2014-narendra-modi-heading-for-landslide-as-early-counts-show-bjp-majority-9381704.html
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 14:16:17 +0000
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