Natalist India or non anti-natalist India

OTL India has introduced anti natalist polcies with the aim of slowing population growth, what if India never introduced these policies?

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Would India be more Populous, and if so by how much?

How related to the Indian state's population policies is fertility decline observed in India in the post war period(ww2)?

Would sex selective abortions be less of a thing? How would the ratio of boys to girls be in this ATL compared to OTL?

Would the religious composition of India be affected by this POD? The POD being the non existance of state backed anti natalist measures in India.
 
How would India's economy be impacted by this different geography? I can make two conclusions from this ATL,
- India's GDP would be larger (more people larger economy) and
- India's GDp pr capita would be lower due to larger supply of labour.
 
I have a fear pollution and poverty may be even greater unless they are able to drop the protectionist policies. Still, that population size is going to strain the environment.
 
That could be avioided with a better system for recyclement aswell as educating people of the effects of pollution.
If you can do away with the corruption, stop supporting failing policies in order to invest in others, etc. Can the Indian economy grow fast enough to accommodate such a massive populace? I'm not saying it's impossible, but their economy and government have to seriously change during the period we're talking about here and the odds are stacked against that.
 
If you can do away with the corruption, stop supporting failing policies in order to invest in others, etc. Can the Indian economy grow fast enough to accommodate such a massive populace? I'm not saying it's impossible, but their economy and government have to seriously change during the period we're talking about here and the odds are stacked against that.
I think that the Indian goverment and civil society could mostly keep up with the extra population growth, but there might be a larger proportion who fall outside mainstrean society. Most people will still do well.
 
I think that the Indian goverment and civil society could mostly keep up with the extra population growth, but there might be a larger proportion who fall outside mainstrean society. Most people will still do well.
I had a friend who recently visited India and Slumdog Millionaire likewise shows the grinding poverty there (the reason Modi was elected was decades of failed socialist policy) and why I doubt MORE lives won't change failed policy. It is only in the last decade that things have reasonably improved. You need a less leftist government and less corruption. Otherwise more births are unlikely to change the issue.
 
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