Give reasons:

1. A huge population is not necessarily an indicator of economic development.

2. India's çomposition of population' is now considered favourable.

1) Population is cannot be an indicator of economic development because. Huge population can also be a liability of for the economy.

• The rapid increase in population has raised a lot of issues such as food consumption  , increased usage of resources  and  threats to ecosystem such as pollution.  
• With poor infrastructure, the population will receive no education or proper medical facilities.
• Unemployment will rise and  the  dependency will be more on the earning by the non-working members for their livelihood.