
Contents: Vol. I: Population Theories and Policy: Preface. 1. Population theories. 2. Some population theories since Malthus. 3. Malthus's place in the study of population. 4. Theories of population growth. 5. Post Malthian theories: theories of optimum population. 6. Biological theories of population. 7. Special and economic theories of population. 8. Population policies. 9. India's policy on family welfare programme. 10. Family planning policies and strategies for developing countries. 11. The new population policy. 12. Population policy in India. 13. Population policy and its implications. 14. Population policy and its present research needs. 15. Development in population policy. 16. Dimenions of population policy. 17. Population policy perspective for coming decades. 18. Population policy and reproductive behaviour. 19. Population policy and labour laws. 20. Population policy (with special reference to Family Planning Policy). 21. Evaluation of population policies. 22. Population problem and abortion law in India. 23. Population problem and abortion law-some constitutional issues. 24. Legal response to population problem. 25. The eighth Five Year Plan and population policy. 26. Communicating population research. 27. Population research in India: 1970-1990. 28. Facilities for population research in India. 29. Glimpses: 2500 BC -1991 AD.
Vol. II: Dimensions of Population Growth and Its Social Implications: Preface. 1. World population. 2. Population growth, economic development and environment. 3. Population size, distribution and growth. 4. Demographic transition in India. 5. India's population dynamics: an assessment. 6. Growth and composition of India's population. 7. Slowing population growth. 8. Characteristics of India's population. 9. Population growth and economic development. 10. Techniques of mapping in population distribution. 11. Sources of population data and introductory method. 12. Coping with population growth and change. 13. Dynamics of population growth in urban agglomerations. 14. Hindi speaking population in India. 15. Urdu speaking population in U.P. 16. Houseless population in U.P. 17. Culture and population growth. 18. Computer applications in population research. 19. Regression-based estimates of total population. 20. Literacy and population growth in India, 1991 census. 21. A view on sex ratio in India. 22. The determinants of population growth in India. 23. Social implications of population growth in India. 24. The computer as a Data Camera in Family Planning Research. 25. Why there should be population control?. 26. Population control: key to economic development.
Vol. III: Population Problem and Control: Preface. 1. The world of five and half Billion population problems and prospects. 2. Population problems of less developed countries. 3. Population problems: the case of India. 4. The Bhopal disaster. 5. The consequences of population growth. 6. Population estimates and projections. 7. Population projection. 8. Magnitude of population explosion. 9. Population and poverty: nexus in India. 10. Population, poverty and progress. 11. Population education. 12. The concept of population pressure. 13. Population change and environment protection. 14. Population and environment by 2000 A.D. 15. Regional structure of population.