Question
The evil of over-population results in inflation.

Answer

Increase in demand:
  • If the demand of a product rises, its price rises. Similarly, when the demand increases and the supply is lesser than the demand even then price rises.
  • In economics if inflation takes place due to increase in demand compared to supply then such inflation is called ‘Demand-pull inflation’. The major reasons for increase in demand are following are discussed below.
Over-population:
  • In India every year the population increases by $2\%.$ The increasing population demands more goods and services. Price rise takes place when the supply is not able to match up with this rising population.
  • Alternatively, if there is no rise in population i.e. it is steady but the purchasing power of people increases even then it leads to price rise.

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