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Maharashtra is the most populous state in India. Karanataka has the best sex ratio in India. Japan is the first country which started the modern census process . India was perhaps the first country to explicitly announce population policy in 1952.

India was perhaps the first country to explicitly announce population policy in 1952.

It is hardly surprising therefore that India has had an official population policy for more than a half century. India was perhaps the first country to explicitly announce such a policy in 1952.