Population is one of the concrete basis of politics (Leroy, 1978). For human resource and other planning, for the allocation of representatives and for administrative purposes including taxation and conscription, Population and related information are essential. Studies of the inter relation between Population and development and the use of estimates and projections of Population and its characteristics for policy formulation and action programmes are well recognized. A new role, which has not been well studied or documented, is the use of diverse Population aspects as political tools in various forms at local, national and international levels (Ramachandran, 2001).
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