Respondents in India also stated that their country's population was "too large," and fertility rates were "too high."

Puri blamed the Opposition-ruled states for not reducing VAT to pass on the central excise duty cut relief to consumers. As per his tweet, the VAT rates on both petrol and diesel range between Rs 14.5 per litre to Rs 17.5 per litre in BJP-ruled states while the prices are above Rs 26 per litre in states governed by Opposition parties.

Prices of commodities have lately been rising across the board. Positive GDP data from China and high construction activities created positive sentiments for metals, while unseasonal rains and low production levels are driving prices of agricultural produce such as sugar and rice.

Government sources told CNBC-TV18 that over 26 crore dairy animals have already been identified under the Information Network for Animal Health and Productivity (INAPH), which captures real-time data on breeding, nutrition and health services of dairy animals. The vaccination and artificial insemination data present in the database is the world's largest, even as round-wise data collected gets transferred to cloud storage and live entries continue getting done, to the database.