Yup, Growing up in Bangalore in the 90's, I remember it was nothing like this. In fact I remember summers being very enjoyable. Kite flying, playing with tops, going out with friends, playing Gilli-danda in the afternoons, and watching cricket in nights.

In fact my dad(who was a bus/truck driver), tells me he had far better quality of life than me in the pre-1980s. Air was pure, and the city was empty, and it was safe in the cities. It was almost like there was enough space and resources for everybody. You could rent easily. Working hours were same, but people got home quickly(not much traffic) and spent time with families.

And more importantly there was a calm, relaxed pace to life.

These days we have money and career, but much is lost in terms of quality of life.

India 1975: 621 million people

India 2018: 1.358 billion people

India 2038: 1.615 billion people

https://www.populationpyramid.net/india/2038/

India urgently needs population control, perhaps schemes funded partly by the West to issue vasectomies to young, poor men in exchange for $200.

India has a huge instinctive reaction against population control strategies, especially ones funded by the West. They tried your idea in the 1970s and it lead to lots of forced sterilizations by the government/police. See https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30040790 for a small view of the problem.

Population control organised by humans (in exchange for 200 bucks) is going to be much more pleasant than population control organised by mother nature.

I didn't want to saying before but it sounds horrifying and repulsive to me, and it has hints of eugenics too. Thanks for the idea but it's pretty fucked up. It will lead to infringing on people's repoductive right's including coercing people in sterilization and it will give the government way too much power.