Why can spending on health and education be considered an investment in the National Population Policy?

Correct answer: Because it creates a productive and healthy future population

The direct answer is A: spending on health and education is an investment because it helps build a healthier, more capable, and productive future population. Education develops knowledge, skills, awareness, and the ability to make informed decisions. Health care supports safe motherhood, child survival, nutrition, disease prevention, and the ability to study and work. These benefits continue into the future, so the spending creates human capacity rather than only an immediate material object. Option A is correct because it explains the long-term value of health and education for people and development. B is wrong because the purpose is not merely to decorate buildings; buildings are useful only when they support actual learning and care. C is wrong because investment in these sectors does not stop population counting or the census. D is wrong because proper health and education generally support child well-being rather than reduce it. Memory cue: money spent on people builds human capital for the future.