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India's Population To Hit 1.46 Billion In 2025, Fertility Rate Declining: UN Report
India's population is estimated to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, continuing to be the highest in the world, according to a new UN demographic report, which also revealed the country's total fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.
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Mohandas Pai Warns Ageing Population Will Be India's "Biggest Problem"
Mohandas Pai revealed that India's population above the age of 60 currently stands at 130 million and is expected to rise to 200 million in the near future.
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India Achieves Total Fertility Rate Of 2.0 As Per Survey: Centre
India has achieved a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.0 as per National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21), said the Union government on Tuesday.
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Opinion | Why Mohan Bhagwat's Call For Larger Families Is Timely
As India stands at the cusp of demographic transformation, the lessons from population science and the wisdom of Vedic traditions converge to highlight the necessity of balancing fertility rates
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"Society Will Perish If Population Growth Rate Falls Below 2.1": RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
Expressing concern over declining population growth, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3.
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Data Speed Is Linked To Declining Birth Rate, Says CRED Founder Kunal Shah
India's fertility rate, measured by the number of children born to a woman, has seen a decline from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2 in 2019-21, according to NFHS-5.
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India's Fertility Rate Down From 6.2 To Under 2 Since 1950: Lancet Study
India's fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal.
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Sikkim To Reward Women For Having More Than One Child
Sikkim has India's lowest fertility rate and is at the risk of its indigenous population shrinking.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Emphasises On Girls’ Education To Check Population Growth
The Bihar Chief Minister pointed out that "if a girl is matriculate, the fertility rate on an average comes down to two per cent, and if she has completed school education, it further falls to 1.7 per cent nationally”.
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"Educate Women, Girls To Control Population, Fertility Rate": Nitish Kumar
Reacting to an announcement that the Centre may bring a law to control population, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted on Monday that birth rates could be better controlled by educating women and girls rather than enacting laws.
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India's Total Fertility Rate Declines, Shows National Survey. What It Indicates
The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population control measures.
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Budget 2022: Government Plans Rs 1.4 Trillion Subsidy To Placate Farmers
India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates
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Muslims' Fertility Rate Low, Can Never Become Majority: Digvijaya Singh
Claiming the fertility rate of Muslims is falling in India, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the population of Muslims can never increase in a manner that they will become a majority community outnumbering Hindus.
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Condoms, Contraceptives For Migrants Leaving Quarantine Units In Bihar
Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.
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Higher Secondary Schools In All Bihar Panchayats To Reduce Fertility Rate: Nitish Kumar
"We have decided to open a higher secondary school in every panchayat in order to reduce fertility rate. We have found in a study that the country's fertility rate is 1.7 while it is 1.6 in Bihar if the girl is intermediate pass," an official release quoted Nitish Kumar as saying.
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India's Population To Hit 1.46 Billion In 2025, Fertility Rate Declining: UN Report
India's population is estimated to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, continuing to be the highest in the world, according to a new UN demographic report, which also revealed the country's total fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.
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Mohandas Pai Warns Ageing Population Will Be India's "Biggest Problem"
Mohandas Pai revealed that India's population above the age of 60 currently stands at 130 million and is expected to rise to 200 million in the near future.
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India Achieves Total Fertility Rate Of 2.0 As Per Survey: Centre
India has achieved a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.0 as per National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21), said the Union government on Tuesday.
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Opinion | Why Mohan Bhagwat's Call For Larger Families Is Timely
As India stands at the cusp of demographic transformation, the lessons from population science and the wisdom of Vedic traditions converge to highlight the necessity of balancing fertility rates
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"Society Will Perish If Population Growth Rate Falls Below 2.1": RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
Expressing concern over declining population growth, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3.
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Data Speed Is Linked To Declining Birth Rate, Says CRED Founder Kunal Shah
India's fertility rate, measured by the number of children born to a woman, has seen a decline from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2 in 2019-21, according to NFHS-5.
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India's Fertility Rate Down From 6.2 To Under 2 Since 1950: Lancet Study
India's fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal.
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Sikkim To Reward Women For Having More Than One Child
Sikkim has India's lowest fertility rate and is at the risk of its indigenous population shrinking.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Emphasises On Girls’ Education To Check Population Growth
The Bihar Chief Minister pointed out that "if a girl is matriculate, the fertility rate on an average comes down to two per cent, and if she has completed school education, it further falls to 1.7 per cent nationally”.
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"Educate Women, Girls To Control Population, Fertility Rate": Nitish Kumar
Reacting to an announcement that the Centre may bring a law to control population, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted on Monday that birth rates could be better controlled by educating women and girls rather than enacting laws.
-
India's Total Fertility Rate Declines, Shows National Survey. What It Indicates
The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population control measures.
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Budget 2022: Government Plans Rs 1.4 Trillion Subsidy To Placate Farmers
India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates
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Muslims' Fertility Rate Low, Can Never Become Majority: Digvijaya Singh
Claiming the fertility rate of Muslims is falling in India, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the population of Muslims can never increase in a manner that they will become a majority community outnumbering Hindus.
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Condoms, Contraceptives For Migrants Leaving Quarantine Units In Bihar
Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.
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Higher Secondary Schools In All Bihar Panchayats To Reduce Fertility Rate: Nitish Kumar
"We have decided to open a higher secondary school in every panchayat in order to reduce fertility rate. We have found in a study that the country's fertility rate is 1.7 while it is 1.6 in Bihar if the girl is intermediate pass," an official release quoted Nitish Kumar as saying.
