Fertility slowdown: India's slowing population growth poses danger of an ageing crisis
Slowing of population growth has been one of India’s big successes in the last decade, so much so that cities are in imminent danger of an ageing crisis.
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By Rukmini S
PM Narendra Modi, on August 15, spoke of a "population explosion” in the country. However, slowing of population growth has been one of India’s big successes in the last decade, so much so that cities are in imminent danger of an ageing crisis.
(The writer is a freelance journalist)
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