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Andhra plans third-child sops to tackle population imbalanceAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state's fertility rate has declined to 1.5 from 3.0 in 1993. According to 2023 f...07 Mar, 2026, 11.25 PM IST- Why Bihar missed the growth bus: The only 'BIMARU' state still struggling while its siblings moved aheadBihar faces significant development challenges, lagging behind national progress. Low literacy, poverty, and industrial stagnation persist....07 Oct, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
- India's fertility rate: 31 states/UTs hit target, but Bihar and UP lag behindRecent government data shows that 31 out of 36 states and Union Territories in India have reached the replacement fertility rate of 2.1. Ho...12 Jul, 2024, 11.41 AM IST
- Why alarmist views about India's population are misguidedIndia is not experiencing any population explosion. Its population is, in fact, growing at only 0.8% a year, the lowest rate since Independ...28 Apr, 2023, 10.59 PM IST
- The district where India's population control battle is falteringSuccessive state governments have been aware of the population growth problem, particularly in this district, and have mounted programmes t...11 Apr, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
- Significant progress made in health outcomes: Economic SurveyThe survey also credited the increase in institutional deliveries and improvement in maternal health to better infrastructure and improved ...01 Feb, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
- Not women’s will, but governments’ failure behind large familiesAccording to the National Family Health survey (NFHS) report of 2015-16, the total wanted fertility rate or an estimate of what the fertili...22 Jul, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
- View: Two types of people argue for state intervention in birth rates. Both miss or ignore evidenceSince 1980s, India’s population has grown by a smaller percentage in each subsequent decade. Even better, the rate of decrease has been acc...16 Jul, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
- Literacy leaves its mark as fertility rate goes southSRS is the largest demographic survey in the country mandated to provide annual estimates of fertility as well as mortality indicators.15 Jul, 2019, 07.13 AM IST
- State key to fertility rates, not religion: Government dataIn Chhattisgarh, the Muslim TFR of 2.1 was lower than the 2.2 for Hindus, and in Odisha Muslims had the lowest TFR among the three sizeable...19 Jan, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
- Family planning: 145 districts to be targeted under new planTFR is the average number of children expected to be born per woman during her entire span of reproductive period and India has a TFR targe...23 Sep, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
- Nitish Kumar promises to ban liquor in his next governmentAcceding to the demands made by the women here, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today promised to impose a ban on liquor.09 Jul, 2015, 11.29 PM IST
- Bihar aims to empower women by linking them with SHGs: Nitish KumarBihar government aims to link 1.5 crore women with Self Help Groups (SHG) in its efforts in empowering women, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s...09 Jul, 2015, 09.45 PM IST
- Educating girls best way to stabilise population: Nitish KumarNitish Kumar pointed out that the fertility rate of Bihar is 3.9 in comparison to 2.4 at all-India level.11 Apr, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
- India's birth rate declines by 0.2 points"The maximum Crude Birth Rate has been reported in Bihar (27.6) and the minimum in Kerala (14.7)," Sample Registration System survey said.23 Dec, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
- Government cuts fertiliser subsidy by 15%, but says prices won't riseThe cabinet has cut the subsidy on phosphate and potash fertilizers by 15% and cautioned fertilizer makers from charging unreasonably high ...02 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Step up literacy rate to check fertility rate in Bihar: Nitish KumarChief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that it was essential to step up the literacy rate to bring down the fertility rate at par with nati...22 Jun, 2012, 07.59 PM IST
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