Every Hindu family must have 3 children: VHPThe Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) expressed concerns over the declining birth rate among Hindus and called for at least three children in eve...
25 Jan, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
Birth rate controls must not impact 'religious balance': Yogi AdityanathThe UP CM's comments were in line with the BJP's long-standing call forbringing down the birth rate among Muslims to the national average.
12 Jul, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
India's overall TFR declines but 5 states yet to achieve replacement-level of fertility: NFHS-5According to the report, India has made significant progress in population control measures in recent times with the Total Fertility Rates ...
09 May, 2022, 07.31 PM IST
Talk of Muslim appeasement a 'fallacy', parties shunning community due to polarisation: S Y QuraishiAsserting that the argument of Muslim appeasement over the years is a "fallacy", former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Sunday ...
27 Mar, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
View: Two-child cap and other disincentives should go. We need more babies, not lessIndia’s fertility is plummeting. It must abandon bogus fears of excess population and prepare for a future with fewer and fewer people of w...
27 Jun, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
Estate planning via a will or a trust?Many people who undertake estate planning go for a will, but there are other ways beyond writing a will. However, in most cases, a will lea...
04 Mar, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
Lessons from Murugappa: What are your inheritance rights as a woman?Succession and inheritance laws are still grey areas for many women, largely due to the lack of uniformity.
04 Jan, 2020, 10.01 PM IST
Is there a way to ensure that will is not challenged in court of law?It is optional to register a will, however, it can be challenged in a court of law if it has errors even if it is registered. Keep in mind ...
02 Dec, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Inheritance rights of women: How to protect them and how succession laws varyWhether you are a wife, daughter or mother, find out what you are entitled to and how you can claim it.
29 Jul, 2019, 08.30 AM IST
Kerala Muslims economically better and literate, population growth rate higher: ReportThe centre, evaluating India's minority policy and Muslim community's social and economic status, said the Muslim population in Kerala rose...
07 Oct, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
Tax saving tool HUF may cease to exist: Law Commission proposes to abolish itOn income earned, the Hindu Undivided Family is taxed on the same slab rates applicable to an individual.
19 Sep, 2018, 12.28 PM IST
Fertility rate below replacement level for all religions but Hindus and MuslimsThe community with the lowest fertility rate of 1.2 was the one with the highest level of education, especially for women, the Jains.
13 Jan, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
Fertility rate below replacement level for all but Hindus & MuslimsThe average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime, or total fertility rate (TFR), has dropped below replacement for all reli...
12 Jan, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
Hindus will witness decline in births between 2055-2060: PewThe Pew Research Centre study also said that the number of babies born to Muslim women is expected to overtake those born to Christians wor...
06 Apr, 2017, 03.23 PM IST
India to pip Indonesia as country with most Muslims by 2050: ReportHindus will be third, making up 14.9 per cent of the world's total population, followed by people who do not affiliate with any religion, a...
03 Apr, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh population to reach 45 crore in next 20-25 years"As per the state policy, the birth rate by 2016 has to be brought down to 2.1 which stood at 3.4 (per couple) in 2011," Minister of State ...
25 Mar, 2015, 03.21 PM IST
RSS views on demographic shift may impair BJP’s attempt to widen baseBJP’s strategy to woo middle-class voters could be hit by the RSS’ recent comment on the demographic outstripping of Hindus by the Muslims.
29 Oct, 2013, 07.02 AM IST