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Tamil Nadu could incentivise couples for more children over falling fertility rate: Health Minister ArunrajTamil Nadu's Health Minister indicated potential incentives for couples to have more children. This move addresses the state's declining To...- Elon Musk's tweet on India's falling birth rate goes viralElon Musk's comment on India's falling birth rate has gone viral. India's total fertility rate has now dropped below the replacement level....
- India’s fertility rate falls below replacement level; highest in Bihar, lowest in DelhiIndia's birth rate has fallen below the replacement level. Most states now have fewer than 2.1 children per woman. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ...
- Jairam Ramesh: Delimitation will 'punish' south for population controlCongress leader Jairam Ramesh raises concerns over delimitation and central fund distribution. He argues southern states controlling popula...
- Fertility rate in rural India declines to replacement rate for the first time, overall rate down to 1.9The Sample Registration System report 2023 shows that India's Total Fertility Rate is now 1.9. Rural India's rate has reached the replaceme...
- India's population at crossroads, not a crisis: Population Foundation of IndiaPopulation Foundation of India advocates for a shift in population policies. They emphasize dignity, rights, and opportunities, especially ...
- India’s fertility rate drops below replacement level even as population hits 1.46 billion: UN reportIndia's population has reached 1.46 billion in 2025, surpassing China as the world's most populous nation, even with a declining fertility ...
- Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu to allow only those with more than two kids to contest local pollsAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu proposes allowing only those with more than two children to contest municipal and panchay...
- KT Rama Rao says southern states should not be punished in delimitationK.T. Rama Rao criticizes Chandrababu Naidu's call for increased birth rates, arguing that southern states shouldn't be penalized for succes...
- China's reducing population should serve as clarion call for India: ExpertsChina has witnessed a declining trend in proportion of people in the age group of 15-59 years, from 22.9 percentage points in 2000, 16.6 pe...
- BJP-RSS to push for population policy despite fertility rate dipIn the past one year, while the clamour for a population control Bill was witnessed in several states, Karnataka, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, ...
- Government to rejig anaemia drive, plan district-wise population control stepsThe government is also planning to re-strategise its campaigns to fight anaemia, officials said. The data in NFHS 2019-21 showed that anaem...
- Population stabilising; over half of women, kids anaemic, says new health surveyThe fifth survey was conducted between 2019 and 2021 in two phases. Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya...
- UP population control bill draws ire from Hindu bodies; experts advise caution, more dialogueVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar said the proposal to incentivise couples to have just one child will...
- 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.
- Retirement age set to rise due to higher life expectancy: Economic SurveyIndia's population is expected to grow under 0.5 per cent due to dip in fertility rate & increase in life expectancy.
- Finance Commission’s ToR is not so much unfair to southern states as unfair to all statesThe Constitution gives the bulk of taxation power to the Centre, but leaves most of the responsibility for providing basic services to stat...
- 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...
- India may attain its targeted maternal mortality ratio soon"24 States and UTs having already achieved the replacement level of fertility of 2.1," Health Minister J P Nadda said.
- 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.
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