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TopicIndia Population

Topic: India Population

India’s fertility rate below replacement level, financial strain a key factor, finds UN report

United Nations Population Fund report ‘State of World Population 2025’ highlights India was able to slow down population growth organically via education and awareness.

NITI Aayog meet: Naidu vision plan for AP & India focuses on demographic dividend, leveraging AI

The NDA ally, who has been advocating larger families, said that with a TFR of 1.54, 'well below replacement level, and rising life expectancy, India experiencing a structural shift'.

India’s consumer crisis: A shrinking middle class & a population that’s ageing before it can get rich

Global media also noted that India’s old may face a harsh and lonely retirement, with fewer working-age adults to support the elderly and very low savings.

CMs raise issue of ‘demographic management’ during NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Modi

PM Modi, who chaired governing council meeting, encouraged states to initiate demographic management plans to address issue of an ageing population in the future.

India’s fertility rate plunged in last 70 yrs, population to shrink further by 2050 — Lancet study

The study predicts a divided world, with high-income nations facing ageing populations and low-income regions struggling with resource constraints amid high birth rates.

A massive genetic study tells us about Indians’ ancestry & perplexing presence of Neanderthals in it

Indian genome closer to Iranian farmers & steppe herders than Africans. Most significant contact between ancestral Indians & Africans was 50,000 years ago, finds preprint UC Berkeley study.

Is India’s ‘growth story’ a sign of its strength or world’s weakness? China holds the answer

The 1949 revolution raised the education of the Chinese population, but the Indian labour force remains deeply under-educated. It's one factor why Indian growth is limited to islands of prosperity.

Educated women are having fewer children. It’s not good for India’s demographic dividend

DINKs, Double Income No Kids, is a Western concept. Working couples are aspiring to live a more independent & luxurious life instead of having kids. But this can spell ruin for India's demography.

India’s elderly population to double by 2050, will exceed children by 2046, says UNFPA report

UNFPA’s ‘Caring for our elders: Institutional response-India Ageing Report 2023’, released Wednesday, says one in five people will be aged over 60 in southern states by 2036.

Christianity, polygamy, tribal insecurities — Meghalaya has a high fertility problem

The cascading impact of the high fertility rate isn’t just causing unemployment woes. It’s giving birth to a generation of malnourished children.

On Camera

The Bads of Bollywood finally gives us the sidekick that everyone needs

Sidekicks are quintessential in Bollywood, and every few years, when a star or lead shines, a filmmaker reminds us that the person next to the hero is a key ingredient in the recipe.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.