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"Society Will Perish If Population Growth Rate Falls Below 2.1": RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
Expressing concern over declining population growth, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3.
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Data Speed Is Linked To Declining Birth Rate, Says CRED Founder Kunal Shah
India's fertility rate, measured by the number of children born to a woman, has seen a decline from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2 in 2019-21, according to NFHS-5.
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India's Fertility Rate Down From 6.2 To Under 2 Since 1950: Lancet Study
India's fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal.
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Budget 2022: Government Plans Rs 1.4 Trillion Subsidy To Placate Farmers
India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates
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Muslims' Fertility Rate Low, Can Never Become Majority: Digvijaya Singh
Claiming the fertility rate of Muslims is falling in India, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the population of Muslims can never increase in a manner that they will become a majority community outnumbering Hindus.
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Condoms, Contraceptives For Migrants Leaving Quarantine Units In Bihar
Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.
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Higher Secondary Schools In All Bihar Panchayats To Reduce Fertility Rate: Nitish Kumar
"We have decided to open a higher secondary school in every panchayat in order to reduce fertility rate. We have found in a study that the country's fertility rate is 1.7 while it is 1.6 in Bihar if the girl is intermediate pass," an official release quoted Nitish Kumar as saying.
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No Money Spent On PM Modi's Maternity Scheme In UP, Reveals RTI
Not a rupee of government money has been spent on pregnant and lactating women enrolled under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-hyped maternity benefit scheme till August 2018 in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), which happens to have India's highest fertility rate, an RTI query has revealed.
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Industry Body Pitches for Continuing With 2007 Gas Price Formula
In an innovative suggestion, the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) has suggested that the government use the existing formula based on which a rate of $4.2 per mmBtu was fixed for Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block, for deriving a new gas price.
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Reliance Industries changes contracts, price to rise 10 per cent over new rate: report
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has made drastic changes in gas supply contracts that will jack up its KG-D6 gas price by 10 per cent over and above the new rate of $8.3 coming into effect from next month, according to sources.
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Kerala heading towards zero-population growth rate
Kerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate, which will result in an increase in scarcity of labour. With a very low fertility rate and stabilising death rate, Kerala is expected to achieve zero population growth rate in 25 to 30 years, a stage indicatin...
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"Society Will Perish If Population Growth Rate Falls Below 2.1": RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
Expressing concern over declining population growth, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3.
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Data Speed Is Linked To Declining Birth Rate, Says CRED Founder Kunal Shah
India's fertility rate, measured by the number of children born to a woman, has seen a decline from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 2 in 2019-21, according to NFHS-5.
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India's Fertility Rate Down From 6.2 To Under 2 Since 1950: Lancet Study
India's fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal.
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Budget 2022: Government Plans Rs 1.4 Trillion Subsidy To Placate Farmers
India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates
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Muslims' Fertility Rate Low, Can Never Become Majority: Digvijaya Singh
Claiming the fertility rate of Muslims is falling in India, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the population of Muslims can never increase in a manner that they will become a majority community outnumbering Hindus.
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Condoms, Contraceptives For Migrants Leaving Quarantine Units In Bihar
Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.
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Higher Secondary Schools In All Bihar Panchayats To Reduce Fertility Rate: Nitish Kumar
"We have decided to open a higher secondary school in every panchayat in order to reduce fertility rate. We have found in a study that the country's fertility rate is 1.7 while it is 1.6 in Bihar if the girl is intermediate pass," an official release quoted Nitish Kumar as saying.
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No Money Spent On PM Modi's Maternity Scheme In UP, Reveals RTI
Not a rupee of government money has been spent on pregnant and lactating women enrolled under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-hyped maternity benefit scheme till August 2018 in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), which happens to have India's highest fertility rate, an RTI query has revealed.
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Industry Body Pitches for Continuing With 2007 Gas Price Formula
In an innovative suggestion, the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) has suggested that the government use the existing formula based on which a rate of $4.2 per mmBtu was fixed for Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block, for deriving a new gas price.
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Reliance Industries changes contracts, price to rise 10 per cent over new rate: report
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has made drastic changes in gas supply contracts that will jack up its KG-D6 gas price by 10 per cent over and above the new rate of $8.3 coming into effect from next month, according to sources.
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Kerala heading towards zero-population growth rate
Kerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate, which will result in an increase in scarcity of labour. With a very low fertility rate and stabilising death rate, Kerala is expected to achieve zero population growth rate in 25 to 30 years, a stage indicatin...
