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Why Mohan Bhagwat's three-child pitch doesn't have many takers
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Why Mohan Bhagwat's three-child pitch doesn't have many takers

India Today  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comments about declining population growth “being a serious concern” have stirred a political row, with several parties, including the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, criticising his advocacy of a three-child norm as regressive. Speaking at the ‘Kathale Kul Sammelan’ in Nagpur on December 1, Bhagwat said that India’s Totality Fertility Rate, the average number of …

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Telangana to end two-child policy? Why politicians in southern states want you to have more kids – explained
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana to end two-child policy? Why politicians in southern states want you to have more kids – explained

Live Mint  

The Congress government in Telangana is reportedly considering a proposal to do away with the restriction that bars persons having more than two children from contesting local body polls. This comes weeks after the Andhra Pradesh government, led by TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, scrapped its two-child policy rule for local body elections. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's government in Telangana is …

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Andhra to remove two-child norm in local body elections
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra to remove two-child norm in local body elections

Hindustan Times  

The Andhra Pradesh cabinet, headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday decided to do away with the two-child norm, which makes persons having more than two children ineligible to contest the elections to the rural and urban local bodies in the state. The decision to revoke the two-child norm was taken in view changing socio-economic necessities and balance …

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Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1 year, 10 months ago

Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy

India Today  

On February 3, a young widow and mother of two committed suicide in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district because she feared her father would soon be arrested. The NFHS-5 revealed that Assam’s total fertility rate —the average number of children born per woman—is 1.9 per cent, below the national average of 2. South Salmara, another Muslim-dominated district, at 44.7 per cent …

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Dr T.V. Sekher: ‘Socio-economic empowerment is more effective in regulating fertility’
3 years, 4 months ago

Dr T.V. Sekher: ‘Socio-economic empowerment is more effective in regulating fertility’

The Hindu  

Sekher heads the Departmentof Population Policies and Programmes at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. We have almost reached replacement level fertility in most parts of India except in a few bigger States like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. However, the total wanted fertility rate in India was 1.8 children per woman in 2015-16. In fact, the Government of India …

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Population legislation unnecessary in Karnataka, say experts
3 years, 5 months ago

Population legislation unnecessary in Karnataka, say experts

The Hindu  

Voices seeking a stringent population control policy through legislation — on the lines of the proposed laws in Uttar Pradesh and Assam — seem to be growing among other BJP-ruled states, including Karnataka. The Total Fertility Rate — average number of children a woman would have in the course of her life — of Karnataka stands at 1.7 as per …

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VHP asks UP govt to remove one-child norm from its draft population control bill
3 years, 5 months ago

VHP asks UP govt to remove one-child norm from its draft population control bill

India TV News  

The Vishva Hindu Parishad has suggested to the Uttar Pradesh government to remove the one-child policy norm from its draft population control bill, saying it is likely to lead to furthering of the imbalance between different communities and contraction of the population as well. The saffron outfit has also asked the Yogi Adityanath government to remove "the anomaly" of rewarding …

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Lakshadweep’s proposed two-child norm for panchayat polls ‘flawed’
3 years, 6 months ago

Lakshadweep’s proposed two-child norm for panchayat polls ‘flawed’

The Hindu  

The Lakshadweep administration’s bid to impose a two-child norm defies all logic as the Union Territory has a low Total Fertility Rate and an ageing population, says the Population Foundation of India. Policies of enforcing a two-child norm, which we have seen before in other States too, come bundled with other gender-unfriendly policies and mindsets that burden women disproportionately.” According …

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