{"id":122031,"date":"2021-07-29T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=122031"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:02:28","slug":"no-need-for-a-drastic-population-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/no-need-for-a-drastic-population-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"No need for a drastic population policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G0T8QK76N.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: Population control measures have to be rational and focus on the welfare-based approach<\/p>\n<h5><b>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>Data from Assam and Uttar Pradesh show that fertility rates have been reducing over time.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/family-mis-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill<\/a> of 2021 promotes a two-child policy. A <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sudden-interest-in-population-control-in-assam-and-up-points-to-political-bad-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar law has also been proposed in Assam<\/a> as well. The Assam CM announced a \u2018<strong>population army<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>to curb the birth rate in Muslim-dominated areas in lower Assam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-ups-proposed-population-control-bill-is-bad-as-policy-and-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why UP\u2019s proposed population control bill is bad as policy and politics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Decreasing fertility rates in India:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The population projection published by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2019 mentioned that U.P. will reach a replacement rate (the rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels) of 2.1 by 2025, and Assam by 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-2 data, the total fertility rate (TFR) in 1998-99 in U.P. was 3.87. It was decreasing in UP. The NFHS-5 data for 2019-20 for U.P. has not been published.<\/li>\n<li>The fertility trend for Assam is even starker. According to NFHS data, Assam had a TFR of 3.5 in 1992-93, which decreased to 1.9 in 2019-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/population-populism-up-draft-population-bill-fails-tests-of-necessity-intrusiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population populism: UP draft population bill fails tests of necessity, intrusiveness<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Does the fertility rate depend on religion?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The <strong>fertility rate does not depend on religion<\/strong>. It <strong>depends on socio-economic characteristics<\/strong> like education, income, maternal and child health conditions, and other associated factors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122055\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-122055\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fertility-rates.png?resize=508%2C490&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fertility rates\" width=\"508\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fertility-rates.png?w=815&amp;ssl=1 815w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fertility-rates.png?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Fertility-rates.png?resize=768%2C741&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The district-wise fertility rates for Hindus and Muslims in four States: U.P., Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar have shown in the graph. It is clear from the graphs that there is a <strong>positive relationship between the fertility rates of Hindus and Muslims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, in districts where Hindus have a high fertility rate, the fertility rate of Muslims is also high.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Problem of ageing<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>As per the population projection report, the proportion of people aged 60 years and above will increase from 13.8% in 2011 to 23.1% in 2036.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India\u2019s decades-old population policy has achieved replacement level fertility in the country without taking any coercive measures. Governments should have faith in these time-tested policies and respect the choices of people, rather than impose warped and motivated ideas regarding demography on the people.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/population-control-measures-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population control measures in India \u2013 Explained, pointwise\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Terms to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-family-health-nfhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Family Health Survey (NFHS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-structure-powers-and-limitations-of-the-national-human-rights-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Human Rights Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-population-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Population Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/total-fertility-rate-tfr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Total Fertility Rate (TFR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-dependency-ratio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dependency ratio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0The Hindu Relevance: Population control measures have to be rational and focus on the welfare-based approach Synopsis:\u00a0 Data from Assam and Uttar Pradesh show that fertility rates have been reducing over time. Introduction The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill of 2021 promotes a two-child policy. A similar law has also been proposed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/no-need-for-a-drastic-population-policy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No need for a drastic population policy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,5342,6813,264],"class_list":["post-122031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-population","tag-population-policy","tag-society","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704932902},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}