Jairam Ramesh's Takedown Of BJP's Population Agenda With Centre's Data
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Many states in India have already fallen below the rate of fertility required to maintain the country's population, the centre's data shows.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday posted a critique of the population control agenda being pushed by many BJP-ruled states and leaders of the party, saying the campaign appeared to ignore information presented by the central government. A thread on the population control debate:The crucial tipping point in demography is when replacement level of fertility reaches 2.1. Subsequently after a generation or two, population will stabilise or begin to decline. Kerala was first in 1988, followed by TN 5 years later.1/n By now, a large majority of Indian states have achieved replacement levels of fertility. By 2026, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will also do so with Bihar being the last by 2030. 2/n I wonder how many in the BJP are aware of the basic facts that Modi Sarkar's own 2018-19 Economic Survey had presented in Parliament in July 2019. See for yourself 👇🏾3/n pic.twitter.com/0UuHN8vUh4 By Modi Sarkar's own estimate in the Economic Survey 2018-19, some states in India will have to prepare for an ageing population by 2031, not growing population. This will be driven by existing policies to empower women, family planning programmes and socio-economic changes. 4/n pic.twitter.com/raGg7W0W0Z All this will become clear when you read Volume 1 Chapter 7 of the 2018-19 Economic Survey:https://t.co/nC4AS57iGs Posting excerpts from the 2018-19 Economic Survey published by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Finance Ministry, the Congress MP said many states in India have already fallen below the rate of fertility required to maintain the country's population. All states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand will also hit the mark by 2030 and by 2031 all states will see below replacement level fertility, he said, quoting the central government document. The central government's projections have shown that India is expected to achieve a total fertility rate or TFR of 2.1 this year. TFR, which refers to the average number of children a woman would potentially have, needs to be at 2.1 for a country to maintain its population.
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