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Fertility rate

  • Nitish Kumar apologises for remarks on birth control after backlash from women’s panel

    Nitish Kumar apologises for remarks on birth control after backlash from women’s panel

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 08, 2023 · 10:35 am
  • Population control law will be introduced soon, says Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel

    Population control law will be introduced soon, says Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 01, 2022 · 10:49 am
  • Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades, shows health ministry survey

    Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades, shows health ministry survey

    Scroll Staff
    · May 09, 2022 · 06:52 pm
  • The big news: Union Cabinet approves withdrawal of farm laws, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Union Cabinet approves withdrawal of farm laws, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 24, 2021 · 10:56 pm
  • India’s fertility rate declines to 2 from 2.2 in five years, shows government survey

    India’s fertility rate declines to 2 from 2.2 in five years, shows government survey

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 24, 2021 · 08:34 pm
  • How 15th Finance Commission is trying to manage South India’s anger over tax division – and failing

    How 15th Finance Commission is trying to manage South India’s anger over tax division – and failing

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Feb 10, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • 94% of women in Bihar know about contraception. Yet only 20% of them use it

    94% of women in Bihar know about contraception. Yet only 20% of them use it

    Kumar Das, IndiaSpend.com
    · Jul 24, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • Why young people in South Korea are staying single despite government’s efforts to spark dating

    Why young people in South Korea are staying single despite government’s efforts to spark dating

    Yue Qian, The Conversation
    · Feb 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Fertility rates are dropping across the world – and could soon become a cause for concern

    Fertility rates are dropping across the world – and could soon become a cause for concern

    Joseph Chamie
    · Jul 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Indian population is growing much faster in the north – and the south is paying the price

    Indian population is growing much faster in the north – and the south is paying the price

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jan 19, 2018 · 06:30 am