India’s best population strategy? Ensure women have the right to limit their families

When women lack control over their own fertility decisions, they become collateral damage in the event of a coercive population policy.

Poonam Muttreja

· Sep 16, 2019 · 06:30 am

Modi warned about a population explosion – but demographic data show declining trend

India’s population growth rate has declined in every census since 1981. Measures to limit family sizes are unnecessary – and could even be counterproductive.

Jonathan Abbamonte

· Sep 12, 2019 · 06:30 am

Opinion: Why India must shift its lens from ‘population control’ to ‘population development’

India must frame policies and strategies to effectively unleash the full potential of its young people.

Devender Singh

· Jul 11, 2019 · 06:30 am

India will be the world’s most populous country by 2027, says United Nations report

The World Population Prospects report added that the present global population of 7.7 billion will reach 10.9 billion by 2100.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 18, 2019 · 10:08 am

India will have fewer children and more of elderly people by 2050, says study

Between 2030 and 2050, India will keep adding people while China’s population will decline to levels lower than today’s, the study said.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 23, 2018 · 01:39 pm

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

Fertility rates have already dropped below replacement levels in 83 countries and the trend is likely to continue.

Joseph Chamie

· Jul 29, 2018 · 09:30 pm

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

The disparity in the rate of population growth could reshape the country politically, economically and culturally.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 19, 2018 · 06:30 am

Bhutan: Population set to decline as fertility rate falls to 1.9

The World Health Organization says a rate of 2.1 keeps the population stable.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 14, 2017 · 12:49 pm

India’s population will exceed China’s by 2024, says UN report

The global population is expected to increase to 8.6 billion by 2030, from the current 7.6 billion.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 21, 2017 · 10:19 pm

For India's population growth to slow down, more babies should survive

India is on course to become the world’s most populous country with 1.6 billion people by 2050.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

How China is rolling out the red carpet for couples who have more than one child

Incentives to encourage childbearing haven't worked elsewhere in Asia – can they in China?

Stuart Gietel-Basten, The Conversation

· Apr 08, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Birthrate falls as Indian couples have less privacy

Rising real-estate prices means fewer couples have their own rooms.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 01, 2014 · 08:30 am