Population Controls

Chandrababu Naidu and Stalin are offering incentives to spur a baby boom. Here’s why that won’t work

The declining fertility of India’s more prosperous South mirrors the downslide in wealthier countries that have had little success in reversing the trend.

Dilip D’Souza
· Oct 30, 2024 · 09:00 am
In China, the ‘one-child policy’ has left about a million bereaved parents alone in old age

The childless citizens feel forgotten as their government has moved further away from the birth-planning scheme.

Lihong Shi, The Conversation
· Jul 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm
In major policy shift, China allows couples to have up to three children

China’s earlier two-child policy did not have the effect needed to counter its current population structure and ageing problem, experts believe.

Scroll Staff
· May 31, 2021 · 03:31 pm

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