Population

November 25, 2021

Survey shows India's Total Fertility Rate declines to 2

The key indicator of the Health Ministry survey has also revealed that the unmet needs of family planning have witnessed a significant decline from 13 per cent to 9 per cent at all-India level.

July 31, 2021
Rs 2,000 a month, jobs, personal priest and more offered by Pathanamthitta Diocese for families with four or more kids

The announcement comes within a week of the Pala Diocese announcing sops for families with five or more children.
July 27, 2021
Kerala Bishop offers sops for families having 5 or more kids

This was announced by the Pala bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt while taking part in an online meeting organised by him.
July 14, 2021
Why India's Population Control Bill is ill-timed and will breed more inequality

Renewing the focus on the two-child policy, the bill proposes incentives for those with single child and disincentives for those having more than two children.
July 13, 2021
Last year, one 10th of global population were undernourished

According to a UN report, the pandemic continues to expose weaknesses in our food systems, which threaten the lives and livelihoods of people around the world.
July 10, 2021
No govt job, subsidy for those with more than two children, says UP population control draft bill

The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission states that the provisions are part of the draft titled The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021.
December 12, 2020
PIL to control population: Can't coerce family planning, Centre tells SC

In an affidavit filed in the top court, the health ministry told the apex court that the family welfare programme in the country is voluntary in nature, which enables couples to decide the size of their family and adopt family planning methods best suited to them, according to their choice and without any compulsion.

Population

Survey shows India's Total Fertility Rate declines to 2

Rs 2,000 a month, jobs, personal priest and more offered by Pathanamthitta Diocese for families with four or more kids

Kerala Bishop offers sops for families having 5 or more kids

Why India's Population Control Bill is ill-timed and will breed more inequality

Last year, one 10th of global population were undernourished

No govt job, subsidy for those with more than two children, says UP population control draft bill

PIL to control population: Can't coerce family planning, Centre tells SC

Crises, calamities may cause displacement of over 1 billion people by 2050

How this US town functions with a population of one

Pinarayi affirms Kerala's stand against NPR, lauds youth agitation