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We are at a desirable replacement level fertility. We need to focus on stabilisation, they say
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China announced that it will allow couples to have a third child as it stares at a fast ageing population. Image used for representational purposes.
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We are at a desirable replacement level fertility. We need to focus on stabilisation, they say
China’s decision to relax its two-child norm and allow couples to have three children must serve as a warning for India that coercive population strategies can be counter-productive, say experts.
After enforcing one-child and two-child policies to control its population over the past four decades, China on Monday announced that it will allow couples to have a third child as it stares at a fast ageing population. India, on the other hand, has been toying with the idea of population control measures through a two-child norm, which found a mention in Prime Minister Nare
Corrections and clarifications December 25, 2020
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A sentence in an OpEd page article titled “An anti-science lawsuit” (Dec. 24, 2020) that read “The Indian government has been discussing . reasonable cost
paid directly to the government .” should be corrected to say “
paid directly by the government”.
The reference to
Population Council of India (PCI) should be corrected to
Population Council (PC) in the report headlined “Health data shows India doesn’t need a two-child policy: experts” (Dec. 23, 2020).
A report titled “The Hindu Margazhi music contest gets over 800 entries” (Some editions, Dec. 13, 2021) had erroneously said that Erode Nagaraj served as a lecturer in the Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer School for Percussion for
Condom use doubles in Mumbai but.
ByMalathy IyerMalathy Iyer / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 10:38 IST
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MUMBAI: Even as the new National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) reveals India’s population is stabilising with more contraceptives used by married couples, a closer look at birth-control methods shows use of condoms has increased in the past five years while female sterilisations and oral contraceptive pill use has dropped marginally.
Experts said the changes speak to greater role of men in family planning. “These changes are seen in urban and rural areas of the 22 states and UTs surveyed,” said Dr Rajib Acharya of the Population Council of India.
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MUMBAI: Even as the new National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) reveals India’s population is stabilizing with more contraceptives used by married couples, a closer look at birth-control methods shows use of condoms has increased in the past five years while female sterilizations and oral contraceptive pill use has dropped marginally.
Experts said the changes speak to greater role of men in family planning. “These changes are seen in urban and rural areas of the 22 states and UTs surveyed,” said Dr Rajib Acharya of the Population Council of India.
Condom use doubles in Mumbai but still barely two of every 10 males opt for it