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Uttar Pradesh: A population policy to exclude Dalitbahujans

Uttar Pradesh: A population policy to exclude Dalitbahujans
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India s population policy: Myths and reality

When Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath chose the occasion of World Population Day on July 11 to announce a new state population policy, there normally should have been no quarrel about it. After all, the state is India’s most populous, harbouring nearly 200 million people (as per Census 2011) or 17 per cent of India’s population. If it were to become a nation, Uttar Pradesh would have the fifth largest population in the world. So instead of welcoming a policy to control the state’s burgeoning population, why was there such a storm over Yogi’s announcement? Sure, some of the birth control measures are coercive. While pushing for a two-child policy per couple, the state plans to introduce both incentives and disincentives to ensure its implementation. In terms of incentives, government servants adopting the two-child norms would get two additional increments during their service apart from being eligible for maternity or paternity leave for 12 months with full salar

Politics of death: There should be a nationwide demographic survey to truly measure Covid fatalities

Politics of death: There should be a nationwide demographic survey to truly measure Covid fatalities July 22, 2021, 9:14 PM IST Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. On July 20, GoI made two eye-catching observations in Parliament about the second Covid wave. It said states had reported that there were no deaths due to medical oxygen shortage, or due to lack of testing and treatment. This is plainly inconsistent with collective experience. April 2021 to June was the worst phase in the Covid trajectory, and large parts of the country were locked down as healthcare infrastructure was overwhelmed. GoI’s data showed that 2.35 lakh deaths, or 56% of all Covid fatalities till date, took place in those three months. It beggars belief that not one death was due to the oxygen supply crisis. The problem is states and hospitals are probably

Uttar Pradesh and Assam will do well to study population trends before pursuing two-child norm

Uttar Pradesh and Assam will do well to study population trends before pursuing two-child norm The National Family Health Survey has shown that fertility of a Muslim woman in Tamil Nadu is lower than that of a Hindu woman in Bihar. Policies are needed to promote female literacy and employment Engagement: 0 India’s young demography has been considered to be its structural advantage. Half the population is below the age of 27. Of course, there are poorer African countries whose median age is much lower. For example, it is 14.8 years for Niger, 15.8 for Uganda, 19.7 for Kenya. India’s own median age in 1970 when it was much poorer, was just 19.3 years.

Given the compelling evidence on declining fertility rates across India, including Assam, it seems odd to limit the family size, writes Ajit Ranade

Given the compelling evidence on declining fertility rates across India, including Assam, it seems odd to limit the family size, writes Ajit Ranade
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