India's Fertility Rate: Why are Indians having so few children that it is causing global concern?
What is Total Fertility Rate?
This implies that the number of children being born in India is insufficient to sustain the population for the next generation.
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What did Tesla Ceo Elon Musk say?
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has also expressed concern regarding this trend
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Where does India stand?
Indias fertility rate was 6.18 in 1950; it dropped to 1.91 by 2021 and has since declined even further.
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How does Delhi and major cities fare?
The report notes that this decline is not uniform across the country; the drop is particularly striking in urban areas - that is, in cities.
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Where does the fertility rate remains above replacement level ?
According to the SRS Statistical Report 2024, the fertility rate remains above the replacement level of 2.1 in only six states
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