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fertility rate

Keeping up with UP: Let women decide how many children they want

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Government policy shifted from aggressive sterilisation in the 1970s to a two-child campaign. (PTI)
india news
Updated on Mar 02, 2026 03:17 pm IST

Rajasthan Cabinet approves changes to end 2-child restriction for local polls

Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma-led Cabinet approved the changes. (X)
india news
Published on Feb 25, 2026 04:47 pm IST

Demography fears and national well-being

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Even the poor, across communities, now recognise that larger families are an economic burden and that more child births harm the mother’s health. (HT Archive)
editorials
Published on Feb 09, 2026 09:14 pm IST

Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think

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People push baby strollers along a business street in Beijing on July 13, 2021
world news
Published on Sept 13, 2025 05:59 pm IST

Rising anxiety about falling fertility rate

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Gurugram, India - June 28, 2021: A health worker administers a dose of polio vaccine to a child during a national Pulse Polio Immunization (PPI) program at the slums of Nathupur Village, in DLF Phase I, in Gurugram, India, on Monday, June 28, 2021. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times) (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
editorials
Published on Sept 04, 2025 10:09 pm IST
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