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

The submission was made in response to a PIL filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging a Delhi High Court order that dismissed a plea seeking two-child norm

Peaking population

India must prepare for the social implications of declining fertility

China has its work cut out: India to be world's largest employer in 2100

Population to decline from a peak in 2048 to a 32% lower level by 2100: The Lancet

India's Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people among lowest: Health Ministry

As on Monday morning, the total number of coronavirus cases stood at 4,25,282 and the death toll at 13,699, according to figures issued by the ministry

After CAA, Centre might bring population control law: MoS Niranjan Jyoti

Jyoti claimed that she has already spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard

India's population galloping, but no one paying attention: Venkaiah Naidu

Political parties are feeling shy, politicians are feeling shy, Parliament also do not adequately discuss about the issue," Naidu said

Best of BS Opinion: Simplifying tax on capital, Trump economy, and more

From why life expectancy in the US has been declining to how an undefined constitutional clause has grown too big for the times, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

The other population problem

Many parts of India are already ageing

NITI Aayog to draft roadmap for population stabilisation, family planning

India, with a current population size of 1.37 billion, has the second largest population in the world

Chidambaram hails PM's call for population control, single-use plastic ban

Chidambaram also said he hoped the finance minister and I-T officials had heard the PM's exhortation to respect wealth creators loud and clear

Myriad challenges that threaten to set off India's demographic time bomb

The ticking gets only louder with weak govt institutions, water crisis, minority targeting within and outside Parliament and an economy that refuses to kickstart

Statsguru: India's population profile explained through six charts

Sample Registration System data provides critical insights in to India's growing population which now stands at 133.92 crore

UN report indicates improvement in the quality of India's healthcare system

The report noted that Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in the country dropped from 488 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1994 to 174 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015

19% of country's population financially excluded says report

Lags in terms of physical infrastructure and has failed to reach the poor