In the state of Goa, 36 government primary schools were shut down in the two academic years leading up to 2024.

Despite falling birth rates, India still has one of the youngest populations in the world – nearly a quarter of its citizens are under 14 and two-thirds are of working age. This is both an ...

But Bihar, one of India's least developed states, had the highest fertility rate of 2.98. State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9.

India, with about 1.4 billion people, is the most populous country in the world. But, at the same time, the total fertility rate in India has dropped below the replacement threshold of 2.1 ...

China announced that it will start handing out childcare subsidies across the nation, in its latest push to boost birthrates ...

However, it also noted that despite the decreasing birth rate, India's youth population remains at 24 per cent in the age bracket of 0-14, 17 percent in 10-19, and 26 per cent in 10-24. Sixty ...

The nationwide subsidies apply retroactively from January 1, Beijing's state broadcaster CCTV said, citing a decision by the ...

KERALA, India — The Catholic Church in Kerala, India, has initiated several steps to counter a steadily declining birth rate among Christians in this southern Indian state. The bishops in the ...

REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis But Bihar, one of India’s least developed states, had the highest fertility rate of 2.98. State health officials estimate Kishanganj’s fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9.

The SRS 2021 data showed that the all-India crude birth rate was 19.3 in 2021, dropping at a rate of 1.12% every year from 2016 to 2021. In comparison, in the same period, the birth rate for Tamil ...

The social factor which is perhaps most important in maintaining the high birth rate is the universality of marriage. Because so many women from 15 to 40 die, there is a shortage of marriageable ...