Some important nuggets from the latest headline-making National Family Health Survey

India's fertility rate hits the figure of 2.0, which is less than the 'replacement rate' as per latest National Family Health Survey. Shekhar Gupta digs deep into this declining figure and what lies in it for India's vast population. And there are some alarm bells to look out for in the Anaemia rate and obesity. Episode 886 of #CutTheClutter
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[@pushpendergusain4262]

It is heartening to note that we have achieved replacement level fertility. I would further like to clarify that the replacement level fertility 2.1 is applicable for developed countries only. For some African countries it is more than 3. Similarly, it is more than 2.1 for India considering the sex ratio and mortality rate. The most striking feature of the survey is that a significant number of children have low weight and height considering their age.

[@arjunsaha97]

Tell me, why is it different?

[@evagupta6474]

Because of more number of males born, higher infant mortality rate and increasing emigration. India's actual replacement rate would be around 2.2

[@evagupta6474]

@@arjunsaha97 Because of more number of males born, higher infant mortality rate and increasing emigration. India's actual replacement rate would be around 2.2

[@rishabhjain7543]

@@arjunsaha97 Cause we broke.

[@satyamdhal389]

@@arjunsaha97 most probably, it is due to less mortality rate in developing countries, so replacement levels should be high

[@nishant4262]

Hope that Parsis haven't extincted! 😅 Infact, they provide perfect example that quantity is nothing without quality. They're miniscule, yet hold important businesses, land, philanthropy.

[@suyashrahatekar4964]

Parsis ,Jains and Sikhs are valuable to the country, their population shouldn't be decreasing at a fast rate.

[@nishant4262]

@@suyashrahatekar4964 counterview: They are valuable only because they raise few children correctly. If they increase children, they'll start producing lesser quality citizens

[@suyashrahatekar4964]

@@nishant4262 not necessarily.

[@userag]

All thanks to British

[@kanduurlakshmipathy1547]

Sir, TFR is an absolute (TFR 3 is absolute 3, not 3%).

[@yogeish]

I felt like giving him a pat on his head everytime he said that 😁

[@prajwalshetty9809]

Farmers want msp, nation needs micro nutrients. Seems like a no brainer to stop msp on cereals and move them to millets and veggies

[@pam4840]

Idioooot. It's not the quantitiy but distribution..and wholesomeness.also vegan are more

[@hittv817]

Fake farmers wants free electricity free diesel free visa and free everything there is no end to their free demand

[@biswaroopmaiti2943]

As someone from West Bengal, this is not surprising at all. Among my friends it is very rare to find someone who has a sibling. Kolkata in particular is a single child city mostly and people are getting married much later, after establishing their career.

[@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र]

Same in Assam but the problem and concern is muslim population..they do have atleast 2-3 child

[@pranavkumar1818]

Agreed ! I grew up in Kolkata and at most places I was the only one with a sibling!

[@biswaroopmaiti2943]

@Oris Eri Why would you want to have two children when you can use the same amount of attention and resources to support one child? Having two children is rather selfish and short sighted on many levels. I hope contraception is not an issue.

[@owannn]

@@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र and they should have 2,3 child,, that is necessary to sustain a culture, i hope they continue to produce

[@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र]

@@biswaroopmaiti2943 the problem is demographic change..we don't have any problem with having one children..but in every state muslims have more children than Hindus and other religions.. Just wait for new census..

[@kartikaytiwari7387]

just like kerela where muslim birth rate is thrice of hindus and Christians, same in bengal muslim birth rate is twice of hindu, so the stereotypes isn't baseless, you of all people should not mislead people like this.

[@sujithkumar2041]

Nonsense. Sanghi always a sanghi. They neither love the country nor the ppl. Perpetual hate generating factory

[@VishalKumar-xp6gz]

bro come out of ur obsession with Muslims...if 2/28 states as u told have higher rate than hindus then whats the issue?? and numbers tell they are well below even 2.0...why don't u raise such issue for bihar ,jharkhand or your knowledge restricts u to analyse everything fro religious prism

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

The statistics and research is pretty solid and it has been drawn by your beloved gvt. You just don't want to believe it cz it doesn't fit your preconceived notions.

[@kartikaytiwari7387]

and where have i questioned it's authenticity?

[@badbad-cat]

Religion wise census is on government website. You can see BIMARU states are breeding nonstop, irrespective of religion. South Indians controlled population irrespective of religion. Look that up

[@MinhajAhmedAnsari]

I think we may have missed the bus; atleast on economic growth front. In coming times the proportion of population which would be employed or working would progressively go down on the other hand the women participation in labour force is still abysmal. I think for our growth engine to keep churning, more number of women must be integrated into formal/informal economy, otherwise we may end up with mediocre growth trajectory in future. And this NFHS survey data suggests that we have no dearth of enterprising women in this country.

[@storyteller_prashant]

Job market will change hugely with robotics and artificial intelligence . Global basic income might be the way forward as there won't beany jobs left for unskilled human .

[@jayantjolly]

True!! Women representation in India for jobs is quite abysmal!! Specially in rural areas!! The societal structure that a women should stay at home while the husband will do the heavy lifting is drowning our hopes for big economic growth!!

[@herschpol6419]

Absolutely agreed! Participation of women in the economy needs to increase.also, we now need to focus on automation as we will be looking down on the same problems that the developed world is looking at.

[@herschpol6419]

@ANI2000 US has its share of dumbfucks too though. I’d say they’re pretty evenly matched. I live in US and Atleast that’s my observation

[@karankapoor2701]

@@herschpol6419 who do you think will run for president in 2024 in USA

[@romitabhichandani9965]

FERTILITY RATE IS NOT A PERCENTAGE. Great analysis as usual; just one correction: fertility rate is the average number of children produced by a woman over her lifetime; it cannot be a percentage. I'm sure it's an honest mistake; we are so used to percentages when it comes to these statistics, that's what comes out of our mouth!

[@testprofile1840]

I think it was probably a kind of tongue slip for uncle considering sir's age

[@pushkardeshpandemedfreak]

Yeah I too was quite frustrated when he was pouting that percentage term on and on...

[@nagraj2k1]

I think he was saying person not percentage

[@kunalpareek8321]

It is %. The base is 1000

[@We_Woke]

Nice topics for ctc these days... i wanted to hear more about this survey

[@tatakae9102]

Ctc is all about simplyfying cluttered reports

[@rajeshantony74]

It is a heartening news summary. I would have never gained similar insight unless 'The Print' explained. Thank you

[@adityadeshmukh4059]

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[@tstanmoysamanta]

Don't believe everything is being said

[@mdaalishanraza3928]

@@tstanmoysamanta you can read the report if you don't believe anything

[@tstanmoysamanta]

@@mdaalishanraza3928 it's his opinion no need to report.

[@vivekchaudhary1653]

I am in bengal for nearly 05 years and i am not convince with your analysis b/c I have not come across a hindu family who have more than one child but on the other side when I came to know other religion I can confirm is not quite right. I know this because my sample size for hindu family is atleat 500 due my nature of work.

[@Bengalifirst]

Bro bengal has a population is around 99m by your account the sample you have is 500 statistically speaking it is just sampling error!

[@ayanverma5746]

14:00 Households with Health Insurance Urban - 38% ,Rural - 42% Quite Interesting Now that's like Cred making ad of LIC

[@amanpratik5656]

Aayushman Bharat Yojana

[@utkarshshukla6228]

@@amanpratik5656 These welfare schemes really do work man.

[@amanpratik5656]

@@utkarshshukla6228 have u tried making yours

[@coolbuddyshivam]

@@utkarshshukla6228 It's not always about whether something works or not. It's about efficiency. Our government system doesn't set standards before making some scheme. We don't know whether it's a failure or a success. Anyways, 42% is too low for a state sponsored insurance. If hypothetically this was a stat for hunger, Would it be a failure or success considering India's ration card system? Both are equally vital for quality life.

[@devilsadvocate4864]

Bengal’s data is really suspect. In 1970, WB and AP + Telangana had the same population. Since then Bengal has reported lower birth rates but it’s population is much more (about 60 lakhs more) than AP + Telangana.. Explain that..

[@prabhashjha7796]

Illegal immigrants?

[@maeerpatil7045]

Migration from bangladesh

[@aditya.malladi]

Immigration and post 71 there was an inflow of refugees

[@imonghosh912]

1971 census data WB : 4 crores 43 lakhs Andhra : 4 crores 35 lakhs Bengal and Andhra always had similar birth rates. A difference of decimal points, as the population grew, the % remained the same, but the gap widened. Plus Bengal has a huge internal migration happening from Hindi heartland states. High paid High skilled Tech migration of Andhra is huge, but low paid low skilled labour migration is bigger in Bengal. There are many suburban towns around Kolkata where the demographic has changed completely as the educated Bengalis migrated to other states and people pursuing low paid low skilled jobs came in from the Hindi heartland. You'll rarely find a cab driver in Kolkata these days who either speaks bangla properly, or without an accent. You can check the state wise internal migration data for validating my comment.

[@jainpranya]

Population increase by having more birth, less death (longer life span), and immigration. If birth rate is same, improvement in health leads to more people, being an classic industrial state may also lead to immigration from neighbouring states like Bihar etc. Add it all up, 60 lakh is not so much.

[@souravde9737]

Gupta ji is getting old and confused, he just keeps on mixing up stuff. Absolutes with percentages, Conjecture rather than analysis. The Bengal bit was a bit too much.

[@P.B...]

Some concerning new data (for ages 15-49) in this survey include prevalence of elevated levels of blood sugar (overall: ~26% for Women & ~30% for Men) and hypertension (overall: ~39% for Women and ~45% for Men). While data on cholesterol wasn't collected, in combination with the data on obesity, and anemia, this may indicate a worrisome trend towards higher rates of metabolic syndrome, which has been associated with higher rates of hospitalization and/or death due to covid. These conditions, particularly when not under control also increase one's risk for certain kinds of dementias later on in life (usually mid 60s and later).

[@nagraj2k1]

Yet we massively subsidise the sugar farmers and industry

[@sunnymitra6372]

Meetha kam khana chahiye ye kab samjhenge log. My Father and Uncle are suffering from Diabetes for over a Decade

[@tyagijee]

Very detailed analysis!! 2 quick things - 1. Any idea how immigration is captured in this data. Is punjab number low because of folks moving to Canada. 2. Everyone is making progress in the right direction now. Some tags are hurtful like Hindu Rate of growth and BIMARU. I would request you to please talk to Mulayam and Lalu for spoiling these states next time.

[@badbad-cat]

Mulayam and Lalu didn't make all those babies 😂

[@udayviruppal3730]

Immigration is not responsible. That's true lakhs of Punjabis are going abroad every year to foreign countries... But the reason of fertility being low is that Women of Punjab are much more literate & educated than most other states. In fact, There are many colleges & universities in Punjab where women outnumber Men (Punjabi Men are proving to be nalayaks vs quite motivated Women) ... look up for the last NSSO 2017-18 data as well for more information.

[@patriotbharathi171]

U mentioned Kerala,K'taka and Andhra but not Tamilnadu. I was expecting your explanation on the figures of TN.

[@patriotbharathi171]

@@kp7557 அப்படி ஒன்றும் தெரியவில்லை , இவர் மறந்து இருப்பார் !

[@tanmaypoddar7518]

Seeing these many jalebis in comment section i feel like rushing to a nearby sweet shop to eat some but alas stores closed at this time😆😆

[@patriotbharathi171]

@@kp7557 வேன்டும் என்றே விட்டது போல தெரியவில்லை.

[@patriotbharathi171]

@@tanmaypoddar7518 pls don't comment like this on other's language.

[@patriotbharathi171]

Shekhar ji , this guy is accusing u of not giving attention to Tamilnadu.

[@keshavanveeraragava7690]

Bengal, it’s not population survey but fertility , so the illegal immigrants are adding to the count and babies are made less

[@Kafkaesque1965]

Still you believe in this illegal immigration *jumla*

[@tanmaypoddar7518]

Two Bangladeshi or Bangladeshi sympathizers sitting in west bengal come rushing to defend their miya bhais in comment section..😂😂😂

[@devilsadvocate4864]

Bengal’s data is really suspect. In 1970, WB and AP + Telangana had the same population. Since then Bengal has reported lower birth rates but it’s population is much more (about 60 lakhs more) than AP + Telangana.. If Bangladeshi immigration is not the reason, what is?

[@parvadhami980]

@@devilsadvocate4864 Bangladesh's immigration has played a part especially AFTER 1971 war. Lakhs of Bangladeshis stayed back suudenly adding to the population.

[@sheersode6843]

@@Kafkaesque1965 Well illegal immigration is very much real, so much so, that even Mamata Banerjee raised this issue I'm 2004-05, in the parliament, when she was a MP. I hail from North 24 Parganas disrtict of WB , which happens to be a border district and, let me tell you, Influx of Bangladeshis is abysmally high. Every second rickshawala/roadside-vendor talks in a Bangladeshi accent. Demographics matter a lot, especially in a state which was carved out as a Hindu-homeland. It's time we get real, and defenestrate political correctness.

[@prakashpatankar7775]

This man does not know ground reality. Average is down because majority are having lower rate than 2.one should know percentage based on religion.

[@padmalochanbehera1745]

Beautiful presentation....a better picture of future India. Thanx

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Our diet is too starch heavy. We need more veggies (for micro-nutrients) and protein in our diets. That explains malnourishment and shortening of the average height of our citizens.

[@pichumanisankar2617]

Our population, though stabilising, is becoming unhealthy prone to life style diseases. This will have huge pressure on our fragile health infra even without COVID-19 like outbreaks. Like Swatch Bharath we need Arokya Bharath

[@parvadhami980]

Bihar has most probably taken over Maharashtra in terms of population

[@sunnymitra6372]

Bihar has 12.50 Crore people and rising. Maharashtra is way behind for Good reason

[@parvadhami980]

@@sunnymitra6372 Also the income of Maharashtra is twice that of a Bihari

[@anandkumar-kl4ix]

Dear Sir, kindly make a video on Road construction along Himalaya specially the all weather road to char dham yatra ...it is a serious issue as several time the issue is being raised ..concerning the worse outcome in terms of glacier burst, heavy rain anf cloud burst ....also the undergoing railways project construction in Uttarakhand leading cracks in many parts along the valley......if it is possible it would be great to know this severe issue with your analysis under cut the clutter episode

[@tanujshokta5593]

We need all weather roads to safeguard our country so stop protesting against it.

[@parvadhami980]

@@a-woke5283 Finally the wokiest of wokes has given a "sensible" suggestion

[@Ajayraj-vi1qz]

@@a-woke5283 ugh okay, fine lets gets boinked by china. 💣💥

[@jigsaw2281]

Here comes colonial mind..

[@sunnyboy288]

Dhruv Rathee is more knowledgeble than Guptaji because he has more followers. Dhruv sir is just 24 but he knows everything. He is also richer than Guptaji. Dhruv sir also has girlfrand. Guptaji doesn't have one. Indian men like to watch Dhruv youtube and support income so he can afford to enjoy life with firangi girl in Germany. Not Guptaji.

[@parvadhami980]

Gupta is married 😂

[@VishalKumar-xp6gz]

if this is issue then modi(school drop out) has around 1crore followers,travels world, randwa and Gupta Ji has less followers, highly intellectual but still indian men prefers to watch modi over guptaji

[@prachetmakwana6011]

itna sarcasm mat karo bhai

[@rajkumarsahu4018]

@@VishalKumar-xp6gz Bhai , One need to do peer comparison of people having near about same profession ,otherwise one can even compare gold with 💩 .

[@sunnyboy288]

@@parvadhami980 So what?

[@xtinxn]

Sir, you keep referring to the fertility rate in this video as "percent". Its not a percentage; its an absolute number, i.e, it is the average number of children born to a woman over her entire lifetime.

[@Charvak-Atheist]

Yes

[@hph5671]

I am 29. I am planning to skip marriage and children. I don't want them to witness the forthcoming devastation and loss that climate change is going to bring.

[@ocs748]

Do not mix average value and group/ religious denomination value, with regard to fertility. These two values are very important to assess the true picture. But why do journalists deliberately avoid this important piece of information? Speaking of this will dispel the apprehension of people.

[@dhan3170]

I think his comparison is wrong. Compare a Hindu in Bangal with muslim in Bangal and don't compare Bihari Hindu with Bangali Muslim. I am sure about Kerala that the muslim birth rate is higher than Hindus.

[@OCStudies]

Lol you have caught him red handed 😛

[@parvadhami980]

Of course that's true.

[@DJ-jd9qf]

The comparison is between states . I don’t think the report differentiates between religions with in a state

[@madarunniran]

NFHS5 report also have fertility rate per religion…. SG need to compare Bengal and Bihar to prove his opinion.

[@kaustubhshukla6462]

In my opinion replacement level of 2.0 is a big win for women empowerment but in terms of population, individual state /city level data mean more. India has more of a population distribution problem than population problem. We need to address the perils of unplanned urbanisation.

[@RahulSharma-jm9ir]

i am still unable to understand that how rajasthan is called as poor state but not WB?

[@dukhi_aatma372]

You must be living under the rock. Just this year in May WB zoomed past Singapore and entire Europe in terms of Development , Growth, Quality of Life, Human Development Index, Happiness Index, and all other positive indexes. And if you think US and China are competing with each other for number # 1 position, then you are wrong... they both are actually competing with WB, because WB GDP is now just few cents away from the combined GDP of US + China. Everyone in WB eats their meal in golden plates, live in palaces and play Golf on the weekends.

[@vishwabhushansingh]

Always a delight to watch Shekhar Sir's narration, it's extremely engaging , I wish if I had a teacher like him.

[@sangramkale3375]

It's luck if u get teachers like Shekhar ji

[@SangoLifeSutras]

More women should work in India. No point just being educated

[@VishalKumar-xp6gz]

where r the jobs??

[@nizampalace]

What is the TFR by religion…. That will give you the real answer where more work needs to be done around awareness

[@badbad-cat]

TFR by state has already given the answer. North India needs free condom supply and castration

[@KrishnaKaliyuga]

Where is the breakup of Religion wise data ?

[@raghuramgowda2640]

Muslim woman's fertility rate is still higher when compared to others. It is 2.6 when others are around 2.It means 10 Muslim women produce 26 babies while others produce 20. I feel statistics regarding Bengal are not reliable. Only census figures may give clear picture that this surveys.

[@harithascorp]

Go around to the muslim areas in Bangalore. You'll find plenty of women with 3-4 small children. 2.6 is simply incorrect.

[@jasmeetsingh298]

It is more related to poverty. Wherever you see poverty rates at higher level fertility rate will be higher. As literacy rate will go up fertility rate will come down to a certain level.

[@dhavanj1994]

The smaller the better argument is flawed. For the demography to sustain and therefore the economy 2.1 is what India should aim at.

[@vishwabhushansingh]

SG should start Cut the clutter in Hindi or regional languages,a vast majority of Indians are missing out these brilliant stories and such high standards of journalism . If that's not possible,then at least provision for subtitles in regional languages can be explored.

[@SaurabhDube195]

this are just surveys...too good to be true..i dont think our fertility rate is that low.

[@ramanamadireddi5888]

We should have a 25/50/100 year population plan. It’s time to put out the the District wise/ State wise/ Religion wise data and go for severe dis incentives for those exceeding 2 kids and incentives for those with 2 or less kids. Ostrich like attitude of not facing the problem will only make the life of future generation of Indians difficult.

[@nilanjanabanerjee8553]

Sir, very nice report... As a Bengali feeling happy that some stereotypes about us are being broken. Just wanted to say that fertility rate is not a percentage point. Its just a number. The Kanysshree scheme has increased the number of girls finishing their high school education and enrolling in colleges. Would appreciate if you could analyse this scheme.

[@madiam4u]

I am Bong too...this doesn't mean there's no illegal Muslim infiltration from Bangladesss

[@nilanjanabanerjee8553]

@@madiam4u infiltration is an entirely different cup of tea. Moreover, the influx of people from Bangladesh is not limited to Muslims and since you are a Bengali, who I presume currently resides in bengal, you should be aware of. People cross the border into India to escape religious persecution and to look for better income opportunities.

[@RRR-nz8pi]

can you do a CTC on NITI AYOG MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX

[@indranuj38]

Sir I can't believe that you of all the people do not think that population is a problem in india...we must bring a population control bill if we want this country to prosper in the future

[@setekar]

Thank you sir for the detailed analysis. One clarification - how does NFHS treat children born to Indians holding outside India holding Indian passport?

[@sooraj1497]

Really useful for everyone especially ones preparing.

[@technodestination4763]

Some other important takeaways💐 India's obesity rate has risen by 4% from NHFS 4, while India's Anamia rate has increased by 6 % Sex ratio at birth has increased from 919 to 929. Overall Sex ratio for first time shows more women than men- 1020 women for men. Earlier 991 women for men.(NHFS4) Households with elec-97%, up from 88. Household with improved drinking water source-96%, Household with improved sanitation-70% Household with clean cooking fuel- 57% from 44% Household with one member having health insurance or financing - 41% from 29%

[@dhrubajt]

Let the census be done and then see how religion based population have grown over their base of last census. Your way of putting up data looks in a particular direction

[@simpson4314]

Punjabi ni haunge teh raula kaun paunga.... 😁

[@mandarp9472]

India has an outstanding debt of Rs 200 lakh crore or 2.7 trillion US dollars, which includes debt of state govt & GOI. Per capita income is at US 2100 dollars. Most of the revenue is spent of subsidies, salaries, pensions by taking loans of few lakh crores every year by govt. The outstanding debt has been increasing so are the taxes. 80 crore people get 5 kg of wheat or rice every month @ Rs 3 / kg. There has been a continuous brain drain of talented people. Businessmen, millionaires have been relocating to business friendly, tax friendly countries. With no serious reforms due to politics, protests, PILs, NGOs and activists have been carried out by any govt after 1991. Socialism, freebies, subsidies have ruined this country.

[@smritimoyhalder605]

Believe me urban couples are struggling to have even single baby. That's a fact.

[@jafman1100]

True

[@invisible5478]

It's very fruitful episode thank u

[@amiindra]

Sir please also check how many Bengali couple are child less, and how any unaccounted population are there in bengal

[@premdasdutta8125]

This is a terrific success story.all must come together and encourage states like Bihar up jharkhand and meghalaya had the extra responsibility on their shoulder to pull down the population growth further down.beleve you can turn the table. Do it for the sake of the country. If Bangladesh can do it.other states can do it.

[@nijilanand]

Child wasteing and stunting also prevented easily. Every child provided one time meal at preschool or Anganwadi like in kerala and health check up of every child at least once a month by nurse/doctor and report to centre. Centre should track and make improvements as necessary like covid cases.

[@dhreetee3]

#cuttheclutter please make the correction that Fertility Rate should not be mentioned in percentages

[@shubhamkumar6689]

Sir i have a request, the print should cover eastern states and north eastern states on regular basis.

[@premdasdutta8125]

Dreaming for this states of Bihar up to further cut down population growth and do much on women education. The faster they change their mindset the better it is for India. They always let India down than Bangladesh.

[@akashsharma-jb8on]

Thanks for decluttering the nfhs report sir. The growth in percentage of anemia incidence is quite alarming, given we have running health programs for control of anemia. (In adolescent girls and pregnant women). Need to look into why it's not working, where our other nutrition health programs have usually been somewhat productive.

[@chananarocks]

Strictly speaking, Iron, folic acid/folate, Vit B12. All these are required. Getting infections too can cause anemia. Then there's blood loss too. Now, the vegetarian food can only account for folate to an extent. Iron, only if the food is sufficiently soaked and cooked and eaten in plenty. Heme vs non-heme iron. B12, perhaps in dairy but still its need is more in pregnant females. Folic acid as drug/fortification will only work if there is no genetic MTHFR mutation. Otherwise methylated forms are required which is comparatively expensive. Does the program account for testing of homocysteine? All-round nutritional needs, or just a few once size fits all pills?

[@keshav4408]

Everytime there is a survey to show good indication. Bihar : Me to thak gayi bhaisaab

[@rdxx4073]

The blame goes to bihari's of course because they will never change

[@PRASADSHKL2007]

Thanks I was looking forward to this piece I keep getting headlines I hold off reading those reports for this piece..

[@parvadhami980]

Interestingly Jammu and Kashmir has a TFR of 1.5 only

[@cleonii]

I see a lot of statistical gymnastics being performed here to prove that religion does not play as big a part here. Looking at the reports for WB, Bihar and Kerala, it is clear that Muslim women still have a way higher fertility rate than Hindus and Christians. At the same time, Muslim women and children are lower on other health and social indicators, like infant mortality, education level, workforce involvement etc. So religion still plays an important role, unfortunately. However, it is clear that reduced child mortality, better education, better workforce involvement etc. will bring the Muslim populace on par with the rest. There is nothing to fear. If we do not lay these facts bare, and let certain political factions continue to highlight certain parts of this data for their political gain, then we are part of the problem. We let them perpetuate the thought that there is some agenda amongst Muslims. THAT is something to fear.

[@YT-lx9ry]

All in all we need to bring the negative growth on all religion and possibly go up to 150 crore 2040 and come back to 100core by 2060. People should target one child per couple when they are 30 that too only if they can support. What is the point in bringing a child into the world if we cannot give them good food and life. Also the idea that demography of Muslim / Christian is an important piece and the fear of Hindus ( who are not elitist) that they may lose their majority. There are anecdotal evidence of Jordan and other countries where minority Muslim have become majority. Sorry this is a sensitive subject which needs to discussed in plain speak as the civilizational aspect cannot be hidden under carpet

[@Shubham07Garg]

You are right every third bengali is muslim but what if this 1.6 fertility is attributed by Hindus by reducing their fertility and these muslim continue to treat their women as factory of children given by Allah 😂😂

[@harisundar8698]

SG sir, please make a video on the attrition rate of young employees in IT sector this year. With so many job offers available, people are no longer staying at one MNC. Attrition rate is as big as 31% in bigger MNCs. Despite covid, people are leaving jobs and taking other professions also. Please do a ctc.

[@manoshinandy5180]

Bhai tu service based companies ki baat kar raha hei jo tcs,cognizant,infosys,mass recruiter companies ka hai. Aaj kal tier 3 engg students gate key liya padhtey ya skills develop karke offcampus apply karte hai naki mass recruiter mei job pana

[@manoshinandy5180]

@Kaushal Batavia bhai jisko mehnat karni hai voh karlega Every year India produces 250000 cse graduates out of which 50000 unemployed 1.5 lakh people work in mass recruiter company and rest in product based company or startup

[@manoshinandy5180]

@Kaushal Batavia the reason IIT and IIM guys are required is about their linkedin profile.they need them because iit and iim guys have a huge network for venture funding for startups.that is why companies take tier 1 students.and immediately reject tier 3 students because he doesnt get placed in good company nor he has any networks

[@jigsaw2281]

India TFR 2.0 isse 160 crore population peak kese hoga koi btayega ??? Abhi 5 saal baad ye aur kam hoke 1.9 1.8 ho jayega phir bhi 160 crore kese hoga ???

[@pardeeptandon]

On one side we say MSP can not be given as we are surplus in grains and the government can not legally implement MSP On the other side we rank poorly on the world hunger index. If MSP is legally fixed on all crops then the government will not have to buy any food item unless it wants to subsidise the poor. The food subsidy to the poor can not be called a subsidy to farmers. Modi government in 7 years has not been able to reduce farmers distress. It is about time someone else is given a chance.

[@YT-lx9ry]

Your goal is to give to someone and all other logic is just baloney

[@MrShnkrr]

Punjabis are procreating in Canada. No wonder Indian population is decreasing

[@Harigram]

No analysis on birth rates in terms of religion ! Any uncomfortable truths ????

[@rajkibaat4643]

All data is wrong because it's without Ghuspaithiyas headcount

[@sridharacv]

Please talk about party run for generations by families and it's threats to democracy. It is very important for the nation. Kindly do the needful for the national interest🙏🏻

[@anujprabhu223]

Increasing the marriage age of girls to 21 can be a good way to control the population...it can also allow more women to complete their graduation and join the workforce

[@rathindrabhattacharya4549]

Very few viewership for such extremely important discussion!

[@mandarp9472]

India's population of poor, BPL families will increase and Income Tax payers, talented people who can produce more than they consume will reduce. Top doctors, engineers, scientists, researchers will migrate to developed countries like USA. India will be left with people who like govt & tax payer's to pay for everything indefinitely. India will become another Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Pakistan or South Africa with high inflation & huge debts.

[@RavindraSinha]

The sample.size for this survey is insignificant given the 140 crore population of India.. Government should immediately conduct Census and present validated data

[@ratulraveendran]

I thought multi dimensional poverty index published by NITI AYOG also would be discussed.

[@TheGradeFootballer]

Nobody came and surveyed me for any of the data points mentioned here. This is just a sample size and do not depict the exact situation on the ground.

[@veerconsul8227]

Shekhar, With due respect, India won't age soon after reaching RR of less than 2. Is this persists for more than two or three decades then it'd start aging. It's now very important to ascertain if 2 is across all religious groups? If Hindus RR is less than 2 but other groups (not naming but you know what I am saying) then it's alarming too. Therefore India's RR must be for all religious groups.

[@srikanthguptak9778]

Please make a video on cryptocurrency vs fiat currency sekharji as to what is good,bad and scary and how does it derive utility value (other than supply and demand)

[@indranibanerjee1548]

Sir what about headline ke piche kya hai 2 weeks without it .

[@anupamagrawal1968]

@SG These data points aren't in percentages! "2.1 percent", "1.6 percent" no way lol

[@charantk]

To correct these deficiencies there must be a robust health system and not corporate cronies where is the data about how much the private healthcare and how much the government contributed in the past for such corrections?

[@randelr8638]

Because of these lack of macronutrition,India ranks very bad in the global hunger index

[@cutekitten4351]

1:44 she is holding book upside down. Shows the reality of Rural Indian education system 😐

[@AshokSingh-gl1jc]

Tongue in cheek: SG said "God Almighty, etc", and not "Yamraj"; how many are offended, outraged, and consider him anti-Hindutva/National

[@RakeshSingh-ly5cz]

Very stupid "tongue in cheek".

[@harithascorp]

Only you, by the looks of it. :P

[@gperiaswami3971]

Akbaruddeen owaisi must be very happy to hear you.

[@Pss1954]

Sir, I am from tamilnadu, but want to know if Uttar pradesh has made progress in the last 5 years compared to earlier stages, I am asking only for facts ,I am not biased to any party just want to know real figures

[@ARVINDYADAV-cu9sd]

I think Uttar Pradesh 2025 party rate 2.0 national average

[@atharvrelekar4203]

UP was 2.7 in the previous survey and now it is 2.4. It should reach replacement level by the next survey. Bihar by maybe the one after that.

[@akshitdadhwal]

In next decade every 3rd person will be from either up or bihar in india

[@ocs748]

Obesity also effects the fertility, and may be one of the factors for lower fertility rates.

[@parvadhami980]

Obesity as well as anaemia

[@ayushmaansingh637]

Does this anemia vs obesity somehow related to increasing income gap thing

[@satanicomic]

Upsc and state psc answer writing ..Shekhar Gupta sir ur knowledge will be immensely helpful

[@vinaykarnam]

half reporting is much worse than not reporting. mind it.

[@tapemaj]

Excellent data compilation on this presentation . However am sceptical about the WB population ! Hopefully, this data on WB is collated correctly.

[@technow7992]

Sir check Bangladesh, they do have similar performance but better than all south east Asia.

[@bunny1401]

If I am not wrong this is collected by central government

[@VishalKumar-xp6gz]

i think u r suffering from religious disorders...

[@anshagrawal6289]

@@technow7992 Nope, Vietnam is lesser than Bangladesh

[@tapemaj]

@@VishalKumar-xp6gz Ironic isn’t it ? “ doctors treat yourself “ Bloody useless Pappu

[@commanderofkesariyaknights]

Subaltern lower quality ppl r breeding, educated ppl r below replacement level

[@dhruboroy9784]

It's a nightmare for low middle income agro based country to have such low TFR and it's criminal to say otherwise We are finished

[@manmeet4981]

Are you mad

[@dhruboroy9784]

@@manmeet4981yeah lol good luck feeding and nursing 500 million grandpas in 2080 with your sub Saharan level economy

[@chananarocks]

Well, if the grandpas/grandmas make for a better career by way of freeing up the opportunities, then they won't need someone to feed them. Couple that with booming investment climate. In terms of food, older people anyway consume less. We are not going to face a quantity issue but only the quality and skilled.

[@soumyamajumdar5998]

@@chananarocks not to mention the amount of automation we would have. There would be no shortage of labour because there won't be a need for people working on fields by 2080.

[@abhianv17]

Wud there be any correlation between the pandemic and the fertility rates going down along with increase in malnutrition, as this data pertains to the two pandemic years? Has the NHFS included this confounding variable?

[@Subh8081]

India has beaten all population expectation so far. I remember one time India was expected to cross China in 2022, then revised to 2024, now 2026! My prediction is India would touch the best case estimation by UN, i,e peak around 2045 at 1.55 billion and would drop to 1.1 billion by 2100.

[@adarshpandey8657]

Jharkhand Bihar and chattisgarh labourers use to work in Delhi are comparatively half feet shorter than city people. This is likely due to the consumption of arsenic contaminated water. This leads to stunting in children according to a recent report by ToI

[@amodjp]

The eligible marriage age of women should be 20, most governments will not do this to be unpopular

[@vemmanr]

Fertility rate is not the real story the real story is Anaemia! Also wheres CMR & MMR?

[@dr.nishikant8465]

Anemia has a lot to do with vegetarian diet and dairy products which interfare with iron absorption. Let's do some evaluation of national deworming program.

[@sruthysreepadma]

Is it true?

[@sruthysreepadma]

Is it true?

[@parvadhami980]

But green veggies do have good iron. Spinach, lettuce and coriander