Our country’s population policy, formulated either in 1998 or 2002, clearly says that the total fertility rate should not be below 2.1. Now when we say 2.1, it is not feasible to have children in fraction.So when we say 2.1, this means it should be more, at least three.The (population) science says so, Bhagwat said.India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR), or the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, has declined from 2.2 to 2 while the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) has increased from 54 per cent to 67 per cent, according to the National Family Health Survey data released in 2021.A total fertility rate of 2.1 is considered as the replacement rate, which is a crucial factor in population growth.It ensures the replacement of a woman and her partner upon death with no overall increase or decrease in numbers.Latching on to Bhagwat’s remarks, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said, PM Modi had earlier said that Muslim women produce more children. He also referred to Modi’s remarks that if the Congress comes to power, it will redistribute gold, including mangalsutras’, from mothers and daughters among Muslims.Bhagwat says produce more children. Now those in the RSS should start marrying, Owaisi said.
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