Private member’s bill to regulate population withdrawn in RS

Private member’s bill to regulate population withdrawn in RS

Subject: Geography

Section: Human geography

Context:

A private member’s bill moved by BJP member Rakesh Sinha in the Rajya Sabha to regulate the rising population was withdrawn on Friday.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, during the discussion on the bill, said that the population control should happen by creating awareness among people and it should not happen by force and being made compulsory.

Concept

What is Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?

• The total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children that would be born to a woman by the time she ends childbearing.
• According to the UN Population Division, a total fertility rate (TFR) of about 2.1 children per woman is called replacement-level fertility.
• The fertility rate of less than 2.1 implies that the total population will be less than the existing population which is also called the negative growth rate.
• According to the findings of the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-India has achieved a major demographical landmark. It is the first-ever time that the country’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) slipped below the replacement level of 2.1, 5).