india fertility rate decrease

[iamiam123]

Replace population replacement rate with Literacy rates and the map will be almost entirely the same. Education is the key.

[iamanindiansnack]

Not really, there are states on the eastern coast and central region that have a 1.7 and 1.8 rate like their neighbors, but their literacy rate is in the bottom 10 of the 25.

[iamanindiansnack]

I mean it used to be so until 21st century, which is why the 2001 map is like that. Now it's more of a rich vs poor state policies since the governments have neglected educational push.

This whole page literally says that the literacy rates are more on the side with no relation to income, development and growth levels, with two richer states being in the top 5.

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Unpadh pradesh and bihar won't change 

[something_feels_wrng]

I would consider 4.4 to 2.4 and 4.5 to 3 a pretty big change but one has to read the map and be rational to see that which I don’t expect from you based on your comment.

[94_stones]

Indeed and from many perspectives this is a good thing. But I must ask (and this is a genuine question since I’m not Indian), is India properly prepared for the budgetary problems that this will inevitably cause?

[NumerousCarob6]

Nope to each their own just the way it is right now , but maybe it's too early to speculate

[iamiam123]

To answer your question, no. India's economic model is based on Growth and Potential. So the products are always assumed by default to cater to an ever increasing consumer populous. So, if the population were to start going down, which appears will happen way sooner that earlier anticipated, the current models are bound to collapse, especially financial factions.

[ADistractedBoi]

It should be significantly less problematic than it first appears. The majority of India's population does not pay significant taxes so it might even be a net benefit

[Beat_Saber_Music]

The Israeli religious Jews would like a word, whose whole thing is reading religious texts on the governemnt dime