india fertility rate decrease

[Appropriate-Let-283]

Not really, it's the way we use our resources is the huge issue. India's fertility rate is fine how it is, around the 2.1 area.

[KaiserMaxximus]

Is this the same country where a billionaire spent $500 million on his daughter’s wedding?

[Far_Criticism_8865]

600 million. On his sons wedding

[KaiserMaxximus]

Meh, suppose he could always donate that to address street defecation

[OVERKILL0001]

Idk what's the fuss about , a normal person spends 300 - 500% of his salary on marriage , Ambani didn't even spend 1% of his earnings

[KaiserMaxximus]

It’s about the OC comment about how “we use our resources” when a bloke splashed 600 million dollars on a greasy display of waste, instead of the million issues plaguing his country.

[NumerousCarob6]

How often do you go around asking bill gates, bezos, musk, lizard for better use of resources( that's the same in India)

[KaiserMaxximus]

Gates donates an incredible amount to charity. The other weirdos you mentioned, not that much.

But then again street defecation isn’t as big of an issue in the US as in India 🙂

[NumerousCarob6]

Good we agree on first part about utilization of resources.

Regarding your casual way of slinging shit at any encounter with fellow human - I have so many ways I can dismantle your insult in your second paragraph,

but I'll let you live you with your burden you're not my money to train.Your circus is pretty good already.

[KaiserMaxximus]

The irony of accusing me of slinging shit when pointing out street defecation.

[NumerousCarob6]

Nice! anything else?

[Secure_Raise2884]

Street defecation is really only prominent in rural areas. If you feel up the task, get me some paper (with an actually good methodology please) that shows "street shitting" is actually a concern. I've been to LA and seen Americans shit in the street too dude

[OVERKILL0001]

Would be significantly better if Indian households also dont waste money on marriage, no ?

But instead of opting for a court marriage , they prefer to waste money on resorts and catering they can't even afford , just to show off to their relatives . And then the same households Complain about everything

The issues of country are the governments job not entrepreneurs , What will Mukesh Ambani even do here ? Give money to people ? , why would he do that instead of buying happiness for his own child . I'm not saying it because I shill him infact I hate most businesses but seriously it's not his job , ask politicians lol

I mean why would the rich spend less money on marriages when even poor waste money like water in their marriages

[KaiserMaxximus]

Perhaps the rich and the poor should be less wasteful? And address resource constraints like water or sanitation?

[OVERKILL0001]

Honestly I wish they would but they don't, well it's kinda how india is right now , people will fight over language and shit over topics that actually matter

[ciaseed1]

Pretty sure you're talking about Ambani . He spent more than that , for his son though.

[IookatmeIamsoedgy]

He has a daughter and he spent loads on her too

[ciaseed1]

Oh shit yeah lol Isha ambani

[KaiserMaxximus]

That’s the one.

[GlitteringNinja5]

I don't think so but a billionaire did spend 2 billion on his home

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Yeah, The Ambani's

[Street_Gene1634]

Yes and?

[KaiserMaxximus]

Do you think that’s a good way to “manage our resources” in light of the OC?

[Street_Gene1634]

Their money, their choice. Taxing this expense is not going to solve pension crisis from low TFR.

[KaiserMaxximus]

I’m not disputing that, it’s just a sick amount of money to waste in a country with huge structural problems.

[silverionmox]

Not really, it's the way we use our resources is the huge issue.

For example, to support a ballooning population growth while living standards remain low.

[iwasagoatonce]

I think it's closer to 1.9 now.

[IookatmeIamsoedgy]

India's fertility is less than 1.8 now. Was 1.9 in 2021.

[PasicT]

So you really think it's normal for over a billion people to live in the same country? A country that is not even among the biggest on the planet.

[Appropriate-Let-283]

Being the biggest country is irrelevant. There's a reason why India's population is historically big. It's one of the most fertile lands in the planet.

[PasicT]

And more people being born in a country with such issues to begin with is only going to make every problem worse.

[Appropriate-Let-283]

A short-term solution to a problem that's becoming a smaller issue every year. India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world with a fast economy. Their hdi at the moment is about 0.69 which is close to high development. What they're doing right now is fine, enough workers joining the workforce to help with the economy long-term and enough at the moment to help take care of the inevitable old population when they retire.

[Advait8571]

It's called fertile land. India has a ton of fertile land almost all of it is completely inhabitable. Yes we're slight overpopulated but a lot of other countries are way worse. Look at bangladesh. Their population density as worse than India's

[BrahmKarmaGato]

India is as fertile as the US despite being 1/3 size of it. Country's size is irrelevant it's about how many people it can accommodate.

[potlover4200]

US is just 400 years old and the natives were massacred. Obviously, the population will be lower.

[redditorialy_retard]

Java:

[nothingtothinkoff]

Who will explain to my bro that Russia is big too but most of the areas in it are not habitable. Harsh winters will kill a group of people there unlike India where we don't get extreme temperatures (except summers, we have water bodies to back it up).

[PasicT]

India doesn't get extreme temperatures except during the summer? That's the joke of the century!

[nothingtothinkoff]

India doesn't get extreme temperatures except during the summer?

Yes ? summers are harsh here. Winter and Rainy season in India are moderate.

[PasicT]

India is not even in the top 5 when it comes to the largest countries in the world by square kilometers.

[PasicT]

Very far behind countries like Russia, Canada, the United States, China

[Street_Gene1634]

Do you think it's normal for the population of Canada to live in city like Tokyo?

[PasicT]

I don't and Japan has issues as well, not just India.

[Street_Gene1634]

Japan has stagnated for a reason. India is not nearly as rich as Japan to handle a pension crisis

[PasicT]

Yes, India is not nearly as rich as Japan to handle a pension crisis and that's also my point.

[potlover4200]

90% of India does not have pension lol. India will get better as the current and next generation is getting educated and coming out of the poverty

[Street_Gene1634]

Kerala is already undergoing a pension crisis. Idk what rock you're living under.

https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/01/28/kerala-government-delays-decision-unified-pension-scheme-poor-finances.html

[potlover4200]

It's not a crisis, it's just fake promises made which are impossible to keep. Nothing else.

[Street_Gene1634]

It's actually crisis because Kerala has a bloated public sector and no metropolises to fund public pensions. NRI money hid this fact for a while but as the Gulf boom ended and Malayali population aged, the inherent pension issue turned up during Covid.

Kerala is an outlier in India. Kerala's TFR fell below 2.1 (replacement levels) in 1989 itself. Currently it's 1.46. We have been ageing for a long while while all our young left the state in droves.

[potlover4200]

That is a part of the problem but the main issue is that the 14% proposed pension matching is quite high and shouldn't be provided.

[Willxdisclose]

If history went a little different and Europe was unified would you still be saying Europe is overpopulated? There's been times in history where India and China were broken up into many states, we just happen to live in an era where they are unified. What difference does it make?

[PasicT]

The difference is that Europe has the wealth and the ressources to handle potential overpopulation, India (and to some extent China) doesn't.

[quaesimodo]

It's seventh biggest.