NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghi (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday voiced his concerns about the declining population and its implications for societal survival.
Addressing an event in RSS citadel, Nagpur, Bhagwat pointed out the importance of maintaining a fertility rate above 2.1, citing modern population science.
“The decline in population is a matter of concern. Modern population science says that when the fertility rate of a society falls below 2.1, that society vanishes from the earth, even without a crisis,” Bhagwat said. He warned that several societies and languages have already been lost due to dwindling populations.
He also mentioned that India’s population policy, formulated in 1998 or 2002, and acknowledged the need to prevent fertility rates from dropping below the replacement level of 2.1.
“We need more than two or three because society should survive. This is what population science tells us, the number is important because society should survive,” RSS chief added.
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