Offering couples cash incentives if they put off having their first child by two years has delayed 2,500 births, claim officials in Satara district More...

Although India has a long way to go in arresting population growth, 11 states and three union territories have shown the way by attaining the ideal of two children per couple. However, states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh will need at least 15-20 years to achieve this goal More...

Inaugurating a recent Data Users Conference for Census 2011, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the census organisation must try and release the scheduled 2011 census data within two or three years from its date of completion More...

Getting the men of Shivpuri district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, to undergo a vasectomy by enticing them with the promise of a gun licence seems to be working better than monetary inducement More...

Despite a 13% increase in awareness about contraceptive methods, a growing number of married women prefer traditional birth control measures and operative procedures like sterilisation over condoms More...

Official data suggests that the number of people living below the poverty line in India has decreased from 55% in 1973/74 to 26% in 1999/2000. Interestingly, fertility too had begun to decline during the '70s More...

Although many parents who lost children in the disaster are applauding the government's decision to conduct free sterilisation reversals, experts point out that the move reveals a flawed reproductive health policy in India More...

While acknowledging increasing incidents of sex-selective abortion, the National Commission for Women demands stringent action to end the practice More...

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