Now the prevalence of ‘Hum Do Hamare Do’ is also decreasing rapidly in the country.
Instead, there are a large number who want only one child. Due to this, there will be a decline in birth rate in India by 2050.
This warning has been given in a report of Lancet. The total birth rate in India was 6.18 in 1950, which came down to 4.6 in 1980.
Not only this, in 2021 it declined rapidly and stopped at 1.91. This is less than replacement level. Demographers believe that for replacement level the birth rate should be at least 2.1.
In such a situation, this is also a sign of a big crisis. It is estimated that by 2050 the birth rate in India will remain only 1.29. This will not reduce the population immediately, but the proportion of youth in it will continue to reduce. Then by 2100 this crisis will deepen further.
If this report of Lancet proves to be correct then India will face a big challenge in the coming decades. If there is a rapid decline in the birth rate, there will be a shortage in the workforce and the economy will be shocked by this.
Apart from this, the population of elderly people will be more than the youth, taking care of whom will also be a challenge. Not only this, there will be a huge burden on health services also.
Not only this, there will also be a crisis of gender inequality. The reason for this is also a new trend. People are not having a second child after their first child is a boy.
Experts believe that one of the reasons for producing fewer children is that with the development of the country, people’s aspirations have also increased.
People are spending a lot on children. In such a situation, if there are more children, the expenses will be higher. To avoid this, people are giving importance to fewer children.
Apart from this, women becoming educated on a large scale and focusing on their careers have also affected their chances of having children.
Delayed marriage is also becoming a reason for this. Rapid urbanization and people’s easy access to contraception have also changed things.
Experts believe that even though there are still a few decades left for this challenge to face India, planning will have to be done from now on. Governments should try to make motherhood less expensive.
This will also motivate people to some extent to have at least two children. Let us tell you that there are many countries like Italy, Japan, Russia, which are already going through such a crisis.
The population in these countries is continuously decreasing and the governments are worried about it. One of these countries is South Korea. Recently, a leader of South Korea said that if the situation continues like this then our very existence will be in danger.