India's falling fertility rate raises alarm as Supreme Court calls for rethink of two-child norm

Supreme Court says laws penalising people with more than two children have lost relevance amid falling fertility.
India’s total fertility rate has dropped from 3.02 in 2003 to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1.
The court referred its 2003 judgment upholding the two-child norm to a larger bench for reconsideration.
It warned that declining births could accelerate population ageing and make demographic recovery difficult.

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