Watch | As Muslims See Sharpest Drop In Fertility Rate, Hindutva Propaganda Falls Flat
Data showed that Muslims have seen the sharpest drop in fertility rate between NFHS-1 and NFHS-5 by 47% from 4.4 in 1992-93 to 2.3 in 2019-2021.
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
May 10 2022
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The fertility rate of Muslims has seen the sharpest decline among all religious communities over the past two decades, shows data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Muslims have seen the sharpest drop in fertility rate between NFHS-1 and NFHS-5 by 47% from 4.4 in 1992-93 to 2.3 in 2019-2021.
The Wire's senior editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani discusses this issue with the former chief of Election Commission of India S.Y. Qureshi.
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