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Should India Have More Babies? | Nothing But The Truth S2 | Ep 150

Should India Have More Babies? | Nothing But The Truth S2 | Ep 15021 aug32 min

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s move to extend one-year maternity leave to mothers having a third child marks a striking reversal of India’s old “Hum Do, Hamare Do” philosophy. But does India really need more babies — or better jobs, skills and opportunities for the young people it already has? This week on Nothing But The Truth, Raj Chengappa examines the North-South fertility divide, ageing, migration, delimitation, fiscal federalism and the politics of population.

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