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Fertility rates in southern states have gone below the replacement rate, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday and stressed on the need for "population management". Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit here, the chief minister said there is a need to talk about population management and it's going to be an asset for India in the years to come. Naidu said he has been stressing that the silence on the subject should be broken and people should talk about population management. "People are asking what population management is. You are seeing all European countries, even Japan, even China. All countries are having an aging problem. Only India is having an advantage up to 2047," Naidu said. "Now South India's aging problem has started. Our fertility rate is 1.6. Generally, to maintain population, 2.1 fertility rate has to be maintained," he said, adding the population growth rate is at the borderline at present in the southern states and soon the population
Environmental pollutants in air, water, and soil, once secondary to genetics, are now major contributors to reproductive health issues in men and women
Concerns over delimitation of Lok Sabha seats and a fall in fertility rates in South India have states revisiting family planning schemes
Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu said that his government plans to legislate allowing only candidates with more than two children to contest local body elections
The USD 3-billion CK Birla group company Birla Fertility & IVF is looking to invest Rs 500 crore in the next 2-3 years as it seeks to capture a larger share in the domestic market, a company statement said on Thursday. Birla Fertility & IVF, which is the third largest fertility chain, plans to extend its presence in the southern region by establishing 10-12 new centres across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh within the next 12-24 months, the company said. "The group is viewing for a bigger share of the IVF market and plans to invest Rs 500 crore in next 2-3 years," it said. By investing heavily in infrastructure and leveraging its expertise, Birla Fertility & IVF intends to provide fertility solutions to a broader audience, particularly in Tier II and Tier III cities, Avanti Birla, Chairman and Founder of Birla Fertility & IVF, said. Abhishek Aggrawal, Chief Business Officer at Birla Fertility & IVF, said that we have expanded across ...
Japan's fertility rate, the total number of births per woman in her lifetime, dropped from 1.26 to 1.20, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population
As part of a major policy push, Yoon also said a new government ministry would be created to address the country's record low birth rate and fast-ageing society
Research also suggests that the role of religion may be more limited when compared to other factors
Study projects India's fertility rate to fall to 1.29 children per woman by 2050
The Centre has amended the surrogacy rules 2022 allowing married couples to use an egg or sperm of a donor in case one of the partners is suffering from a medical condition. The District Medical Board has to certify that either the husband or wife is suffering from a medical condition necessitating the use of donor gamete. "In case when the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from a medical condition necessitating use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed," the notification issued on Wednesday said. The surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed subject to the condition that the child to be born through surrogacy must have at least one gamete from the intending couple, it stated. This means if both the partners have medical problems or are unable to have their own gametes they cannot opt for surrogacy. "Single women (widow or divorcee) undergoing surrogacy must use self-eggs and donor sperm to
This expansion is driven by a combination of factors, including the growing demand for IVF treatment in underserved markets and foreign customers coming in
A steep decline in fertility, badly regulated adoption, and other impediments are likely to lead to severe social and economic problems
According to industry experts, the egg-freezing market in India is still in its early stages but is poised for growth in the coming years
Singapore's birth rate hit a record low in 2022 with only 35,605 babies born in that year when the country also registered the highest number of deaths annually since 1960, according to media reports on Tuesday. Official figures released by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) showed a 7.9 per cent drop in the number of live births. The drop was from 38,672 in 2021 to 35,605 in 2022. There were 26,891 deaths in 2022, a 10.7 per cent increase compared with the 24,292 recorded in 2021 in the Report on Registration of Births and Deaths. This was the highest number of total yearly deaths since 1960, reported Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao. The report also stated that women are progressively getting older before they start having children, with the median age of first-time mothers rising to 31.9 years in 2022 from 30.6 in 2018. There was minimal change in the median ages of mothers who gave birth to their second and subsequent children during the same period. The numb
Starting July 1, services ranging from sperm optimisation to in-vitro fertilisation will be reimbursed in 16 medical facilities, CCTV reported, citing the Beijing Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau
India is home to 28 million couples with fertility-related issues
South Korea's total fertility rate hit a record low in 2021 as the number of childbirths continued to fall, data revealed, underscoring the country's gloomy demographic situation
There were 624,828 live births registered in England and Wales in 2021, up 1.8 per cent from 2020
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