Population growth rates have shrunk more for minorities: Pew report

All religious groups in India show major decline in fertility rates

In 2020, Rashtriya Swayam­sevak Sangh (RSS) chief Moh­an Bhagwat declared that a two-child policy would be one of the organisation’s primary goals. Many criticised the proposal as an attempt to limit the growth of India’s Muslim population.

However, a report on the country’s religious composition, following a survey by the Pew Research Centre using data from the Census and the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), says that population growth rates have declined for all of India’s major religious groups, but the slowdown has been more pron­ounced among religious minorities, which outpaced Hindus in earlier decades.

The survey also says India’s religious composition