A big study in The Lancet challenges widely-held Indian fears of ruinous ‘population explosion’

#IndianPopulationGrowth #DemographicDividend *Correction: TFR is not a percentage but rather the number of children who would be born per woman. Population explosion fears have dominated our national debate for years. A big new study in The Lancet, however, throws up counter-intuitive findings on this. In episode #534 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the study on India & its neighbours’ population projections, and implications. Read Lancet's study here: https://www.thelancet.com/action/show... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia