Hindi states population going up is a threat to other ethnic nationalities of India. Hindi only official language policy is a clear advantage to Hindians. Almost all high-fertility states are either low-income ones or fare poorly in female literacy, or have a large rural population. The converse holds true for low-fertility states. There are only two major exceptions, situated in two extreme ends of the country: Gujarat and Odisha. Gujarat is a high-income urbanized state with above-average rates of female literacy. Yet, its TFR is above the replacement level. Odisha is a low-income state with a large rural population. Its female literacy rate is marginally below the national average. Yet, Odisha’s fertility levels are much below the national average, and it has attained the replacement level TFR of 2.1. All four states in southern India are low-fertility states and have already attained the replacement level TFR. India’s high-fertility zone is largely composed of the so-called Bimaru states—Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These have been developmental laggards for a long time now, and are likely to lag behind the rest of the country in stabilizing their population.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:47:48 +0000
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