8 July 2026
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Demographic Dividend or Trap: Why Are India’s States Heading in Different Directions?
In 1962, South Korea launched its first national family planning programme. Its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) at the time was 6.3. Over the next two decades, the government paired declining fertility with compulsory primary education, targeted public health investment, and a deliberate push to bring women into the formal workforce. By 1985, the TFR had…