India, the world's most populous country, is seeing a debate about having more babies.

Summary

Despite surpassing China as the world’s most populous country, parts of India are encouraging higher birth rates due to concerns over declining fertility and rapid aging.

Southern states like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, where fertility rates are below replacement levels, fear losing political representation and federal revenue after upcoming electoral boundary reforms.

India also faces challenges of an aging population with inadequate social infrastructure.

Experts call for policies promoting active aging, extended working years, and better use of India’s demographic dividend to address economic and social pressures.

  • xmunkEnglish
    271·
    2 days ago

    Underfunded social security is a pyramid scheme and you always need more active workers than retirees.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

      more active workers than retirees.

      Well, no, that’s actually incorrect. You only need enough productive output to sustain a social welfare system; if people’s productivity would increase to 10,000%, then 1% active workforce in the population could sustain up to 70% elderly people (assuming another 29% younger unproductive people).

      It’s just that society chooses to skim off that additional wealth to some rich parasitical class.

      • xmunkEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I agree - in my comment I may have lacked proper emphasis but i was talking about underfunded social security specifically. Social security is absolutely achievable but it does cost more than people would prefer to spend.