News India Live, Digital Desk: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has hit back at the narrative of population imbalance. He clearly said that the Muslim population in India will never exceed the number of Hindus, because the fertility rate is falling rapidly in all communities.1. Owaisi’s main arguments Is spread for profit.2. Reality of the data (as per NFHS-5)Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) of the Government of India seems to support Owaisi’s arguments:CommunityNFHS-4 (TFR)NFHS-5 (TFR)Decline (%)Hindus2.11.9-Muslims2.62.3Fastest declineChristians2.01.8-3. Importance of ‘Replacement Level’According to demography experts, India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has now come down to 2.0, which is even below the ‘Replacement Level’ (2.1). This means that in the future, instead of increasing, India’s population will stagnate and then start declining. Owaisi, using the same ‘demographic trend’, termed the claims that talk about population imbalance as ‘myths’.4. Owaisi’s attack on the government: The MP also said that the government should focus on providing employment and education to the youth instead of spreading fear on the population. He also criticized the ‘Population Policy’ proposed in states like Uttar Pradesh and Assam and called it unconstitutional.
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