Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced that the government will provide incentives of Rs 30,000 to families for the birth of a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth one, PTI reported.
Naidu made the announcement at a public meeting in Narsannapeta in the Srikakulam district, and said that the government will announce further details in a month. The chief minister said that the time has come for society to work together to increase birth rates, according to PTI.
The Telugu Desam Party chief had in March unveiled a policy aimed at raising the state’s Total Fertility Rate by giving a financial incentive of Rs 25,000 for couples who have a third child.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly at the time, Naidu had highlighted that Andhra Pradesh faces a declining birth rate and an ageing population and warned that by 2047 nearly 23% of residents could be elderly if fertility rates are not stabilised.
“Currently, about 58% of families have only one child, around 2.17 lakh families have two children, and nearly 62 lakh families have three or more children,” he had said. “Around three lakh families have only one child instead of two, while another three lakh families have more than two children.”
Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.
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