RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Warns of Societal Collapse if Population Drops Below 2.1

Chief Mohan Bhagwat Warns of Societal Collapse: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that the growth rate of 2.1 is necessary for the survival of any society.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday made a strong pitch for maintaining a growth rate of 2.1 and said that this is essential for the "survival of any society."

Bhagwat’s stirring remarks about family, fertility rate and its importance in the preservation of any society came during his address at the ‘Kathale Kul (clan) Sammelan’ in Maharashtra’s Nagpur.

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He expressed concern over the declining population and also gave examples of how some languages and societies disappeared as they couldn’t keep up with time.

“The population should not go below 2.1, our country's population policy was decided in 1998-2002. The population of a society should not be less than 2.1,” Bhagwat opined.

He also said that as per modern population science when the fertility rate of any society goes below 2.1 it is the beginning of the end of that society.

"The decline in population is a matter of concern. Modern population science says that when the population (fertility rate) of a society goes below 2.1, that society vanishes from the earth,” said the RSS chief.

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He asked for a reproduction rate of more than 2.1 to save any race.

“We need more than two or three, this is what population science says. The number is important because society should survive,” Bhagwat further said.

India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has gone below 2 as per a recent report. This is important because in 1950s TFR was 6 and now it has gone below replacement level, on its own, that is, without any coercive two child norm.

A total fertility rate of 2.1 is considered the replacement rate, which is a crucial factor in population growth. It ensures the replacement of a woman and her partner upon death with no overall increase or decrease in numbers.

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