(December 2024: PIB report) The Big Milestone: India Hits TFR of 2.0 As per NFHS-5 (2019–21), India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has dropped to 2.0—below the replacement level of 2.1. 📌 What does that mean?Replacement level fertility is the average number of children a woman must have to replace herself and her partner—essentially ensuring population…
What is Famine? – The Big Picture Imagine a society where food suddenly becomes scarce. Not for a day or two—but for months. People don’t get enough to eat, they fall sick, diseases spread, and eventually, many die. This situation is what we call a famine. Technically, famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused…
Published by five global agencies — FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO, the SOFI 2024 report is the global barometer for food security and nutrition. It tells us how many are hungry, why they are hungry, and what we can do about it. Let’s understand it in 4 parts: Key Global Findings: The World is…
Let us begin with a practical imagination. Picture a household — they open their kitchen cabinet and find only a few scraps of food. They don’t have enough money to go to the market and refill their stock. This anxiety, this helplessness — this is food insecurity. Now, instead of defining it in one single…
Population policy isn’t merely a technical tool—it’s the government’s response to demographic realities. Some nations have too many people, some too few, and many are facing a ticking demographic clock. A. Classification of Population Policies At the core, population policies are state-led interventions to influence the size, structure, or movement of the population. Much like…
Let’s bifurcate the population problems across two different worlds—developing countries and developed ones. Though they lie on the same planet, their population issues are fundamentally different. A. Population Problems in Developing Countries Developing countries often have abundant human resources but lack the systems to harness them effectively. Let’s understand how: 1. Youth-Dominated Population Structure Imagine…
Key Findings from the UN International Migration Stock 2024 Report
Introduction: Migration – A Global Phenomenon Migration today is not just an Indian issue; it’s a global phenomenon, much like how people across the world shift from one job to another or move from small towns to metro cities in search of better life. With the expansion of transport and communication, migration has become deeply…
🔢 General Migration Data 🔁 Trends Over Time 🧭 Migration Streams (2011) Stream Total (%) Male (%) Female (%) Rural–Rural 53.8 31.3 63.3 Rural–Urban 19.7 30.1 15.3 Urban–Urban 19.7 29.9 15.4 Urban–Rural 6.8 8.6 6.0 📍 Distance of Migration Type 1981 (%) 2011 (%) Intra-district 64.96 61.68 Inter-district 23.02 26.26 Interstate 12.02 12.06 💼 Reasons…
Imagine you’re watching a crowd at a railway station. Some people are leaving their hometowns forever; others are arriving at a new place with all their belongings, ready to start a new chapter. This movement, when it’s not temporary but involves a permanent change of residence, is what we call Migration. What is Migration? Migration…
