Is Bihar’s high replacement rate a consequence of poverty? 1w5y3b

15/05/2025

According to the Sample Registration System report for 2021 released by the Registrar General of...

According to the Sample Registration System report for 2021 released by the Registrar General of India on May 7, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), which is the average number of children that a woman is expected to have in her childbearing years, in India was 2.0 in 2021, the same as in 2020. While Delhi and West Bengal reported the lowest TFR of 1.4, Bihar reported the highest at 3.0.
Is Bihar’s high replacement rate a consequence of poverty? We discuss the question here.
Guests: Saswata Ghosh, Prasenjit Bose
Host: Shiv Sahay Singh


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