Decline in Birthrate

The total fertility rate – the number of children the average woman will have in her lifetime based on current trends – fell to just 2.3 last year from 3.6 in 1991 India’s birth rate declined dramatically in the last two decade. India, which is set to become the world’s most populated country in the next decade, has been trying for decades to curb population growth.

Factors affecting decline in birthrates are :

• Cash incentives to women who undergo sterilization. 
• Increase in female literacy

Cash incentives given to women who undergo sterilization is around Rs. 600.

As per 2011 census effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) in 2011 were 82.14% for men and 65.46% for women.