FACTS  AGAINST  MYTH              


           The past decade has seen India's total fertility rate fall from 2.7 to 2.2. Muslims have recorded 

the  highest total fertility rate (TFR) decline from 3.2 to 2.6 while Hindus have fallen from 2.8 to 2.1. 

All other communities have gone below replacement levels. Big states with sizeable Muslim 

population like Jammu & Kashmir and Bengal have one of the lowest TFR (1.6). This explodes the 

myth of Muslims outnumbering Hindus over the years, as propagated by right wing organizations.

                                           (a report in Times of India, January 15, 2018)

Controlling overpopulation is associated more with raising the level of education (specially of 

women) and raising the standard of living of the poor (whether Hindu or Muslim).


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