Forced Population Control Can Create Gender Imbalances: S Jaishankar
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S Jaishankar also highlighted India's independent foreign policy under PM Modi. (File)Gandhinagar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India's population is declining due to education, social awareness and prosperity.At an event in Gujarat, where he launched the Gujarati translation of his book, 'The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World', he discussed India's population and said, "The rate of growth of Indian population is falling. The reason is education, social awareness and prosperity. The family size among each one of us, with the passage of time, is small.""Forced population control can have very dangerous consequences, it can create a gender imbalance," Mr Jaishankar added.Since Independence, India has witnessed a huge change in its demographic...