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populations age, Morland says, they tend to become more risk-averse, with investment flowing into safer assets rather than innovation, while a smaller, older workforce may be less entrepreneurial and able to sustain economic growth
birth rates have declined more sharply, said a population-based delimitation exercise could increase seats in the north and disadvantage southern regions that have slowed population growth and built stronger economies. The Indian Constitution mandates
growth. According to government statistics, including the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report — the country’s largest demographic survey — India has had a falling fertility rate for some years, but the reproduction rate remained high
growth for decades, are now choosing to have fewer children or not to have children at all. [According to](/news/2026/6/9/indias-fertility-rate-falls-below-replacement-level-why-it-matters) government figures, including from the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report – the country’s largest