Draft Population Management Policy to incentivise parents having third child

2026-03-05 - 14:23

Aiming to raise the Total Fertility Rate from 1.5 to an optimal level of 2.1, the ‘Poshana - Shiksha - Suraksha’ package proposes to give ₹25,000 at the time of delivery, and ₹1,000 monthly assistance for five years and free education to the child up to age 18