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Shamika Ravi Warns on India's Workforce and Fertility Decline

Shamika Ravi Warns on India's Workforce and Fertility Decline

India's population is changing.

A government advisor, Shamika Ravi, says people in cities aren't having as many babies.

This means there won't be as many young workers in the future.

India's fertility rate is now below what's needed to replace the population.

Ravi explains that because women work more, couples have fewer children if gender roles don't change at home.

She also warns that relying on workers from some states won't last.

She believes India's growth depends on people moving within the country and on talented engineers, who may leave for better prospects abroad.

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