'Society Will Perish If Population Growth Rate Goes Below 2.1': Mohan Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday, emphasized the critical role of family in society and warned of the potential dangers of a declining population growth rate.

Speaking at the ‘Kathale Kul (clan) Sammelan’ in Nagpur, he stated that a society risks perishing if its population growth rate drops below 2.1. According to Bhagwat, "Decreasing population is a matter of concern because the Loksankhya Shastra says that if we go below 2.1, then that society perishes, no one will destroy it, it will perish by itself."

Bhagwat explained that the population policy of India, formulated around 1998-2002, set a target to keep the population growth rate above 2.1.