Pillale Sampada Scheme: Can Cash Incentives Reverse Falling Birth Rates?
Pillale Sampada, meaning “children as wealth,” is Andhra Pradesh’s new population-growth push aimed at addressing falling fertility and future demographic imbalance. The state government has announced cash incentives of ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child, making the scheme one of the most debated family-policy moves in India … Read more