Should India Have More Babies? | Nothing But The Truth S2 | Ep 150

Podcast: Nothing But The Truth · India Today Podcasts

Opublikowano: 2026-08-21

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s move to extend one-year maternity leave to mothers having a third child marks a striking reversal of India’s old “Hum Do, Hamare Do” philosophy. But does India really need more babies — or better jobs, skills and opportunities for the young people it already has? This week on Nothing But The Truth, Raj Chengappa examines the North-South fertility divide, ageing, migration, delimitation, fiscal federalism and the politics of population. Tune In! Produced by Areeb Raza Sound mixed by Rohan Bharti