Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has called on every Indian family to have at least three children, stressing that India’s demographic stability depends on maintaining a fertility rate of 2.1 or above. Speaking in Delhi on August 28, Bhagwat said this translates into “three children per family” since one cannot have fractional children. He said population decline is a serious concern, warning that societies with fertility rates below 2.1 slowly perish on their own, leading to the disappearance of languages, cultures, and communities.
