An Indian politician has said Indian families should have three children each, after the country's fertility rate dropped to below two children per woman.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said at a lecture to mark the 100 years of the founding of the RSS on Thursday that "in the national interest, every family should have three children and limit themselves to that."

It comes after the UN Population Fund's 2025 report placed India's fertility rate at 1.9 children per woman in June—lower than the generally accepted replacement rate of 2.1 births per woman (required to maintain a stable population without immigration ).

Why It Matters

India's fertility decline signaled an accelerating shift toward an older population, threatening to reduce the proportion

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