Amaravati, March 06, 2026: Andhra Pradesh's draft Population Management Policy shifts focus from limiting births to encouraging them, proposing incentives to raise the state's Total Fertility Rate from 1.5 toward the replacement level of 2.1.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu introduced the draft in the Assembly, highlighting risks of an aging population, shrinking workforce, and economic strain if trends continue similar to challenges in Japan, Italy, and South Korea.
The “Poshana - Shiksha - Suraksha” package targets families with a third child, offering ₹25,000 at delivery, ₹1,000 monthly nutrition aid for five years, and free education up to age 18.
Broader measures include incentives from the second child onward, support for infertile couples via subsidized IVF, enhanced parental leave, and efforts to boost women's workforce participation for higher economic growth.
