Andhra plans cash incentives to encourage higher birth rates
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced cash incentives to encourage higher birth rates in the state. Families will receive ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child. This initiative aims to address the declining population trend and maintain a stable fertility rate.
- ▪The government will provide ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child.
- ▪Naidu emphasized the need to increase the birth rate to maintain a replacement-level Total Fertility Rate of 2.1.
- ▪The initiative follows a previous proposal for a ₹25,000 incentive for the birth of a second child.
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Andhra plans cash incentives to encourage higher birth ratesAndhra plans cash incentives to encourage higher birth ratesPublished on: May 16, 2026 3:28 PM ISTPTIShare viaCopy link Narasannapeta , Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced incentives of ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth, as part of efforts to reverse the state's declining population trend.Andhra plans cash incentives to encourage higher birth ratesAddressing a public meeting at Narsannapeta in Srikakulam district, Naidu said the government had taken the decision and would announce further details within a month."I have made a new decision. We will provide ₹30,000 immediately after the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child.
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