As per the Economic Survey 2018-19, the national 'total fertility rate' is expected to be below replacement rate by the year ________.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct option is option 4 i.e. 2021.
| Survey | The survey predicts that India will have a total fertility rate below the replacement rate in the next two years. |
| “Projected values for 2021-41 suggest that TFR at the national level will continue to decline rapidly and will lie below replacement level fertility at 1.8 as early as 2021,” according to the survey. | |
| India's working-age population will grow by roughly 9.7 million per year during 2021-31 and 4.2 million per year in 2031-41, added the survey. | |
| India’s population has been growing slower than in the 1970s-1980s. It was 2.5 per cent during 1971-81, which has come down to 1.3 per cent as of 2011-16 |