09/11/2019
VOS writes...
Metamorphosis and Challenges in Sikkim Now: Sikkim's total fertility rate (TFR) is declining.
Sikkim has an alarming fertility rate of 1.2 (children per women) as compared to rest of the national average of 2.1 (children per women) vide National Family Health Survey-4 (15-16). This problem is going to increase in the future, as unlike other diseases, it is a health problem which people don’t want to talk about openly.
The total fertility rate of Sikkim is decreasing drastically, and hence, the ignorance of the subject cannot be taken lightly anymore.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) indicates the average number of children expected to be born to a woman during her reproductive span of 15-49 years.
I request planners, policy makers and think tank of our state to think about this matter and do it needful. It's easier to stop something happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened.
