Demographic dilemma: How inter-state migration can provide a solution

A new delimitation of parliamentary constituencies is overdue, and it might be done on the basis of more recent population numbers

The chief ministers of two southern Indian states, N Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and M K Stalin of Tamil Nadu, have urged people in their states to have more children. Mr Naidu, pointing to the troubles being faced owing to aging populations in Japan, China, and Europe, has pushed his Cabinet into doing away with the two-child cap for candidates to local bodies. Shortly thereafter, Mr Stalin went one jump ahead of his counterpart by suggesting that residents of his state have 16 children. Other chief ministers may well follow suit. On the whole, it is not surprising that