Mishra, Udaya S. and Anand, Abhishek creator text Economic & Political Weekly monographic eng

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61(19), May 9, 2026: p.17-20 The recent draft Population Management Policy by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which proposes monetary benefits for couples having a second or third child, merits scrutiny on empirical, normative, and equity grounds. Drawing on the state’s demographic trajectory, the international evidence on pro-natal fiscal incentives, India’s experience with incentive-based family planning programmes, and a consideration of the structural determinants of fertility decline, this article argues that monetary incentivisation is unlikely to produce a sustained reversal in fertility choices. –Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/commentary/do-financial-incentives-revise-fertility-choices.html Economic & Political Weekly 260612