New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- India should move away from population control as an objective of state policy and realign its family planning framework with the country's changing demographic reality, said Sanjeev Sanyal, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), citing a new report.

Sanyal shared a new report titled "The Ghost of Population Past: How Population Control Persists in India," highlighting the declining fertility rate of the country.

"India's fertility rate is well below the replacement rate and some parts of the country now have East Asian/European fertility levels. The number of live births in India peaked in 2001 at 29 million and has now fallen below 23 million," he posted on X.

As per Sanyal, Ind...