Hyderabad, March 6 -- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced a comprehensive "Population Management Policy," stating that the government is shifting its focus from traditional family planning to "population care" in view of declining fertility rates and future demographic challenges.

Presenting the draft policy document in the state legislative assembly, Naidu said currently about three lakh families, accounting for 58% of the total number, have only one child, while around 2.17 lakh families have two or more children.

The chief minister explained that the state's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is currently 1.5, a sharp fall from 3.0 recorded in 1993, whereas the ideal level should be 2.1 to maintain demogra...