Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is urging a focus on increasing the state's population, viewing children as national assets. He announced financial incentives, offering Rs 30,000 for a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth, to counter declining birth rates and an aging demographic. This policy aims to address a significant demographic shift.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced financial incentives of Rs 30,000 for a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth to boost the state's declining population. The move aims to increase the birth rate and maintain a Total Fertility Rate of 2.1.
Hyderabad-based comedian Sarat Uday's stand-up show in Bengaluru's Koramangala was disrupted by alleged TDP protesters on Saturday over jokes about Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu from nearly two years ago. Despite having apologized previously, he was forced to apologize again on stage. The group threatened violence, questioned his remarks about a 2003 Naxal assassination attempt on Naidu, and tried to compel him to raise TDP slogans. They left before police arrived. TDP state president Palla Srinivasa Rao condemned the protest but warned comedians against crossing limits of free speech. This is the third such incident involving comedians facing protests in Andhra Pradesh.
