Why is the rate of population growth in India declining steadily ??!

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The population growth rate in India is reducing since 1981 due to declining birth rates. The gradual reduction in birth rates is due to many reasons like increasing literacy and education, lower infant mortality rates, better health care, effective government policies etc.,.

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