u/Cal_Aesthetics_Club

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire

Like why did they have to make him fly like that 💀

And the near miss with the car before the blast was pure comedic timing

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It’s not a fake car either. But, because the cactus cannot perform any of the functions of a car and does not look like one, it certainly isn’t a real car.

There’s no doubt that AP’s demographics are precarious. The median age is approaching 35 years which is higher than those of countries like Vietnam and Mexico.

However, per capita productivity remains low.

The issue with an aging population is that it increases the dependency ratio, the ratio of the number of dependents (children and elderly) over the number of people old enough to be in the labor force.

Countries where the dependency ratio is propped up by a large number of children (ex: Pakistan which has a median age of only 21 years) are not in much danger because those children will eventually join the labor force. Thus, the flow of time is on their side.

However, countries and states where the dependency ratio is propped up by a growing elderly population are in danger, especially if they haven’t developed or industrialized yet. Not only is the flow of time against them but they face the danger of being stuck on the middle income trap…forever. And, once people grow too old for the labor force, they leave the labor force and remain as dependents for the rest of their lives.

Andhra Pradesh faces this risk, as does Thailand (Thailand is where Andhra Pradesh could be in 15 years if it doesn’t urgently boost the TFR somehow).

The issue is that Naidu’s approach to TFR is completely wrong. Naidu’s mentality seems to be that most issues can be resolved by throwing money at them and, if they’re still not resolved, then the amount of money expended is not adequate.

But this is foolish. Does he think that monetary incentives is something new and that Japan, Poland and South Korea haven’t already tried several variations of them? Japan has been doing this for literal decades and has far more resources at its disposal than AP.

Low TFR is a sociocultural issue and thus the solution must be sociocultural in nature. Not just blindly throwing money and hoping that something sticks.

1.) Ensure an equitable division of household labor.

TFR is slightly correlated to development but strongly correlated to women’s’ access to education, especially tertiary gross enrollment ratio: The percentage of college-age women who are enrolled in college.

In AP, it’s 35% which means that more than 1 in 3 women of college age are enrolled in higher education. A vast majority of them will go on to work careers.

While more and more women are pursuing higher education, the expectation of being a homemaker persists which means less free time/flexibility and, consequently, a lower TFR.

If CBN wants to boost the TFR, then men (especially in households where both spouses are working) need to step up and do their fair share of household chores such as cooking, cleaning and laundry.

2.) Workplace crèches

The good news is that Vizag and Vijayawada are already implementing this:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/thesundaystandard/2026/May/03/urban-creches-for-working-mothersin-vizag-vijayawada-launched

Workplace crèches allow for more flexibility for mothers and, again, frees up their time. In fact, these are commonplace in Israel which is one of the only developed countries to have a TFR above the replacement rate of 2.1 (it is around 2.9 while AP is only 1.5).

3.) PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO WELFARE SCHEMES INSTEAD OF BLINDLY GIVING OUT MONEY!!!

If not implemented responsibly, freebies can actually worsen the financial situation and purchasing power of the middle class.

Careless unconditional freebies benefit only a small substrata of people (assuming that the money is used responsibly but even this isn’t guaranteed) while slowly strangling the middle class through increased inflation.

4.) Start building more vertical housing (skyscrapers, high rises).

A common complaint against efforts to boost the TFR is that AP is too crowded. But AP actually has one of the lowest population densities of any Indian state with 300-330 people per sq km. For reference, Israel has around 35% more population density.

The real issue is that AP is not properly utilizing its space. Even Vizag only has mid rises and high rises.

Including more skyscrapers will free up more space both for housing and greenery.

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There’s nothing wrong with using taxpayer money to visit other countries to learn from the best and refining what you learned to fit the needs of your constituency.

A successful example of that is the cycle track in Hyderabad which was inspired by one in South Korea.

But what palpable benefits have the visits to Singapore brought? What infrastructure has it inspired?

Those trips cost the taxpayers money so they deserve to know.