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How same sex marriages are responsible for population dynamics in India? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Population Dynamics

The question assumes a causal link the evidence does not support, and the first duty is to say so. India's fertility is governed by age at marriage, female education, contraception and child survival, not by partnership form. Same-sex marriage is consequential for kinship and family form; it is marginal for aggregate population dynamics.

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