AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asked the married couples to have more children.

Addressing a gathering in West Godavari the Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh state would soon have more aged people than youngsters like Japan.

“Youngsters are not marrying early. Even if they do, they do not have children as they want to enjoy their earnings. I appeal to them to have one or two kids more if possible.

Though I advocated family planning earlier and I myself limited my family to a son, I find that there is not much benefit due to it now. I see many aged people in our villages. I want our state to have more young people to develop it,” Mr Naidu said.

As per the statistics, about 9 lakh child births are taking place in the AP state yearly while another 9 lakh persons are dying of various reasons. If the situation continues, the death rate would cross the child birth rate very soon and the state would be left with the old age people (above 65 years) just like in Japan. The revenue generation would become a hefty task in such a situation. And even if there is a revenue , there would be no generations left to enjoy the same, said Chief Minister.