By Priyanka Deshpande
CNBC-TV18.com
Published May 9, 2024
India saw a significant shift in demographic trends between 1950 and 2015, says the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Hindu population in India dropped from 84% in 1950 to 78% in 2015, a decrease of 7.8%, the EAC-PM said in its report.
Meanwhile, the Muslim population in 2015 grew to 14.09% from 9.84% in1950, an increase of 43.15%.
Christians accounted for 2.36% of the population, growing 5.38% in the same period.
The Sikh population grew by 6.58% to 1.85%, while the Buddhist account for 0.81% in 2015.
Although, the Jain and Parsi populations declined over the past 65 years to 0.36% and 0.004%.
“Contrary to the noise in several quarters, careful analysis of the data shows that minorities are not just protected, but indeed thriving in India,” the EAC-PM said.
It added that India’s trend suggests “there is a conducive environment to foster diversity in the society”.
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