Damdami Taksal — a Khalsa Sikh cultural and academic organisation, has requested the Punjabi neighborhood particularly Sikhs to have a minimal of 5 kids in an effort to have stronger familial bonds and contribute to society’s prosperity.
Making this enchantment, the Sikh organisation additional mentioned that it’ll additionally assist individuals in elevating and upbringing the youngsters to those that face financial challenges whereas supporting bigger households.
Damdami Taksal at one level of time was headed by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa, who’s the sixteenth chief of Damdami Taksal, mentioned that Sikh {couples} “ought to purpose to have a minimal of 5 kids to strengthen Punjab religiously, socially, politically and culturally”.
“Not solely Sikhs, however Hindus and other people of different communities dwelling in Punjab also needs to have a minimal of 5 kids,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, in one other improvement, based on a research printed by the Financial Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), from 1950 to 2015, the Hindu inhabitants declined by 7.8 per cent whereas the Muslim inhabitants grew at 43 per cent.
In keeping with 1951 census, the inhabitants of Hindus in India was 84.68 per cent which declined to 78.06 per cent in 2015 whereas Muslim inhabitants elevated to 14.09 per cent from from 9.84 per cent.
The paper, authored by EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi, guide Apurv Kumar Mishra and Younger Skilled Abraham Jose, mentioned the Christian inhabitants share rose 5.38 per cent from 2.24 per cent to 2.36 per cent through the interval.
The share of Sikh inhabitants elevated by 6.58 per cent from 1.24 per cent in 1950 to 1.85 per cent in 2015.
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