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'Children are wealth not burden': Andhra govt to give Rs 30,000 for 3rd child, Rs 40,000 for 4th

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is urging a focus on increasing the state's population, viewing children as national assets. He announced financial incentives, offering Rs 30,000 for a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth, to counter declining birth rates and

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'Children are wealth not burden': Andhra govt to give Rs 30,000 for 3rd child, Rs 40,000 for 4thAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is urging a focus on increasing the state's population, viewing children as national assets. He announced financial incentives, offering Rs 30,000 for a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth, to counter declining birth rates and
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