The Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said that “attempts would be made to ensure there is a population balance among vari...
The Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said that “attempts would be made to ensure there is a population balance among various communities”, reported The Indian Express.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister made the remark as he released a document on the state government’s new population control policy. The document noted that the government would conduct campaigns among communities or groups where fertility rates were higher. The new legislation, when passed, would also attempt to bring down the state’s gross fertility rate from the existing 2.7 to 2.1 by 2026.
The Population Policy 2021-’30 document was released two days after the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission released a draft of the proposed legislation. The draft of the bill said that violators would be barred from contesting local body elections, applying for government jobs and getting subsidies under government welfare schemes.
In disincentives, the draft bill said a government employee would be barred from getting any promotion if the two-child rule was flouted.
“We have prepared the proposal on our own and have sought suggestions from the people,” Uttar Pradesh Law Commission Secretary Sapna Tripathi told The Indian Express on Sunday. “We will study the suggestions, and based on that we will prepare a final draft and send it to the government for consideration.”
Tripathi added that the Adityanath-led...
