- India is learning from China’s population strategy and proposing a two-child policy in two states.
- Uttar Pradesh’s two-child policy will provide cash benefits for couples who choose voluntary sterilization.
- At the same time, those who choose to have more than two children may be eliminated from government subsidies.
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on World Population Day On July 11, India proposed a series of new population control measures, reminiscent of China’s two-child policy.
The list of proposed measures was announced in two states- Uttar Pradesh, The most populous state in India is Home to more than 240 million peopleAnd Assam in northeastern India.
Although the country has not yet adopted the policy that China has now overthrown Fines for couples who have more than two children, These statewide proposals are to control its rapidly growing population.India is currently expected to surpass China to become the world’s most populous country by 2027. The 2019 United Nations report.UNICEF It is estimated that about 25 million children are born in India each year, accounting for one-fifth of the world’s annual births.
Most of this booming population growth occurred in Uttar Pradesh. If it is considered a country, it will become the fifth largest country in the world Second only to the United States and Indonesia.
Uttar Pradesh proposes a new way of managing population Will span the next decade. Titled “New Population Policy” Proposed Measures Those who insist on having two children will be rewarded, and those who have more than two children will be punished.
The most serious is that Uttar Pradesh’s Draft Population Management Bill Point out that couples with two children who choose voluntary sterilization will be rewarded. If a member of the couple voluntarily undergoes sterilization, the family can receive a range of benefits, including tax rebates, housing subsidies, and cash rebates for electricity and utility bills.
At the same time, the proposed Uttar Pradesh policies and regulations will prohibit those with more than two children from receiving any government subsidies, applying for local government jobs, and running for political office in local elections. Times of India.
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, wrote: “Population growth is the root cause of major problems such as widespread inequality in society. Controlling population is the first condition for the establishment of an advanced society.” Twitter July 11.
“Let us make a commitment on World Population Day to make ourselves and society aware of the problems caused by population growth,” he added.
Draft Uttar Pradesh Population Control Bill is now open for comment Until July 19. From there, the bill will Transfer to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for reading and debate Before it was written into law.
in AssamWhere 36 million people live, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of the state Announce On Sunday, the state government will draw up a road map for “population stability”.Salma Hinted earlier on June 18 He will introduce a plan to allow those who choose to have more than two children to receive subsidies and other benefits, so that having two children becomes the norm. The fertility rate in Assam in 2016 was 2.3 children per family Statistics from the Government of India.
“The population explosion in certain areas of Assam has posed a real threat to the development of the state,” Sarma told the government on Sunday. Hindustan Times.
India’s population control plan coincides with China’s relaxation of the second-child restriction.
May 31, China Announcing a landmark policy change that allows couples to have three children Trying to Increase its sluggish birth rate. This change was decided in 2016 in the country Cancel the one-child policy And increase the quota to two children per family.
