Uttar Pradesh Draft Bill Proposes That People With
Over Two Children From Getting Government Jobs And Subsidy
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People those having more
than two children will be debarred from contesting local bodies polls, applying
for government jobs or receiving any kind of subsidy, says a draft of a population control bill put up on the UP Law Commission website.
The provisions are part of the draft bill,
titled The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill,
2021, as floated by the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission (UPSLC). The draft
is open for public suggestions till July 19`
The bill highlight on the need togovern, balance the
population of the state for promotion of sustainable development with more
equitable distribution, and provide welfare to the population of the state by implementing
and promoting two-child norm.
A state population fund will be constituted for its
implementation. Listing the government duties, the draft bill says that
maternity centres will be set up at all primary health centres.
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The draft bill also says that it shall be the duty of the
government to introduce a compulsory subject relating to population control in
all secondary schools.
The draft bill says that,
"In Uttar Pradesh, there are limited ecological and economic resources at
hand. It is necessary and urgent that the provision of basic necessities of
human life including affordable food, safe drinking water, decent housing,
access to quality education, economic/livelihood opportunities,
power/electricity for domestic consumption, and a secure living is accessible
to all citizens."
It is necessary to ensure
healthy birth spacing through measures related to augmenting the availability,
accessibility and affordability of quality reproductive health services to
achieve the goal of population control, stabilisation and its welfare in the
state, it states.
As
incentives for adopting the two-child
policy under the proposed bill, public servants "will get
two additional profits during the entire service, maternity or as the case may
be, paternity leave of 12 months, with full salary and allowances and three per
cent increase in the employer's contribution fund under national pension scheme
claims the bill draft.
The bill has drawn in
breath from a series of Opposition leaders with Congress terming it a
“political agenda”. Condemning the UP government
move, UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh in a Hindi tweet said, “The RSS
and BJP leaders talk
about increasing the population. Population control is a subject of the Centre.
Yogi Adityanath (CM) is bringing the bill keeping in mind the UP Assembly
elections.”
