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The BJP's Rajya Sabha MP stressed that if India's population rise is not put under check, it will soon overtake China.
He also said that be it Hindu or Muslim, everyone wants the population control law in the country now.
What is Population Control Bill
The bill proposes to introduce a two-child policy per couple and aims to incentivize its adoption through various measures such as educational benefits, taxation cuts, home loans, free healthcare, and better employment opportunities. The bill proposed by Sinha talks about introducing penalties for couples not adhering to the two-child policy such as debarment from contesting in elections and ineligibility for government jobs.
When the bill introduced: The bill was
introduced in 2019 as the Population Control Bill, 2019 is a proposed bill
introduced in the Rajya Sabha in July 2019 by Rakesh Sinha. The purpose of the
bill is to control the population growth of India.
If the couple adheres to this policy
they would be given many government-based incentives. These incentives can
include educational benefits, taxation cuts, home loans, free healthcare, and
better employment opportunities to name a few.
According to the World Population
Prospects 2019 report by the United Nations, the population of India is set to
overtake that of China within a decade. The proposed bill was signed by 125
Members of Parliament (MP) and is yet to become an act of law.
In 7th February 2020, the Constitution
(Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Anil Desai, a Shiv
Sena MP. Desai proposed to amend the Article 47A of the Constitution of India
to state
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