Yogi Adityanath Unveils Population Policy As Congress, Samajwadis Fume

With a draft bill -- on which public response has been sought -- the population issue is emerging as a key political flashpoint ahead of next year's assembly elections.

Population control is the need of the hour and the government wants to bring down the birth rate to 2.1 by 2026, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said while releasing the state's population policy on the World Population Day today. The state government is working to implement this population policy keeping in mind "various sections of the society," he added. "Population policy is not only concerned with population stabilisation but also to bring the path of happiness and prosperity in the life of every citizen to his doorstep," Yogi Adityanath said. With a draft bill -- on which public response has been sought -- the population issue is emerging as a key political flashpoint ahead of next year's assembly elections. The draft bill proposes that people with more than two children will be debarred from contesting local bodies polls, applying for government jobs or receiving any kind of subsidy. It also bars government employees from getting a promotion.