Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu needs to bar households with lower than 2 kids from elections: Report

Jan 16, 2025 12:18 PM IST
The whole fertility charge in southern states is 1.73, nicely under the nationwide common of two.1.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu needs individuals to have extra kids, failing which one might be barred from contesting native physique elections.
This comes simply months after the state repealed a legislation that barred individuals with greater than two kids from contesting panchayat and municipal elections. A proposal is alleged to be within the works to implement the rule about extra youngsters.
“We earlier had a laws that allowed individuals with no more than two kids to contest in native physique and civic physique polls. Now I say that these with fewer kids is not going to be allowed to contest elections. In future, you’ll grow to be a sarpanch, municipal councillor or mayor solely when you have greater than two kids, the chief minister stated in his native village on Tuesday, The Occasions of India reported.
The 2-child coverage was applied nicely within the southern a part of the nation. The whole fertility charge in southern states is 1.73, nicely under the nationwide common of two.1.
Extra incentives for {couples} with extra youngsters in Andhra Pradesh
Aside from contesting native physique polls, the Chandrababu Naidu authorities can also be giving extra incentives to individuals who have extra kids.
In accordance with reviews, a proposal is being labored on to offer subsidised rice to households with extra kids in Andhra Pradesh. In accordance with the present coverage, a household can solely obtain as much as 25 kilograms of rice, 5 kg for every member per thirty days.
In accordance with Naidu, the international locations which applied and incentivised household planning, like Japan and Korea, are battling an ageing inhabitants. He referred to as it a get up name for India.
“Some years down the road, India too will face ageing inhabitants considerations and we will likely be left with little or no to do at that stage,” he stated on the matter.
Naidu is of the opinion that if India goes into that scenario with the appropriate insurance policies, the nation might reap demographic dividends by 2047.

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