Population Control Laws

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said he would not support any law if the Centre brings in a two-child norm/policy in the country.

Union minister Giriraj Singh today made a fresh pitch for a stringent law to control the population of the country, which he compared to the ever-expanding mouth of the mythical female demon "Sursa".

Differences seem to have surfaced within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar over the centre's plan to bring a law to control population.

Reacting to an announcement that the Centre may bring a law to control population, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted on Monday that birth rates could be better controlled by educating women and girls rather than enacting laws.

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday said a law for population control will be brought soon.

The state government will bring a law for population control "at the right time", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission has submitted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the draft population control bill and made a slew of recommendations

The Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has received over 8,000 suggestions from across the country, including southern states and Jammu and Kashmir, over a proposed draft Bill for population control, officials said today.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called for delinking population control issue from politics and adopting a realistic solution with stress on education, health, ending child marriage and financial inclusion to solve the problem among the state's Muslims.

The UP government's controversial proposal for population control has generated attention in Madhya Pradesh, with ruling BJP members clamouring for a similar law despite many of them being in violation of those proposals.

Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Thursday voiced his disapproval of taking legislative measures to check population growth, diverging from the stance adopted by the BJP.

In the midst of a controversy over population control laws proposed in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Assam, a minister in the Rajasthan Congress government has backed the idea.

Amid demand by a ruling BJP legislator to enact a population control law in Madhya Pradesh, a senior minister on Tuesday said no such proposal is under consideration of the state government "as of now".

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United today signalled its contrary stand on population control by law, a path some of the BJP-ruled states are taking.

India is "unequivocally against coercion in family planning" and data shows "couples, on average, do not want more than two children", the centre told the Supreme Court in a December 2020 affidavit signed by an Under Secretary in the Health Ministry.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said he would not support any law if the Centre brings in a two-child norm/policy in the country.

Union minister Giriraj Singh today made a fresh pitch for a stringent law to control the population of the country, which he compared to the ever-expanding mouth of the mythical female demon "Sursa".

Differences seem to have surfaced within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar over the centre's plan to bring a law to control population.

Reacting to an announcement that the Centre may bring a law to control population, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted on Monday that birth rates could be better controlled by educating women and girls rather than enacting laws.

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday said a law for population control will be brought soon.

The state government will bring a law for population control "at the right time", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission has submitted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the draft population control bill and made a slew of recommendations

The Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has received over 8,000 suggestions from across the country, including southern states and Jammu and Kashmir, over a proposed draft Bill for population control, officials said today.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called for delinking population control issue from politics and adopting a realistic solution with stress on education, health, ending child marriage and financial inclusion to solve the problem among the state's Muslims.

The UP government's controversial proposal for population control has generated attention in Madhya Pradesh, with ruling BJP members clamouring for a similar law despite many of them being in violation of those proposals.

Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Thursday voiced his disapproval of taking legislative measures to check population growth, diverging from the stance adopted by the BJP.

In the midst of a controversy over population control laws proposed in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Assam, a minister in the Rajasthan Congress government has backed the idea.

Amid demand by a ruling BJP legislator to enact a population control law in Madhya Pradesh, a senior minister on Tuesday said no such proposal is under consideration of the state government "as of now".

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United today signalled its contrary stand on population control by law, a path some of the BJP-ruled states are taking.

India is "unequivocally against coercion in family planning" and data shows "couples, on average, do not want more than two children", the centre told the Supreme Court in a December 2020 affidavit signed by an Under Secretary in the Health Ministry.