People having more than two children in Assam will not be allowed to run for elections or have government jobs, as per a new policy being formulated by Assam state government. The policy is expected to come into force from 2021.
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Other Indian states having similar laws:
Rajasthan: Candidates who have more than two children are not eligible for appointment for government jobs.
MP: Under Madhya Pradesh Civil Services, if the third child was born on or after January 26, 2001, one becomes ineligible for government service.
Telangana & Andhra Pradesh: Any person with more than two children is not eligible for contesting election.
Gujarat: Anyone with more than two children is disqualified from contesting elections for bodies of local self-governance
Maharashtra: Any person having more than two children can neither contest government elections nor hold a government job.
Karnataka & Odisha: Any person having more than two children can not run for elections.
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China’s one-child policy was part of a birth planning program designed to control the size of its population. Distinct from the family planning policies of most other countries (which focus on providing contraceptive options to help women have the number of children they want), it set a limit on the number of children parents could have, the world’s most extreme example of population planning. It was introduced in 1979 (after a decade-long two-child policy), modified beginning in the mid 1980s to allow rural parents a second child if the first was a daughter, and then lasted three more decades before being eliminated at the end of 2015. More Info
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