Will create imbalance: VHP objects to UP's proposed 1-child policy

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad VHP has written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission seeking removal of the onechild norm from the draft of its Population Control BillIn a twopage letter the VHP said that it agreed with the objects of the draft Bill but certain sections need to be reconsidered as they go beyond the said objectivesThe organisation said the onechild policy norm in the draft proposal is likely to lead to furthering of the imbalance between different communities and contraction of the population as wellThe preamble of the Bill states that this is a Bill inter alia to stabilise the population and promote the twochild norm The Vishwa Hindu Parishad agrees with both objectives However sections 5 62 and 7 of the Bill which incentivise public servants and others to have only one child in the family go well beyond the said objects VHP working president Alok Kumar said in the letter to the state Law CommissionThe Vishwa Hindu Parishad VHP has also urged the Uttar Pradesh government to remove the onechild norm from the draft of its Population Control Bill saying it will lead to an imbalance in societyThe Yogi Adityanathled government had recently put up a draft of its population control Bill on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission inviting suggestions from the public till July 19Also read Yogi Adityanath unveils populationcontrol policy for UPThe VHP further sought attention towards Total Fertility Rate TFR mentioned in the document saying the Bill has an objective to bring it to 17A policy aiming at an average of less than 2 children per woman leads to contraction of the population over time which has several negative social and economic consequences the VHP letter saidIn a contracting population the ratio between the workingage and dependent population gets disrupted said the VHP and added that in extreme cases the onechild policy would lead to a situation where there is only one workingage adult to look after 2 parents and 4 grandparentsIt further cited the example of Chinas onechild policy and said it was never applied to more than half of the prospective parents and was withdrawn laterIt said that the onechild norm would create an imbalance between different communities because they are known to respond differently to the incentives and disincentives related to family planningThe letter said that the policy needs to be tailored to redress the imbalance otherwise the onechild policy may end up doing the oppositeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever