World Population Day 2021 LIVE Updates: UP's Growth Rate 3.1 Against National Rate of 2.7, 'Hum Do Hamare Do' Must be Followed, Says Adityanath

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath addressing officials on World Population Day, while unveiling his government's new population control policy

विश्व जनसंख्या दिवस के अवसर पर... https://t.co/8JRLgrOUSu

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) July 11, 2021

Yogi Adityanath: "We need to focus on specific areas and then  go in for awareness campaign. As compared to National growth rate of 2.7 up has the growth rate of 3.1. UP needs to do more work for achieving the national goals. Inter-departmental coordination needed for success of Population Policy."

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UP Health Minister adds, "It is necessary to control population. It is estimated that our (India) population will overtake China by 2027. If we implement the new population policy, then according to the estimates, the population of our state will stabilise by 2052."

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The UP government said it will also announce a new population policy for 2021-2030 on Sunday to incentivise people to help in population control. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be releasing the New Population Policy 2021-30 on the occasion of World Population Day --- July 11, an official statement said.

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The draft law has been prepared by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department based on the findings of the National Family Health Survey-4. Read the full story here.

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The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission (UPSLC) states that the provisions are part of the draft titled The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. The UPSLC website says, "The State Law Commission, UP is working on control, stabilisation and welfare of the population of the state and has prepared a draft bill." Suggestions have been invited from the public to improve the draft bill and July 19 is the last date for it.

The draft law also states that whosoever is in contravention of the two-child norm after the commencement of the Act shall be debarred from the benefit of all government-sponsored welfare schemes, cannot contest election to local bodies, shall be ineligible to apply for government jobs under the state government, cannot get a promotion in a government job, his or her ration card would be limited to four members, and he or she shall be ineligible to receive any kind of government subsidy.

The draft law also states that whosoever is in contravention of the two-child norm after the commencement of the Act shall be debarred from the benefit of all government-sponsored welfare schemes, cannot contest election to local bodies, shall be ineligible to apply for government jobs under the state government, cannot get a promotion in a government job, his or her ration card would be limited to four members, and he or she shall be ineligible to receive any kind of government subsidy.

What is UP Govt's New Population Policy | The draft law lists out a list of incentives and disincentives for the promotion of the two-child norm in the state. The incentives would be extended to anyone who adopts the two-child norm by undergoing voluntary sterilization operation upon himself or spouse. This will include a soft loan for construction or purchasing a house at nominal rates of interest and a rebate on charges for utilities such as water, electricity, and house tax.

This morning, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Twitter called population the "root of major problems" in the society and asked people to take a pledge against it. 

बढ़ती हुई जनसंख्या समाज में व्याप्त असमानता समेत प्रमुख समस्याओं का मूल है। समुन्नत समाज की स्थापना के लिए जनसंख्या नियंत्रण प्राथमिक शर्त है।

आइये, इस 'विश्व जनसंख्या दिवस' पर बढ़ती जनसंख्या से बढ़ती समस्याओं के प्रति स्वयं व समाज को जागरूक करने का प्रण लें।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) July 11, 2021

The new population policy is set to be unveiled in Uttar Pradesh around 11:30am by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath 

The draft bill, for which suggestions have been invited from the public till July 19, also prohibits promotions in government jobs for such people, while offering incentives to those limiting their children to two.

The draft says it is necessary to control and stabilise the population of the state for the promotion of sustainable development with more equitable distribution. Population control legislations are a political hot potato in the country, and recently Assam, another BJP-ruled state, had announced that it will gradually implement a two-child policy for availing benefits under specific schemes funded by the state.

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World Population Day Today | The United Nations Development Programme recommended in 1989 that every year July 11 be observed by the international community as World Population Day. Earlier, it was celebrated as 'Five Billion Day' in 1987 to acknowledge the five millionth milestone the world had reached.