Congress MP Singhvi to move Population Control Bill in Rajya Sabha; seeks 2-child policy

Passing yet anor hurdle for proposed `Population Control Bill, 2020’, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday, stated that President Ram Nath Kovind has given permission to move bill. Congress MP who h earlier moved bill in Rajya Sabha in December is set to move bill in Upper house in current Budget Session. bill aims at enforcing a two-child policy by offering incentives and disincentives to couples, as per reports.

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As explained by Dr. Singhvi, incentives and decentives offered to couples following/not complying policy, as per reports, are -

Incentives

• Married couples below poverty line (BPL) undergoing voluntary sterilisation/operation "will receive a one-time lump sum amount of Rs 60,000 for a boy or Rs Rs 1 lakh if single child is a girl.”
• Setting up a National Population Stabilisation Fund 
• Ensuring contraceptives at an affordable rate

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Decentives

• Barring couple  from contesting elections in Lok Sabha, state legislature and panchayat elections, elections to Rajya Sabha and or elective bodies
• Barring from getting promotions in government services or applying to group A jobs
• Not recieving government subsidy — barring those in BPL category

In previous draft of bill, it h also demanded that government employees should give an undertaking that y will not procreate more than two children. It also suggested that government must give preference to applicants with two or less than two living children. bill is pending in Rajya Sabha as it required assent of President due to its monetary implications.

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According to Family planning 2020, though India is projected to overtake China’s population in less than a dece, organisation states that India is on course to achieve population stabilisation with a national Total Fertility Rate of 2.2 – which is close to replacement level fertility of 2.1. Referring to sharp decline in India’s population growth rates over 10 years from 2001 to 2011 from 21.5% to 17.7%, organisation states that 24 of Indian states and union territories have alrey reached replacement level TFR of 2.1 with desired Fertility Rate at 1.8. organisation also highlights that currently re is a high unmet need for family planning at 13% amid married women of 15-49 years as of 2015-16. This reportedly placed se women at grave risk of death or disability during pregnancy and childbirth due to lack of access to contraceptives. se concerns have been voiced by many such health experts.

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Similarly, Economic Survey 2018 stated that that ‘son meta preference’ – desire to have a male child – has resulted in 21 million “unwanted girls" in India - ding this burden on women. Singhvi's offered incentive for single girl child may offset sex-selective practices and forced sterilisations which Economic Survey h warned about. Experts h also warned against denial of benefits which will impact poorest and most marginalized sections. Singhvi's bill has also excluded m from this decentive in bill.