As rural villages face extinction, Japan is paying families 1 million yen to move out of Tokyo

The main purpose of the scheme is to contribute both to easing overcrowding in the Tokyo region and revitalising remote areas of Japan.

Peter Matanle, The Conversation

· Jan 22, 2023 · 09:30 pm

BJP MP Ravi Kishan pushes for population control bill

A Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur constituency, the actor-turned-politician has four children.

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· Jul 23, 2022 · 08:36 am

Population control law will be introduced soon, says Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel

Since Independence, laws on a two-child policy have been proposed in Parliament more than 35 times, but have never been passed.

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· Jun 01, 2022 · 10:49 am

China officially adopts three-child policy

China changed its population policy after it registered a declining population growth rate over the last decade.

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· Aug 20, 2021 · 02:45 pm

Bihar BJP chief supports one-child rule in state, praises UP’s draft population policy

Sanjay Jaiswal’s comment comes after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said laws alone will not help control a population explosion.

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· Jul 14, 2021 · 01:58 pm

UP population control bill can increase imbalance between different communities, says VHP

Opposition leaders also criticised the Adityanath government’s proposed law, which bars couples with more than two children from receiving government benefits.

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· Jul 13, 2021 · 01:01 pm

Adopt ‘decent family planning’ policy to reduce poverty: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tells Muslims

The chief minister also said that the state Assembly will pass a new law against illegal cattle smuggling in its next sitting.

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· Jun 10, 2021 · 05:49 pm

Does India really need a two-child law?

Experts believe coercive family planning could have unintended impacts like selective and unsafe abortions and a further skew in the country’s sex ratio.

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Coercing people into family planning would be counter-productive, Centre tells Supreme Court

The health ministry also submitted that India was witnessing a constant decline in the Total Fertility Rate.

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· Dec 13, 2020 · 01:37 pm

From 2021, no government jobs in Assam for people with more than two children

‘Implementing the population policy was necessary given the pressure on land and resources’ in the state, said a minister.

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· Oct 22, 2019 · 12:59 pm

‘Modi shouldn’t lose voting rights just for being third child’: Asaduddin Owaisi on Ramdev’s idea

Ramdev had on Sunday said that the third child in a family should not have voting rights.

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· May 27, 2019 · 02:36 pm

‘Third child should not be allowed to vote’: Ramdev suggests punitive measures to control population

He also called for prohibition and a ban on cow slaughter across the country.

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· May 26, 2019 · 08:00 pm