Uttar Pradesh Law Commission chairman and former judge of the Allahabad high court, Aditya Nath Mittal, on Sunday, said the state population is nearing an ‘explosive stage’ and there should be a check on it so that people can get government facilities and resources.
Speaking to ANI, Mittal said, “Population is nearing an explosive stage, causing other issues too -related to hospitals, food grains, houses, or employment. We believe that there should be a check on population…Population control is different from family planning.” We don’t want to give a message in Uttar Pradesh that we are against any particular religion or anyone’s human rights, rather we just want to see to it that the govt resources and facilities are available to those who are helping in and contributing to population control.”
His statement comes a day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced his government’s proposed population control policy. However, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has not issued any official confirmation on it yet.
According to a report, Mittal also revealed that State Law Commission is framing a draft law for the Uttar Pradesh government to help check rising population of the state.
“The draft law will be prepared in the next two months and the report will be submitted to the state government and while drafting this law, all aspects will be looked into and exhaustive study of all such laws will be carried out,” he added.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has already announced the gradual implementation of the two-child policy for availing government benefits in Assam.
“Be it loan waiver or other govt schemes, population norms will be taken into account. It won’t be applicable to tea garden workers/SC-ST community. In future, population norms will be taken into account as eligibility for govt benefits. Population policy has begun.”
