Bengaluru: Uttar Pradesh and Assam regulated by BJP move towards the policy of two children.
Karnataka, the country with the eighth largest population (nearly 6.5 crore), is considering the same size of the population control.
Recently, Minister of Law Basavara Bommai said the state government was studying the draft law that aims to reduce the gross fertility level to 2.1 in 2026 and 1.9 in 2030.
But some experts argue that Karnataka does not require steps These, pointing to the total level of fertility, which is the number of babies estimated by every woman for years of reproduction.
The rate reached a record low of 1.7 births per woman in 2020 compared to 3.6 in 1981, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
“For the country’s population to remain stable, the total fertility rate must be 2.1.
Karnataka is far below the sign.
And the tariff is projected to fall to 1.5 in 2030, which is a dangerous trend,” said Dr.
Indrani K, a fertility expert and reproductive treatment , citing data from NFHs.
Sociologist N Pushparaj believes that population control measures can cause problems in the future imbalance.
He quoted an example of China, which imposed a norm of one child in the 1980s but then subsided rules due to steep increases in aged agents, inadequate people from work age and expensive medical care.
Experts also said that two children’s policies could cause problems such as increasing female feticide and unsafe abortion.
The government has made efforts to merege people, but data shows that this practice is still rampant.
At present, Karnataka is among countries with gender imbalances.
“Past studies have found that the only sure way to have an effective population control policy is to focus on education for girls in particular and the younger generation in the 1970s, after an emergency, the government prefers to focus on children’s education Women.
Two decades later, the results were seen in the state that was successfully implemented.
Those who benefited from the education of choosing a small family.
This is the route we need to follow to ensure population control, “said Sandeep Shastri, Deputy Chancellor of the University of Jagran Lakecity.
But the National Secretary of BJP CT Ravi, who strongly supports the implementation of policies in the state, said that the excess population is the root causes many major problems.
According to him, Karnataka will soon be beyond the 7-crore sign, and this will only create more inequality in society and burden the state in sectors such as education and health.
The proposed up policy, which encourages people with more than two children from applying for government jobs, looking for promotions in it or benefit from government subsidies, will capture the trend of excess population, Ravi added.
K’taka: a big drop in the fertility rate for the past 4 decades
