Assam to Implement Two-Child Policy
On 18th June, 2021, Assam government announced the gradual implementation of the two-child policy for availing government benefits in Assam.
- In September 2017, the Assam assembly had passed the 'Population and Women Empowerment Policy of Assam' in the state.
- Assam currently has a two-child norm along with requirements of minimum educational qualifications and functional sanitary toilets for contesting in panchayat polls as per an amendment in 2018 to the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994.
Exclusion
- Tea garden workers and members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been exempted from its purview.
- The proposed population control policy will, however, not be applicable in ....
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