GUWAHATI: Assam government will soon implement its population policy in state government-sponsored schemes. “Whether it is a waiver of loans or government schemes, the government is going to implement the population norms in the near future,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

He said the condition will initially not apply to the tea garden community and people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

The “Population and Women Empowerment Policy of Assam” says persons with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs and they cannot become members of panchayat and civic bodies. Such families will also not be considered for various benefits under government schemes. The policy came into effect on January 1 this year.

The State government has already implemented the Population and Women Empowerment Policy of Assam that makes any person with more than two children ineligible for government gobs and election to the panchayats and civic bodies. The policy came into effect on January 1.

The Congress had said, “As per the same survey, the fertility rate of women in Assam has declined from 2.2 in 2015-16 to 1.9 in 2020-21 and 1.9 is less than 2.1 which means the future population of Assam will only be less than the current population.”

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