Coercive Population Control Measures Never Work: Poonam Muttreja on UP's Two-Child Norm | The Q

The draft of the proposed Population (control, sterilisation & welfare) Bill 2021 released by the Uttar Pradesh government has drawn a lot of criticism recently. The bill proposes to make a two-child policy mandatory to avail government benefits. The Quint spoke to Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director of Population Foundation of India (PFI), to understand why the proposed legislations are flawed and what are the alternate strategies that UP could implement for population stabilisation.
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