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Issues with Coercive Population Policy - Coggle Diagram
Issues with Coercive Population Policy
UP released a “Population Policy”
Benefits to public servants who undergo sterilisation.
Defying person will debarred from securing any benefit
Dis-entitling families that breach the norm from benefits and subsidies.
Defiance would be disqualified from applying to any government job.
To provide incentives to families that adhere to a two-child norm.
Why UP needs such policy?
Limited ecological and economic resources
Livelihood opportunities and a secure living for all
It is India’s most populous state
Issues with coercive policies
Against right to reproductive freedom and privacy
Proliferation in sterilization camps and abortions
Against international obligations
India is not being threatened by a “population explosion”
It leads to demographic distortions
Way forward
Social empowerment better than punitive measures
Adhering to the Cairo consensus on reproductive rights, empowering women
Strengthen medical infrastructure and focus on socio-economic issues
Look after the ageing population
Improving public health and access to education