Expressing deep concern over the rapidly declining birth rate and increasing elderly population in Andhra Pradesh of the state Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu made an important announcement. Recently, in the words of the Chief Minister, Kingdom families who will have their third and fourth children, The government will give them special incentives‘b. The Andhra Pradesh government has taken this new initiative to balance the state’s future population and increase the number of working youth.
Reacting to this decision, Chief Minister Naidu made it clear, It is time to change the previous concept of population control. The birth rate in South Indian states has fallen well below the national average, raising serious fears of a shortage of young people in the future. so, The government has decided to scrap the earlier two-child policy to encourage people to have more children. He said the government is preparing to provide financial assistance or other government benefits to eligible families through this new scheme.
Note that, Earlier, in several Indian states, including Andhra Pradesh, people with more than two children were barred from contesting local panchayat or municipal elections. Naidu himself had taken a tough stand on population control in his previous tenure. However, the rate of population growth has decreased dramatically in recent times and the number of elderly people in the society has increased abnormally. This has adversely affected the state’s economy and infrastructure and raised fears that the south Indian states will lose political representation during the upcoming Lok Sabha constituencies.
The current government’s announcement has received wide attention across the country and has evoked mixed reactions among policymakers. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has outlined the complete phase of the scheme, The monetary grant amount and its guidelines are expected to be officially announced soon.
