Two-child policy for state government employees scrapped in Rajasthan

Jaipur, July 19: The two-child policy for the state government employees was relaxed on Wednesday after Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan government deleted the clause entailing to compulsory retirement on the birth of the third child.

 

Notably, since the time Vasundhara Raje came to power, she has run the state with the motto of ‘By the people, Of the people, and For the people.’ Likewise, working for people, the Rajasthan cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje took the decision of relaxing the two-child policy for the state government employees.

Rajasthan's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore while giving a detail on cabinet decisions, said, "The Rajasthan state cabinet has decided to scrap the provisions under Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1996, Section 53(a) which entails compulsory retirement of an employee on the birth of a third child."

Talking to media, Minister Rajendra Rathore noted that the state government has made all efforts in order to make the schemes related to family planning a success. He also claimed that the birth rate in the region has improved tremendously in the past couple of years. "In our state, all the schemes pertaining to family planning have been implemented properly. Moreover, there is an improvement in the birth rate in the state," Rathore concluded.

Rajasthan was the first state in the country to implement the two-child norm in 1992 barring people with more than two children after 1994 from contesting panchayat and municipal elections. The ban was further extended to government employees with a cut-off date of June 2002. The two-child policy is active in states like Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha.