{"id":114472,"date":"2021-06-24T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114472"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:56:05","slug":"need-to-rethink-discriminatory-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-to-rethink-discriminatory-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to rethink discriminatory policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recent Assam government proposed to bar people with more than two children from welfare schemes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Similar norms related to contesting local body elections are present in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka,\u00a0Odisha\u00a0and Haryana.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How\u00a0is the policy\u00a0flawed and discriminatory?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"120\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Firstly, measures such as the two-child policy\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">discriminate<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0against the poor and the socially\u00a0marginalized.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"36\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">These policies also\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">provoke\u00a0people,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and it increases\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">communalization<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of the society.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"37\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It increases\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">vote bank politics<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0as these policies are misused by politician to gain support from particular community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"121\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Secondly,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">China<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0used such penal measures to control population but in long term it failed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"38\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In case of India judicious mix of policies that focusses on improving social indices such as literacy and healthcare, especially of women and children, and family planning measures, including promotion of modern contraceptives made the demographic\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">transition sustainable.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"122\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thirdly, In India the focus is slowly shifting from\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">childbearing\u00a0to child\u00a0rearing.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"39\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">As per\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">National Family Health Survey (NFHS) and Census data<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0population growth in India is not a matter for concern.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"40\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s population is expected to peak by 2050 and then decline sharply with the total fertility rate projected to reach 1.3 by 2100.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"123\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fourth, In Assam\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">TFR is declining sharply<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0among all communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"41\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the fifth NFHS (2019-20), the TFR for Muslims in Assam is 2.4 from 3.6 in 2005-06.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"124\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lastly,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">total fertility rate (TFR) for depends on many socio-economic factors<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0including:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"42\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Higher levels of poverty<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"43\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">lower levels of education and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"40\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"44\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">population concentrated in less developed rural areas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">That is why\u00a0coercive\u00a0measures need to\u00a0avoided\u00a0and policies should be based on fairness,\u00a0freedom\u00a0and equality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/editorials\/rethink-the-policy-7371126\/%20\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indian Express<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis:\u00a0Recent Assam government proposed to bar people with more than two children from welfare schemes.\u00a0 Similar norms related to contesting local body elections are present in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka,\u00a0Odisha\u00a0and Haryana.\u00a0 How\u00a0is the policy\u00a0flawed and discriminatory?\u00a0 Firstly, measures such as the two-child policy\u00a0discriminate\u00a0against the poor and the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-to-rethink-discriminatory-policy\/\">Continue reading <span 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