“Hum do humaare do”, was a slogan introduced years ago by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as she urged the importance of population control while we still could. 

Of course, none of that worked since we currently stand at a gigantic population of 1,393,790,539 which is a few million too much.

And as India is predicted to take over China at becoming the most populous country in the world with a projected population of 1.45 billion by 2030, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to take matters into his own hands, at least, in regard to his state. 

A draft bill on population control prepared by the UP State Law Commission proposes to make people with more than two children ineligible for govt jobs.

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— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) July 10, 2021

And by that, he means proposing a brand new bill, which if passed, shall imply that the benefits of various state government-sponsored welfare schemes will only be limited to those with two children or less. 

Planning to reveal the first draft of his bill on July 11 which is also World Population Day, the announcement of his intention has already irked a massive reaction on Twitter where people are expressing both their concerns and their relief. 

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The bill, that is open to suggestions by the public until the 19th of July, will solely be looking at benefiting those who adopt the two-child policy that is being pitched.  

The draft mentions, "Public servants who adopt the two-child norm will get two additional increments during the entire service, maternity or as the case may be, paternity leave of 12 months, with full salary and allowances and three per cent increase in the employer's contribution fund under national pension scheme." 

Meanwhile, Twitter is filling up with reactions as the news is getting around.  

One user wrote,  “disaster absolute disaster this will be- absolute lunacy, with literacy and economic progress population itself goes down- this bill will be the beginning of the end...my god the sheer stupidity,” while another wrote, “Very good, should be implemented across all India soon.”  

As Twitter stands divided, here are some of the reactions from the public: 

Here is what UP population control bill draft says and how you can send feedback: Full details

Frankly, quite a problematic bill https://t.co/2kZ9yBEuzA

— Nupur J Sharma (@UnSubtleDesi) July 10, 2021

Until 4 wives policy is stopped & monogamy is imposed on Samudaay Vishesh no population policy will do any good. Infact it will be counterproductive

— Anand Sanghvi 🇮🇳 (@andysanghvi) July 10, 2021

#UttarPradesh amazing stuff,this is what was long overdue.#YogiGovernment finally walking the talk.

— Somil Mathur (@SomilMathur) July 10, 2021

Merit is the universally accepted criteria for govt https://t.co/khn5Fzv3tO should not be altered by some tuglaki laws

— Esmail Nazeer (@esmail_nazeer) July 10, 2021

Good move...
But...
2 children per husband ...
Or 2 children per wife...
Let us be clear about this first.

Any JUMLA can be good for Election

— Ram Daryani (@Ramdaryani01) July 10, 2021

It is there wrt no of wives in govt

— Family advisor (@Mathtut33741288) July 10, 2021

PCB in any form is generally disastrous 4 Hindus
Hindus will abide by it and control population, while people bent upon increasing their demography will not
This will further aggrevate problem of demographic change
Polygamy must be made criminal offence connected to voting rights

— Ak (@Ak80019739) July 10, 2021

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