Rajasthan scraps two-child norm for local body, panchayat polls after three decades
Ahead of civic polls in Rajasthan, the State Cabinet on Wednesday approved the removal of three-decade-old legal provisions prohibiting persons with more than two children from contesting panchayat and urban local body polls.The restriction was introduced in 1995 during the government led by former Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said after the Cabinet meeting that it approved bringing Bills for amending Section 19 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, and Section 24 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009.
Mr. Patel said the legal provisions had become “outdated” following considerable change in the sociopolitical sphere over the years. He said the two Bills will be introduced and passed in the Assembly’s ongoing Budget Session.
“The two-child norm was introduced as a population control measure. It has lost its relevance now as the fertility rate has declined to 2, against 3.6 during 1991-94,” he said.
Criticising the decision, State Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra said, “The BJP government should clarify whether it supports population control or follows the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) diktat.”
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had recently suggested that Hindu families should consider having at least three children.
Several social organisations and public representatives had sought removal of the two-child norm in the past, contending that it was “discriminatory and inconsistent with democratic principles”.
The State Cabinet also approved the formation of a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Economic Offences, establishment of an ayurvedic, yoga and naturopathy university in Ajmer, and adoption of an industrial park promotion policy. It cleared a revised financial model for the proposed Rajasthan Mandapam and Global Capability Centre project in Jaipur.
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