Legislation that bars people from availing of government subsidies and other government benefits if they have more than two children is known as a two-child policy. India does not have a national child policy but two BJP states Uttar Pradesh and Assam have moved towards this direction. Assam's population control policy proposalAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has been a strong supporter of the two-child policy. In 2017, Assam had brought in the Population and Women Empowerment Policy in which government employees were asked to strictly follow the two-child norm. Uttar Pradesh two-child policy proposalUttar Pradesh's law commission has come up with a similar proposal where any person having more than two children will be barred from getting government subsidies.

Source: Hindustan Times July 10, 2021 10:30 UTC