Involved concerning the state’s low fertility price, the Andhra Pradesh authorities on Wednesday determined to scrap a rule barring people with greater than two kids from contesting native physique elections.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu took the choice to scrap the second-child criterion for contesting native physique polls at a state cupboard assembly. In line with reviews, Andhra Pradesh has a fertility price of 1.5.
The coverage change shall be formalized by an modification to the invoice within the state parliament.
In 1994, the united state of Andhra Pradesh carried out the two-child coverage for the primary time, prohibiting people with greater than two kids from contesting city native physique elections.
Beneath the two-child criterion, in some states people with greater than two kids will not be solely barred from working for election but in addition from holding authorities positions or receiving sure authorities advantages.
