UP Population Bill

Syllabus- General Studies 1 (Geography) Human Aspects – Population distribution, Urban Population, Internal Migration. Context On World Population Day (11 July), the government of Uttar Pradesh released a “Population Policy” in which it stated its intention to bring the gross fertility rate in the State down from the existing 2.7 to 2.1 by 2026. To achieve this, the government says it will consider the enactment of a new piece of legislation. Objectives- The new policy aims to decrease the Total Fertility Rate from 2.7 to 2.1 by 2026 and 1.7 by 2030; increase Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate from 31.7 to....Read More