PIL in HC for implementing population control methods

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 28 2016 | 8:28 PM IST
A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking implementation of population control methods across India.
The petition by a lawyer seeks implementation of the National Population Policy-2000 and the recommendation of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) to add a provision in the Constitution for control of the country's population.
Petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay has claimed that if current trends of population growth continues, then India stands to overtake China in 2045 to become the most populous country in the world.
He has sought a direction to the central government to declare the first Sunday of every month as 'Health Day' and to provide necessary vaccines, contraceptive pills etc. Free of cost to economically weaker sections and below poverty line families.
"The problem of population explosion is a national and global issue for which priority in policy-oriented legislation, wherever needed, is necessary. Legislative measures to check the menace of growing population is valid," his petition says.
It seeks direction to Centre to "frame a comprehensive effective and uniform Population Control Policy".
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First Published: Jul 28 2016 | 8:28 PM IST

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