 bill no xxvii of 2002 the population control bill, 2002 a billto provide for population control through compulsory sterilisation of certain persons and measures for promoting small family norm and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the population control act, 2002(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title extent and commencement5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinition2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) ''appropriate government'' means in the case of a state, the government of thatstate and in other cases, the central government10compulsory sterilisation in certain cases3 the appropriate government shall ensure that either of the spouse the husband orthe wife in the case of every married couple who have two or more living children, on the date of coming into force of this act, or whose second living child is born after the commencement of this act, shall be required to undergo compulsory sterilisation:(b) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this15provided that the husband or wife, as the case may be, shall not be required toundergo sterilisation if he or she is above the age of fifty years4 subject to the provisions of this act, there shall be a gap of not less than five years between the birth of two childrenminimum gap between the birth of two childrenbenefits forvoluntary sterilisation55 if either of the spouse in the case of a married couple, who have only one child on the date of commencement of this act, voluntarily undergoes sterilisation, the appropriate government shall provide them with the following benefits, namely:—(i) supply of essential commodities such as wheat, milk, sugar and such othercommodities as may be prescribed at concessional rates;(ii) free education including higher education to the first child and to the second child, born within one year from the date of commencement of this act;10(iii) suitable employment to such child after he completes his education; and (iv) such other benefits as may be prescribed by the rules made under this act156 the appropriate government shall introduce a compulsory subject relating to population control in all educational institutions for all children who have attained the age of fifteen years, irrespective of class in which they are studying and the course they are pursuingintroduction of compulsory subject on population control in educational institution7 no marriage shall be solemnised between a male who is less than twenty-five years of age and a female who is less than twenty-two years of ageminimum marriagable of male and female8 (1) there shall be constituted a fund to be called the national population control fund by the central governmentconstitutional of national population control fund20(2) the central government and every state government shall contribute to the fund in such ratio as may be determine by the central governmentutilisation of national population control fund2530government employees to undertake to procreate more than one child35penalty409 the fund constituted under section 8 shall be utilised for the following purposes namely:—(i) giving of national population control award to that state or union territory which has recorded least population growth rate during the year; and(ii) giving of national population control certificate to a person or an organisation which in the opinion of the central government, has contributed in awakening the masses towards importance of population control and adoption of various methods for population control10 (1) any person who is serving in connection with the affairs of the union government or in any undertaking or organisation under the control of the union government and who has only one living child or who has not procreated any child or who is unmarried on the date of commencement of this act, shall give an undertaking that he shall not procreate more than one living child(2) any person violating the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be subject to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the central government11 any person violating the provisions of this act shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term, which shall not be less than four years and with fine which shall be not less than five thousand rupees12 the provisions of this act shall have effect not withstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other law for the time being in forceoverriding effects of the act power to make rules13 the central government may by notification  in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act statement of objects and reasonsrapid increase in the population has given birth to many socio-economic problems like proverty, food, housing, employment and environmental pollution we are the second highest populous country after china china has controlled the rapid growth in its population our population has crossed the figure of one hundred crore if the present trend continues, it will not be possible to recover from socio-economic problems occuring due to increase in populationit is, therefore, imperative that certain effective steps be taken to check this menacesince our resources are limited despite the existence of various birth control measures and various family planning programmes to motivate the people  to accept these birth control methods, the problem of population explosion still remainsthe bill, therefore, seeks to make sterilisation compulsory for all persons having two or more living children it also provides for certain measures like fixing the minimum age for marriage, minimum gap between the birth of two children, etc and for promoting small family norm in future generationhence this billt subbarami reddy financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for certain benefits to be give to those who undergo sterilisation voluntaily clause 6 provides for introduction of compulsory subject relating to population control in all educational institutions (clause 8 provides for establishing national population control fund to which the central government shall also contribute) the central government shall have to incur some expenditure for implementing the provisions of this bill in respect of union territories the state governments will incur expenditure in respect of their state out of their respective consolidated funds the bill, therefore, will involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crore out of the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 13 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill as the rules to be made relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for population control through compulsory sterilisation of certain persons and measures for promoting small family norm and for matters connected therewith————(dr t subbarami reddy, mp)