 bill no 156 of  2018 the population control bill, 2018 by shri vishnu dayal ram, mp a billto provide for population control and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of  india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the population control act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmirshort title and commencement5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of the state and in other cases, the central government; and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 it shall be duty of the central government to encourage, promote and motivate married couples to opt for small family norm with a view to control the rising population in the countrycentral government to encourage, promote and motivate small family norm54 if either the husband or the wife in case of a married couple, who have only two living children on the date of commencement of this act, voluntarily undergoes sterilization, the appropriate government shall provide them with the following benefits, namely:—benefits to couples who opt to undergo sterilization(i) free education including higher education to one child and to the second child, if any, born within one year from the date of commencement of this act;(ii) suitable employment to one child after he completes his education; and10(iii) such other benefits as may be prescribed5 the appropriate government shall introduce population control as a compulsory subject 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 pursuingc o m p u l s o r y subject relating to population control in e d u c a t i o n a l institutions6 (1) the central government shall set up a health care centre in every village of the country with a view to create awareness about population control amongst the people15establishment of a health care centre in every village of the country(2) the health care centres established under sub-section (1) shall disseminate such information amongst, and provide such assistance to masses, with regard to population control, as may be prescribed by the central governmentminimum age for marriage7 no marriage shall be solemnized between a male who is less than twenty-seven years of age and a female who is less than twenty-two years of age208 (1) any person who is serving in connection with the affairs of the union government or of the state government or in any undertaking or organization under the control of the central government or the state government, as the case may be, and,—provisions relating to government employees, etc25(a) 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 two living children,(b) who has two living children on the date of coming into force of this act, shall give an undertaking that he shall not procreate any child one year after the coming into force of this act30(2) any person violating the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be subject to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the appropriate governmentpunishment9 any person who contravenes the provisions of section 7 shall be punished withsimple imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than five years and with fine which shall be not less than rupees twenty thousand3510 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effectpower to make rules11 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this act40(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule5 statement of objects and reasonsrapid increase in the population has given rise to many socio-economic problems like poverty, food and housing shortage, unemployment, environmental degradation, etc we are the most populous country after china if the present trend continues, it will not be possible for us to tackle the growing socio-economic problems it is, therefore, imperative that certain effective steps are taken to check the increasing growth of our population since our resources are limited, proper upbringing of children is possible only when we opt for small family norm despite existence of various birth control measures and various family planning programmes, the problem of over population still remainsthe bill, therefore, seeks to promote voluntary sterilization among the married couples having two children and also provides for certain measures like fixing the minimum age for marriages, promoting small family norm, introduction of a compulsory subject on population control in the school curricula for promoting and inculcating small family norm in the future generationhence this billnew delhi;vishnu dayal ramjuly 27, 2018 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for certain benefits to be given to those persons who undergo sterilization voluntarily clause 5 provides for introduction of a compulsory subject relating to population control in all educational institutions clause 6 provides for establishment of health care centres in every village of the country to provide assistance and information regarding population control 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 states out of their respective consolidated funds the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees ninety crore is also likely to be involved for establishment of health care centres in every district memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 11 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purpose of the bill as the rules to be made relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for population control and for matters connected therewith————(shri vishnu dayal ram,  mp)mgipmrnd—1844ls(s3)—11-10-2018