I support this idea. 2 kids is the way to go forward. it is just equal to the replenishment rate. So population stays relatively constant and there is enough available young workers as well. Good idea from the Doctor.
Laws can't be formulated for a community in India. This is not a place for Objective Resolutions.
A China like policy restricting children to two will do great for us. After having two kids there must be either sterilization or a bond must be signed that future children will be adopted by the State. Of course this will affect almost ONLY the Muslims(all minorities have 1 or 2) but that should be irrelevant.
Did you even bother to read the content or just the mention of the name brought out the innate intolerance within you?
This isn't a question of Praveen Togadia or his retarded statements. It is a question of the culumative 40 year experience that India has had in population reduction. The experience is the most important asset we have in taclking this problem, not what some retarded Sanghi thinks coz he thinks only about the ideology he promotes.
-India cannot have a law that restricts birth to 2 coz it is a democracy. The only time when such a solution was used was under the emergency when forced sterilization was done, and we know how that backfired
- Under democratic governments you cannot enforce any such law. If a 3rd child was born what will you do? Throw the couple into prison? Good luck with that coz it's against fundamental rights. 'Right to breed' cannot be suspended
- The following were the things we did and learnt in over the decades-
a) give out free condoms- limited/ negligible results
b) pay money for becoming sterilized (usually after 2 children were born)- limited/ negligible results
c) Integrated Health Care in urban and rural areas- provide health workers, maternity care, nutrition for mothers, vaccination and long term support- spectacular results
d) economic development in areas with point c- even more spectacular results
People don't just 'breed', they have many children because of 2 reasons- some of them die of diseases, so they want 'backup' kids. This is controlled when good health services are given. Second, more sons means more income- when opportunities increase, that gets taken care of.
It is highly unadvisable to bring in that law anyway, because TFR has been dropping and latest reports are the pop will stabilize by 2020. Additional, some of the biggest gains in recent times has been among muslims- the number of muslim girls going to schools, for instance has been increasing very well.
Now tell me, which of the above points did Togadia take into account when he made that statement? He just said 'muslims breed, so let's stop them', frothing at his mouth.