In an important Assam Cabinet meeting held late Monday evening, the government has taken a significant decision announcing that no government jobs will be given to persons having more than two children after January 1, 2021.
A communique from the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s public relations cell stated that those having more than two children will not be considered for government jobs with effect from January 1, 2021 as per the small family norm.
In September 2017, the Assam Assembly had passed the ‘Population and Women Empowerment Policy of Assam’ that specified that job candidates with two children only would be eligible for government employment and the existing government staff were to strictly follow the two children family norm.
The Cabinet meeting also decided to increase the bus fares in the state by 25 per cent, it added.
