Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (July 11, 2021) unveiled the state’s new Population Policy 2021-2030. The policy was unveiled on the occasion of World Population Day.
Yogi Adityanath said that the increasing population can be a hurdle in way of development. He also noted that every community has been taken care of in the Population Policy 2021-2030.
The Uttar Pradesh CM said the countries and states that made efforts in controlling the population saw positive results.
In the event, state’s Health Minister JP Singh said that it is necessary to control population as it is estimated that India’s population will overtake China by 2027.
“If we implement the new population policy, then according to the estimates, the population of our state will stabilise by 2052,” Singh said.
