Question 4027

The draft population policy of which Indian state proposed a ban on people from government jobs for violating legal age of marriage rules in 2017?

Answer

Assam

Why?

The correct answer is Assam . Key Points The draft of Assam’s new Population Policy , 2017, proposes that the minimum age for marriage must be made compulsory to get government facilities and to be eligible to apply for state government jobs .​ Additional Information The policy also proposes no government jobs for those who have more than two kids . It is an attempt to control the family sizes of Bengali-speaking Muslim immigrants . People marrying before attaining the legal age for matrimony and couples having more than two children will not be eligible for Assam government jobs: Any person getting a job after meeting this condition will have to maintain it till the end of his service . The legal marriage age in India for men is 21 years and that for women is 18 years . State Capital Chief Minister Governor Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Sarma Jagdish Mukhi Karnataka Bengaluru Basavaraj Bommai Thawar Chand Gehlot Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Satya Pal Malik