Govt mulls spl benefits to one-child families
Monday, 18 January 2010
The government will provide special privileges to couples with one child, the health minister told the parliament Sunday.
During the question-answer hour, AFM Ruhal Haque said the government might restrict jobs in the Family Planning Department to only those couples with two children, reports bdnews24.com.
"To encourage family planning, the government has decided to provide couples with one child with special privileges," Mr Haque told parliament replying to a question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Md Mujibul Hoque (Chunnu).
When the lawmaker wanted to know how many staff of the Family Planning Department had two children that the department's slogan stated was 'enough', the minister could not provide an exact figure.
He, however, said, "The government will consider setting a pre-condition-having two children-to get jobs in the Family Planning Department."
Replying to another question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Salma Islam, the minister said, "Yes, the government has decided to give family planning a priority and give privileges to couples with one child to encourage family planning."
In response to another question from Shahiduzzaman Sarker, the health minister said without counting the six city corporation areas the country has about 25 million potent couples of whom about 18.5 million have adopted family planning.
During the question-answer hour, AFM Ruhal Haque said the government might restrict jobs in the Family Planning Department to only those couples with two children, reports bdnews24.com.
"To encourage family planning, the government has decided to provide couples with one child with special privileges," Mr Haque told parliament replying to a question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Md Mujibul Hoque (Chunnu).
When the lawmaker wanted to know how many staff of the Family Planning Department had two children that the department's slogan stated was 'enough', the minister could not provide an exact figure.
He, however, said, "The government will consider setting a pre-condition-having two children-to get jobs in the Family Planning Department."
Replying to another question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Salma Islam, the minister said, "Yes, the government has decided to give family planning a priority and give privileges to couples with one child to encourage family planning."
In response to another question from Shahiduzzaman Sarker, the health minister said without counting the six city corporation areas the country has about 25 million potent couples of whom about 18.5 million have adopted family planning.