Last Update: January 21, 2023, 19:51 IST
Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has proposed a special pay hike for women government employees.
A decision of sorts has been taken as an incentive for indigenous communities to increase their population.
India’s least populous state Sikkim has found a unique way to increase its population. Faced with the declining fertility rate, the state has decided to reward women government employees who give birth to two or more children. Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has proposed a special increment to women government employees if they give birth to their second child, and two increments if they give birth to their third child.
times off India informed that the first-of-its-kind proposal has come to the fore as an incentive for indigenous communities to increase their population. This comes a year after the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha-led government announced on November 14, 2021, that women in government service would be entitled to 365 days of maternity leave, while new fathers could avail 30 days of paternity leave.
Tamang said in a recent interview, “We need to arrest the declining fertility rate by incentivizing the local people to have more children. rate is entered.
The CM said that ordinary people living in the state, who have more than one child, will also be eligible for financial assistance and for this the framework will be developed by the Women and Child Care Department. Tamang also revealed that the state government is encouraging the establishment of IVF facilities in Sikkim’s hospitals to encourage women who are unable to conceive due to various reasons to try medical intervention.
Tamang clarified that women with one child would not be eligible for any financial benefit and said that financial assistance of up to Rs 3 lakh would be given to women who try medical interventions like IVF. He said that so far 38 women have conceived with the help of IVF facility and some of them have also become mothers.
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