Jaipur | The Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced that the state government has relaxed its two-child policy for the state government employees. The decision will scrape the clause which enables the employes to take compulsory retirement on the birth of the third child.
Addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting in Jaipur, Parliamentary minister in Vasundhara Raje’s government Rajendra Rathore said, “The Rajasthan state cabinet has decided to remove the provisions under Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1996, Section 53(a) which entails compulsory retirement of an employee on birth of a third child.”
“The state government has made all efforts in order to make the schemes related to family planning a success,” added Rathore. “In our state, all the schemes pertaining to family planning have been implemented properly. Moreover, there is an improvement in the birth rate in the state,” claimed Rathore.
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