AP government to scrap two-child policy for local body elections

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to drop the law banning individuals with more than two children from contesting in rural and urban local body elections.

The rule will be scrapped by amending the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act of 1955, the AP Municipalities Act of 1965 for municipal corporations and



municipalities, and the AP Panchayat Raj Act of 1994. The law was first instituted in India by the Andhra Pradesh government in 1994.

The Naidu government’s decision has come in view of socio-economic needs and to improve the balance of the population, taking into consideration the falling total fertility rate in the state.