The Assam government on Thursday decided to scrap the two-child norm for tribals, tea tribes, Morans and Motoks in respect of getting government jobs.

Addressing a press conference after chairing a meeting of the state cabinet, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government took the decision to keep these communities outside the purview of population control measures to protect them from extinction.

"The cabinet decided to exempt members of the tea tribes, Morans, Motok and Scheduled Tribes from the provision of restricting the number of children to two under the population policy. If we stick to the policy, these populations will lose their distinct identities and gradually become extinct in the next 50 years," he said.

After coming to power, the CM in September 2021 had announ

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