Assam CM asks minorities to adopt 'decent' family planning

Raising the population bogey again, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday urged the minority community to adopt a "decent family planning policy" for population control to reduce poverty.

All stakeholders in the community must come forward and support the government in helping reduce poverty in the community which is primarily due to an unabated increase in population, the chief minister said.

Sarma said that his government will work towards educating the women of the community so that the problem can be tackled effectively.