Mizoram minister: ₹1 lakh reward for parents with most kids

A Mizoram minister has announced a cash incentive of ₹ 1 lakh to a living parent with the highest number of children in his constituency to encourage population growth among the demographically small Mizo communities.

Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte did not mention the minimum number of children.

The declaration came at a time when several Indian states are advocating a population control policy.

On the occasion of Father's Day on Sunday, Royte announced that he would reward a living man or woman having the largest number of offspring within his Aizawl East-2 assembly constituency with a cash incentive of ₹ 1 lakh.

The person will also get a certificate and a trophy, the minister said in a statement on Monday.

The minister said that the infertility rate and the decreasing growth rate of the Mizo population has become a serious concern.