India two-child policy gains steam amid jobs and food worries

States ready legislation as country barrels toward world population leader next year

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India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh has many residents working elsewhere as migrant laborers. © Reuters

MOYURU BABA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- With an ever-swelling population, momentum is increasing in India for family planning measures amid heightened concerns about a lack of jobs and food for the soon-to-be most populous country in the world.

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