The House Defense and National Security Committee is working on a bill to control Egypt’s rapidly growing population through offering benefits and incentives to parents with no more than two children, Egypt Today reported. Committee Head Kamal Amer said the draft law, which will not include punishments, will be issued during the current legislative session. The Social Solidarity Ministry had launched in May a EGP 100 mn “Two is Enough” family planning program, which aims to curtail the country’s birth rate. Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly had also announced last month that the government will limit cash benefits under the Takaful and Karama welfare programs to the first two children in each family as an incentive to practice birth control.

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