Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav orders the scrapping of a proposed two-child norm that would bar candidates with more than two living children from government jobs. According to reports, the direction comes from Yadav’s office to the General Administration Department to remove the relevant provision from the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules draft. The regulation, which has been in effect as a rule related to service conditions since around 2001, has applied the idea that having more than two children amounts to misconduct, including for established government staff. Multiple outlets describe the move as the withdrawal of an unpopular provision that was retained in the draft rules. The decision focuses on removing the eligibility restriction for government employment tied to the two-child criterion, rather than introducing a new policy immediately. The latest orders indicate the state is revising its civil services rule framework by deleting the clause that would have continued the two-child disqualification from being applied.