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Two-child norm as policy?
By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB. 25. The Health and Family Welfare Minister, C.P. Thakur, today said the Government was considering adopting the two-child norm as a policy as it was close to the total fertility rate targeted by the Government.

Inaugurating a national seminar here on `Reproductive and Child Health - Key to Population Stabilisation', he underlined the need for improving reproductive and child health care.

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