TheUttarakhand governmentwill set up separate committees to look into the feasibility of rolling out a population control law and a land law in the Himalayan state.

The move comes after the was urged to look into the possibility of introducing aPopulation Control Actduring a recent coordination meeting held inDehradun, which was attended byBJP’s national general secretary (organisation) B L Santosh and senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders.

The Uttarakhand government is also considering bringing a strict law, demand for which has been growing among residents. Earlier this month, several youngsters had taken to Social Media to demand land laws and protesters had also gathered outside the state assembly on July 18.
In 2003, an amendment was made to the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reform Act 1950 by the ND Tiwari government to prevent outsiders from buying more than 500 square metres of agricultural land in Uttarakhand.