TDP MP offers Rs 50,000 to every third girl child

A TDP Lok Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh has pledged to dole out Rs 50,000 for every third child who turns out to be a baby girl in his constituency here.

Vizianagaram MP K. Appala Naidu said he will deposit the money in favor of the newborn girl child in the form of a fixed deposit, which could compound up to Rs 10 lakh by her marriage age.

“If the third child is a boy, we will give a cow and a calf. If the third child is a girl, we will make a fixed deposit of Rs 50,000. The Indian population has to rise,” Appala Naidu said on Sunday.

The parliamentarian said he was inspired by the calls given by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to raise India’s population. Promising to extend this offer to every woman in his constituency, Appala Naidu recalled that he was encouraged by several women in politics and life, who included his mother, wife, sisters, and daughter.