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, a father of four girls.

He considers himself 'unlucky' as his wife was unable to bear him more children for medical reasons.

The council's move for bigger families is in sharp contrast to India's family planning efforts.

"We cannot encourage such things as it is medically not advisable for mothers to bear children in large numbers," Health Minister E.D. Marak said.

"But in the absence of any legislation, we cannot prevent the council from launching such a campaign."

Women rights groups in Meghalaya have opposed the campaign.

"What happens to the mother's health if someone bears children every year and what is the quality of life the kids are going to have? These are issues to be addressed and we find this campaign absolutely bizarre and unacceptable," said Hasina Kharbhih, Meghalaya's best-known rights activist and a Khasi herself.

But Shylla is undeterred by such resistance. "We are facing opposition from various quarters, but we will go ahead and try to convince the people that with the numbers, quality in life will come automatically," he said.

"More important than anything else is the future of these two tribes."

Trying to justify that non-tribal people could overwhelm Khasis and Jaintias, Shylla said the latest census figures showed a decline in the decadal population growth rate between 1991 and 2001 from 32.86 percent to 29.94 percent.

"We are motivating people against using condoms as this is indirectly slowing the population growth among our tribes," Shylla said.

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