Cash reward for having more than 15 children

Amelia Sohtun has 17 children and she has recently received a cash reward of several hundred dollars for mothering them.

So have Dorothia Kharbani and Philomena Sohlangpiaw for producing 15 children each.

All three are members of the Khasi tribe in India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

National policy in India seeks to limit population growth.

But, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) in Meghalaya has started rewarding Khasi mothers with more than 15 children as part of its declared mission "to save Khasis from being outnumbered by outsiders".