This won't prove successful,according to me a fruitful way could be to hand over the decision on children,students who want to opt German thinking that it would help him in their future or if a student wants to opt Sanskrit thinking that its our national language or something else.
A person who commits a murder,would you just throw him up in jail providing him wit facilities of food,rest, tv etc . This would not create fear in the guilty as well as the public and committing crimes will be a never ending problem.Thus capital punishment will be a better way to curb it.
As we know that India is facing many social evils like female foeticides,poverty,homelessness etc and applying one child policy will help us to tackle all the above evils. No spendthrift on orphanages , government schools,hospitals etc. but the money could be used wittily on improving the India's economy.
According to me it would be yes as well as no . Yes, because it helps a child to tackle with certain works in early age and make him/her responsible . It also helps us to know that monetary awards will be given only we work and how to earn and spend money