POPULATION POLICY IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

1. POPULATION POLICY IN
INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Submitted to:- submitted by:-
Dr Shashikant Ankita sood (4580)
Purvashi (4577)

3. INTRODUCTION
“ Population policy refers to all
those legal ,administrative
programmes and other
government efforts which aim
at reducing birth rate and
improving the quality of life.”
After independence,
government of India adopted
a national policy on population
with the objective to check the
increase in birth rate and
improve the standard of living
of people

4. POPULATION POLICY OF 1976
 the government of India declared the first
comprehensive population policy on 16th
april,1976.
 The main aim of the policy was to bring down
the birth rate from 35%per thousand to 25%per
thousand .
 In this policy the state government were
allowed to enact legislative measures
regarding compulsory sterilisation . Indians
were against compulsory sterilisation , but this
policy created awareness about small family
norm.

5.  In order to achieve these
objectives ,Indira Gandhi and
other members decided , 15
lakhs were earmarked in the
plan and a research and
programme committee
appointed .
 The committee comprised of
two sub committee ,
1) socio-economics
and cultural studies
2) biological and
qualitative aspects

6. REVISED POPULATION
POLICY OF 1977
 In the revised population
policy ,government changed
the name of “ family planning
policy” as “ FAMILY
WELFARE POLICY”
 In his address to lok sabha on
28th march 1977 ,president of
India said that family planning
programme would be
implemented on voluntary
basis
 Under the policy ,attention
would be paid to the rights of
women and health of the
children

7. FEATURES
 The public will be motivated and induced to
undertake various measures of birth control
 The minimum age of marriage was raised to
18 years for females and 21 years for males
 Registration of marriages was suggested to
be made compulsory
 Use of education system to create
awareness of the population problem in
youngsters and raising education levels of
females
 Use of media for spreading the message of
family planning among the rule of masses

8.  Provision of monetary
compensation to those who
go in for permanent
measures for birth control
 There will be exemption in
corporate taxes for those
private business corporation
which spend money for
popularising birth control
measures
 Population education will be
imparted in educational
institution with general
education

9. NEW NATIONAL POPULATION
POLICY 2000
 The government of India announced its
new national population policy on
February 15, 2000.
 NPP affirms the commitment of
government towards voluntary consent
of citizens while availing reproductive
health care service.
 The NPP provides a policy framework to
meet the reproductive and child health
needs of the people of india for the next
ten years

10. TARGETS
 To achieve zero growth rate of
population by 2045
 To reduce infant mortality rate to
below 28 per thousand live births by
2012
 To reduce maternal motility rate to
below 1 per 1000 live births
 To reduce birth rates to 21 per
thousand by 2010
 To reduce total fertility rate to 2.1 by
2010
 It is estimated that the population of
India will be 126.4crore by 2016

11. FEATURES
ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC
GOALS
STRATERGIC THEMES
FREEZING THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN
LOK SABHA
PROMOTIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL
MEASURES

12. 1)ORGANISATION:-
 national commission on
population will be appointed .it will
be presided over by the prime
minister
In every state there will be a state
commission on population. it will
be headed by its chief minister
The new policy will be
implemented by the panchayats
,municipalities and non
governmental organisations

13. 2) NATIONAL SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC
GOALS:-
 to meet the unfulfilled needs for basic
reproductive and child health care services
,supplies and infrastructures
Make school education up to age 14 free
and compulsory
Achieve universal immunisation of children
against all vaccine preventable diseases
Promote delayed marriage for girls not
earlier that age 18
Achieve 100% deliveries by trained persons

14. Compulsory registration of
birth,death,marriage and pregnancy
To curtail spread of aids
Achieve universal access to
information and services for
contraception
Propagate vigorously the benefits of
small family norms

15. 2)STRATERGIC THEMES:-
 The planning and implementation of family
welfare programmes should be
decentralised
 Expansion of family welfare programme
 Empowering women for improved health
and nutrition
 Special provisions are to be made for child
health
 Special family welfare programme for
under – survey population groups
including urban slums ,tribal and hilly
communities

16.  Collaboration with the NGOS and the
private sector for implementing population
policy
 Use of Indian system of medicines and
homeopathy for family welfare
 Research on contraceptive technology
and on reproductive system
 Support for older population and senior
citizen
 The increasing male participation in family
welfare programmes

17. 3)FREEZING THE NUMBER OF
SEATS IN LOK SABHA :-
 The policy includes freezing the number of
seats in the lok sabha at the current level of
545 which is based on the 1971 census till
2026
 As per original schedule the number
should have changed as per 2001
census

18. 4) PROMOTIONAL AND
MOTIVATIONAL MEASURES
 It includes linking of the disbursement
of cash incentive for small family
efforts
 Example- couple below the poverty
line who undergoes sterilisation with
no more that two living children would
become eligible for health insurance
no exceeding rs 5000

19. CRITICISM
 no strong measures have been taken in the population
policy of government which can ensure check on the
growth rate of population
 This policy is criticised for pushing the population
stability target from 2016-2045
 The critics opposed the national population commission
being chaired by the prime minister on the ground that
he would never find sufficient time to devote to the
crucial area
 The policy was soft on the main participation
 The policy is criticised for providing cash incentives

20. EVALUATION OF POPULATION
POLICY
Evaluation of
population
policy
achievements failures

21. ACHIEVEMENTS
 WIDE SCOPE
 MANY ORGANISATIONs
 INCREASE IN AWARENESS
 WIDER PUBLICITY

22. FAILURES
1)NARROW VIEW
2) LIMITED PUBLICITY
3) LIMITED UTILISATION OF
PRESENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
4) ADVERSE EFFECT OF
COPULSORY METHODS
5)LIMITED RESEARCH