National Population Policy 2010
The government finally decided on 15th February 2000 to adopt the National Population Policy (2000) to encourage the two-children norm and aim at stabilising the population by 2046 A.D. The National Population Policy has outlined immediate, medium-term and long-term objectives. The immediate objective is to meet the needs of contraception, health infrastructure, health personnel and to provide integrated service for basic reproductive and child health care. The medium-term objective is to lower down the total fertility rates to the replacement level by 2010. The long-term objective is to achieve a stable population by 2045. In this broad framework the National Population Policy 2000 aims at the following :
Reduce maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per one lakh live births. Reduce infant mortality rate to below 30 per one thousand live births. Achieve universal immunization of children against all vaccine-preventable diseases. Achieve universal access to information/counselling and services for fertility regulation and contraception with a wide backset of choices.
12 TOTS Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than age 18 and preferably after 20 years of age. Prevent and control communicable diseases. Site Promote the ‘small family’ norm to achieve replacement levels of total fertility rates. Bring about convergence in implementation of related social sector programmes to make family welfare a people-centred programme.
By and large, the Population Policy has been accepted as a step in the right direction. Michael Vlassoff, UNFPA representative said: The policy. clearly demonstrates the growing commitment of the government to population concerns. The policy avoids ruthless measures, which entail coercion and depends more on positive measures.
Critics, however, feel that the new population policy puts the entire burden of family limitation on “women”. Dr Nina Puri, President of, Family Planning Association of India criticising the Government stated: “The policy was “soft” on the male participation. The message the new policy sends across is that the women will bear the burden of population control with men being let off easily”. The policy provides incentives only to women to accept terminal methods of contraception after the second child. It would have been far better, had the policy also provided similar incentives of “men” for sterilisation after the second child. There is much force in the argument and the government should suitably modify the incentives to place the burden of population control equally on both partners. – male as well as female.
National Socio-Economic Goals For 2010
Address the unmet needs for basic reproductive and child health services, supplies and infrastructure. Make school education up to age 14 free and compulsory, and reduce drop-outs at primary and secondary school levels to below 20 per cent for both boys and girls. . Reduce infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births. Reduce maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100,000 live births. Achieve universal immunization of children against all vaccine-preventable diseases. Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than age 18 and preferably after 20 years of age. Achieve 80 per cent institutional deliveries and 100 per cent deliveries by trained persons. motor Achieve universal access to information/counselling and services for fertility regulation and contraception with a wide basket of choices. Contain the spread of AIDS a video Prevent and control communicable diseases. Integrate Indian systems of medicines in the provision of reproductive and child health services. Promote vigorously the small family norm. Ensure that family welfare becomes a people-centred programme.
National Population Commission
India’s population according to the 2001 census was 1027 million. Because of the serious concern to check runaway population growth, the government appointed a Population Commission under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister on May 11, 2000, in its effort to provide focused thrust to the stabilisation of population and check its further growth. To step up its efforts, the outlay for the Department of Family Welfare has been increased from Rs. 6,500 cores in the Eighth Plan to Rs. 15,120 crores in the Ninth Plan. The goal of population stabilisation is expected to be achieved by 2045.92
World Population 2011
According to the United Nations, (“2010 Revision of the World Population Prospects”) world population has reached 7 Billion on October 31, 2011. 3.3