THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY)
(a) & (b): India adopted a comprehensive and holistic National Population Policy (NPP), 2000,
which provides a policy framework for advancing goals and prioritizing strategies to meet the
reproductive and child health needs of the people and to achieve a stable population at a
level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development
and environmental protection. As such, no need has been felt to review the policy.
( c) & (d): Government of India has been vigorously implementing the National Rural Health
Mission launched in the year 2005 in line with the policy framework of population stabiliz
ation as envisaged in National Population Policy-2000, i.e the need to simultaneously address
issues of child survival, maternal health and fertility while increasing outreach and coverage
of a comprehensive package of reproductive and child health services.
New interventions that have been added to existing interventions for population stabilization
are at Annexure.
(e) & (f): There is no proposal at present to give incentives for adoption of small family
norms.
The various initiatives taken by the Government to check population growth in the country
includes introduction of national family planning insurance scheme to compensate accepters
of sterilization for failures, complications and deaths and which provides indemnity cover
to doctors, enhancement of compensation packages for sterilization, promotion of IUD 380 A
intensively as a spacing method because of its longevity; encouraging fixed day fixed place
family planning services and increasing the basket of choice by introducing new and effect
ive contraceptives under the programme.
Government also envisages strengthening of implementation structure for population stabili
zation, establishment of post-partum centers in facilities with substantial number of inst
itutional deliveries, facilitating availability of contraceptives to eligible couples and
increased advocacy efforts from village level onward, especially in states having high po
pulation growth.
ANNEXURE
NEW INTERVENTIONS FOR POPULATION STABILISATION:
1. A new scheme has been launched to utilize the services of ASHA to deliver contrace
ptives at the doorstep of beneficiaries. The scheme is being implemented in 233 districts
of 17 states. ASHA is charging a nominal amount from beneficiaries for her effort to deli
ver contraceptives at doorstep i.e Re 1 for a pack of 3 condoms, Re 1 for a cycle of OCPs
and Rs.2 for a pack of one tablet of ECP.
2. MoHFW has introduced short term IUCD(5 years effectivity),Cu IUCD 375 under the
National Family Planning programme. Training of state level trainers has already been
completed and process is underway to train service providers upto the sub-center level.
3. A new method of IUCD insertion (post- partum IUCD insertion) has been introduced
by the Government.276 district hospitals in high focus states have been identified for st
rengthening PPIUCD services.
4. Promotion of Post-partum Family Planning Services at district hospitals by provi
ding for placement of dedicated Family Planning Counsellors and training of personnel.
