(a) whether the Empowered Action Group for dealing with problematic States regaring population rise have since been constituted;
(b) if so, the details of the members of the group; and
(c) if not, by when it is likely to be constituted?
(a) whether the Empowered Action Group for dealing with problematic States regaring population rise have since been constituted;
(b) if so, the details of the members of the group; and
(c) if not, by when it is likely to be constituted?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.
Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5715 dated 25.4.2001.
(a) Yes, Sir. The Empowered Action Group has been constituted in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the chairmanship of the Minister for Health and Family Welfare on 20th March, 2001.
(b) The following are the Members of the Empowered Action Group:
1. Minister for Health and Family Welfare (Chairman)(c): Does not arise.
2. Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare (Vice-Chairman)
3. Secretary, Department of Family Welfare,
4. Secretary, Department of Health.
5. Secretary, Department of Indian system of Medicine and Homeopathy. 6. Secretary, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy.
7 Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development.
8. Secretary, Department of Rural Development.
9. Director General of Health Services. 10. Project Director, National AIDS Control Organisation. 11. Principal Secretary/Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) of the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand. 12. Additional Secretary, Departtment of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. 13. Adviser (Health), Planning Commission. 14. Joint Secretary & Finance Adviser, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 15. Joint Secretary (Reproductive and Child Health), Department of Family Welfare. 16. Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research. 17. Director, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi. 18. Director, International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai. 19. Executive Director, Voluntary Health Association of India. 20. President, Family Planning Association of India. 21. Joint Secretary (Policy), Department of Family Welfare (Convenor).