Question : POPULATION STABILIZATION

(a) whether India is likely to be the most populous nation of the world by 2050 and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for the high growth of population in the country;

(b) whether the National Population Commission monitors and periodically reviews the National Population Policy and if so, the details and the outcome thereof during each of the last three years and the current year;

(c) the details of the programmes/ schemes and awareness campaign launched and family planning centres set up by the Government to stabilize the population of the country along with the success achieved therefrom during the said period;

(d) the funds allocated/released for this purpose during each of the last three years and the current year along with the share of United Nations Population Fund therein separately, State/UT-wise;

(e) the number of tubectomy/vasectomy operations carried out in various Government hospitals across the country State/UT-wise; and

(f) the number of death cases/failed tubectomy operations reported along with the compensation paid by the Government during the said period, State/UT-wise?

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) Yes, as per World Population Prospects – The 2012 Revision, the population of India is likely to be 162,00,51,000by 2050. The reasons for growth of population are slow decline in fertility and wide variations among the States. Twenty four States/UTs of India have already achieved replacement level by 2012.

(b) Yes, the last meeting of the National Commission on Population (NCP) was held on 21.10.2010 and Action Taken Report (ATR) on minutes of the meeting have been received from 19 States/UTs so far viz. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerla, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, Dadar& Nagar haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Puducherry, Sikkim, Punjab, Rajsthan and Uttar Pradesh.

(c) Population stabilization has been a key priority area of the Government and it has been vigorously implemented through the National Rural Health Mission launched in the year 2005 in line with the policy framework of population stabilization as envisaged in National Population Policy-2000, by helping create a robust service delivery mechanism to address the unmet need for family planning. Details of the measures taken by the Government of India and the achievement there of is placed at Annexure-I.

(d) Funds allocated by the Government for implementation of schemes for Family Planning are at Annexure-II.The funds expended by UNFPA during the last three years on Family Planning and Reproductive Health may be seen at Annexure-III.

(e) The detailed information may be seen at Annexure-IV.

(f) As informed by ICICI Lombard Insurance Company Ltd., the detailed information may be seen at Annexure-V.