Question : Small Family Norms

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched awareness programmes for population control and promoting small family norms;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has taken the assistance of electronic visual and print media in this regard, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has conducted programmes in the rural areas adopting terminal methods to create a gap between the birth of two children and encourage families to accept small family norms; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (c): Yes. The Government has launched various awareness programmes time to time for population control and promoting small family norms.

The Government of India has taken the assistance of electronic visual and print media as per details attached at Annexure.

(d) & (e): Under Family Planning, programmes are conducted in rural areas with special emphasis on
the schemes of ensuring spacing at birth whereby ASHAs counsel eligible couples on the importance of
spacing of 2 years after marriage and spacing of 3 years after the birth of 1st birth of Child.

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