(a) whether the National Commission on Population held its first meeting with the
State Population Commissions in New Delhi recently;
(b) if so, the details of participants in the meeting and outcome thereof;
(c) whether State Governments have desired/ suggested their own ways to control
and achieve target of population control in the said meeting;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the other norms Government propose to adopt to check population growth?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES,
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a)&(b): Yes. The National Commission on Population has held its first meeting with the
State Population Commissions/Councils on 25.9.2002 in New Delhi. The meeting was
held under the Chairmanship of Shri K.C. Pant, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
and Vice-Chairman, National Commission on Population and was attended to by the
Hon`ble Union Ministers for Human Resource Development, Health & Family Welfare,
some Members of National Commission on Population, Member (Health), Planning
Commission, Health & Family Welfare Ministers from States who are also Vice-
Chairmen of State Population Commissions/Councils, Secretaries to Government of
India, Health and Family Welfare Secretaries of State Governments and representatives
of NGOs and organizations working in the field of population stabilization.
(c)&(d): The details of the views expressed at the meeting by the State Governments
relating to population control etc. are being prepared and will be laid on the table of the
House.
(e): The norms for checking population growth are outlined in the National Population
Policy 2000. However, in view of the demographic diversity prevailing in the country,
some of the States have also formulated their population policies to address the specific
problems faced by them.