ICPD Goals to achieve by 2015 1. Provide universal access to a range of safe and reliable family planning methods and related reproductive health services. Reduce maternal mortality to below 60. 4. Increase life expectancy to over 75 years. There must be several reasons for this it is a very diverse country, and many people don t realize the importance of population.
Family planning has religious overtones.
There is a concern about coercion, and everyone wants to avoid this. Finally, we are already limiting our natural growth rate, so it may not be necessary to have an official population policy. We can only hope that our country will realize the importance of limiting our population growth and of our consumption.