Lok Sabha Question No. 85 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-21
Subject: Population Growth
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 5 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 st JULY, 2017 POPULATION GROWTH

## †*85. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether India is set to become the most populous country of the world year 2024 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  basic  facilities health, employm ent and nurture such huge population in order to solve numero problems that are likely to crop up as a result thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  schemes  and  programmes  being  run  by  the  Government control the growth rate of population; and
- (d)  whether  th e  Government  is  considering  to  provide  benefits  in  educatio employment etc. to encourage single child norm in the country and if so, the thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

(a)to (d

- ) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 85* FOR 21 ST JULY, 2017

[a] :As per Registrar General of India ,the projected population of India, based on Census 2001, as on 1 st March for the year 2024 ,would be 1,37,74,42,000. As per National  Population  Policy  2000 , the  long  term  objective  is  to  achieve  stabl population by 2045.

[b]: The  Government  is  expanding  health  infrastructure  and  human  resource besides bringing in new interventions to increase the accessibility to health ser There are also many schemes for generating new employment opportunities to c to the needs of increasing population. (Annexure I)

[c]: The details of the schemes and programmes being run by the government to control the growth rate of population are placed at Annexure II.

[d]: No.  The  government  does  not  have  such  a  proposal , at  present , to provide benefits in education, employment etc. to encourage single child norm since India is a signatory to the ICPD (International Conference on Population and Developm declaration  of  1994  which  unequivocally  advocates  target  free  approach honouring  of  reproductive  rights  of  couples  to  decide  freely  and  responsi numb er and spacing of their children.

## Annexure I

## Steps taken by the Government to provide the basic facilities such as health employment

## A) Health

- (i)Under  the  National  Health  Mission ,  technical  and  financial  support  is provided to the states/UTs for health system strengthening including support fo physical infrastructure, health human resources, ambulances etc.
- Health human resource: Under NHM ,about 11.8 lakh additional human resource (including ASHAs) has been recruited to address the increa g health needs.

## Health Infrastructure:

- 32,010 new health facilities have been constructed.
- 23,607 ambulances have been operationalised
- 2,748 FRUs have been operationalised
- 9,283 PHCs have been made 24*7
- Sanction  have  been  issued  to  states  for  converting Sub  Health  Centers (SHCs) into Health & Wellness Centres
- (ii) Under Medical Education, 68 new Medical Colleges have been opened, 11835 MBBS seats and 1004 PG seats have been added .

## B) Other ministries:

In  addition  to  the  above , various  employment  generation  schemes  are  being operated  by  the  ministries  of  rural  development,  skill  development entrepreneurship, housing and urban poverty alleviation, labour employment.

## Annexure II

## Schemes and programmes operated by the government to control the growth rate of population the prominent among which are:

- Mission Parivar Vikas has been launched to increase access to contraceptives and Family Planning services in 146 high fertility districts.
- Introduction of New Contraceptive Choices: The current basket of choice has been expanded to include the new contraceptives viz.Injectable contraceptive, Centchroman and P rogesterone O nlyPills (POP) .
- Redesigned  Contraceptive  Packaging: The  packaging  for  Condoms,  Oral Contraceptive Pills (OCP s)and Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECP s)has now been improved and redesigned.
- New Family Planning Media Campaign has been launched to generate demand for contraceptives.
- Family Planning logistics management information system has been developed to track Family Planning commodities.
- Enhanced Compensation Scheme for Sterilization: The sterilization compensation scheme has been enhanced in 11 high focus states (8 Empowere Action Group (EAG), Assam, Gujarat, Haryana)
- Post Abortion Family Planning Services has been initiated
- A Scheme for ensuring drop back services to sterilization clients has been initiated.
- A  Scheme  for  Home  delivery  of  contraceptives  by  ASHAs to  provide contraceptives at the doorstep of beneficiaries is in opera tion .
- A Scheme to ensure spacing of births by ASHAs is in operation.
- World Population Day & fortnight as well as Vasectomy Fortnight is being observed to boost Family Planning efforts all over the country.
- Post partum Family Planning is being focused with special emphasis on Post partum IUCD services.
- Quality Assurance Committees have been established in all state and distric s for e nsuring quality ofcare in Family Planning.
- Cu IUCD 375 with5 years effectivity has been introduced in the programme as an alternative to the exiting IUCD (Cu IUCD 380A with effectivity of 10 yea
- Male participation is being focused upon.
- Under National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme the clients are indemnified in the unlikely ev ents of deaths, complications and failures followin sterilization  and  the  providers/  accredited  institutions  are  indemnifie litigations in those eventualities.
- Private/ NGO facilities are being accredited to increase the provider base for familyplanning services under PPP.