Lok Sabha Question No. 1087 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-21
Subject: Family Planning and Demographic Dividend
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1087 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2017

## FAMILY PLANNING AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND

## 1087. SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI:

## SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

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

- (a) whether as per the 2011 census, 19.15 per cent of total population is young (in the age group of 15 - 24 years) in India and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to launch any specific scheme for promotion of spacing methods of family planning for this youth population;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL

- (a): Yes, the State/UT wise details are given in Annexure.
- (b) & (c): The Government already has specific schemes for promotion of spacing methods of family planning such as:
- 1.Home Delivery of contraceptives scheme.
- 2.Ensuring spacing at birth scheme.
- ( d) : Does not arise.

## )

## Annexure

|   S.No | States/UTs          |   Total Population |   Young population (age group 15 - 24 yrs.) |   Percentage of young population |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman & Nicobar   |             380581 |                                       70141 |                            18.43 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh      |           84580777 |                                    16225841 |                            19.18 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |            1383727 |                                      287664 |                            20.79 |
|      4 | Assam               |           31205576 |                                     5977986 |                            19.16 |
|      5 | Bihar               |          104099452 |                                    17537430 |                            16.85 |
|      6 | Chandigarh          |            1055450 |                                      225662 |                            21.38 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh        |           25545198 |                                     4989339 |                            19.53 |
|      8 | Dadra & NagarHaveli |             343709 |                                       77405 |                            22.52 |
|      9 | Daman & Diu         |             243247 |                                       64898 |                            26.68 |
|     10 | Delhi               |           16787941 |                                     3431435 |                            20.44 |
|     11 | Goa                 |            1458545 |                                      244620 |                            16.77 |
|     12 | Gujrat              |           60439692 |                                    11646482 |                            19.27 |
|     13 | Haryana             |           25351462 |                                     5244876 |                            20.69 |
|     14 | Himachal Pradesh    |            6864602 |                                     1284327 |                            18.71 |
|     15 | Jammu & Kashmir     |           12541302 |                                     2398375 |                            19.12 |
|     16 | Jharkhand           |           32988134 |                                     6032890 |                            18.29 |
|     17 | Karnataka           |           61095297 |                                    11879835 |                            19.44 |
|     18 | Kerala              |           33406061 |                                     5276361 |                            15.79 |
|     19 | Lakshadweep         |              64473 |                                       11453 |                            17.76 |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh      |           72626809 |                                    14174368 |                            19.52 |
|     21 | Maharashtra         |          112374333 |                                    21718233 |                            19.33 |
|     22 | Manipur             |            2855794 |                                      568790 |                            19.92 |
|     23 | Mizoram             |            1097206 |                                      222051 |                            20.24 |
|     24 | Meghalaya           |            2966889 |                                      611200 |                            20.6  |
|     25 | Nagaland            |            1978502 |                                      433985 |                            21.94 |
|     26 | Odisha              |           41974218 |                                     7708925 |                            18.37 |
|     27 | Puducherry          |            1247953 |                                      211135 |                            16.92 |
|     28 | Punjab              |           27743338 |                                     5594319 |                            20.16 |
|     29 | Rajasthan           |           68548437 |                                    13740511 |                            20.04 |
|     30 | Sikkim              |             610577 |                                      134234 |                            21.98 |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu          |           72147030 |                                    12665335 |                            17.55 |
|     32 | Tripura             |            3673917 |                                      731006 |                            19.9  |
|     33 | Uttar Pradesh       |          199812341 |                                    40619028 |                            20.33 |
|     34 | Uttarakhand         |           10086292 |                                     2094178 |                            20.76 |
|     35 | West Bengal         |           91276115 |                                    17816353 |                            19.52 |