Lok Sabha Question No. 2059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Population Growth
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje, Mala Roy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH NOVEMBER, 2019

## POPULATION GROWTH

## 2059. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: MS. MALA ROY:

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

- (a) whether India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country around 2027, as per World Population Prospects 2019 report;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the ra te of population growth in the country;

(c) the details of States/UTs having fertility rate more than two and the manner in which the Government proposes to bring down population in these States/UTs; and

(d) whether the Government has conducted any study  with regard to impact of awareness programme on population control, if so, the details thereof and its outcome thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- ( a)& (b): As  per  ' World  Population  Prospects 2019' report,  India  is  expected  to overtake China as the world's most populous country around 2027;

As per  Census  2011,  the  country's  Decadal  Growth  Rate    between  2001  and  2011 was 17.7%;

- (c): Details of State s/ UTs having Total Fertility Rate (TFR) more than 2 are placed at Annexure I.

The initiatives taken by the Government to bring down poulation in these States/ are placed at Annexure II.

- (d): The  Government  conducts  periodic  surveys  viz.  the National  Family  Health Survey (NFHS) and the Sample Registration System (SRS) to study the impact of vario awareness programmes being conducted .The key findings of the surveys are as follows:
- The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has declined from 2.9 in 2005 to 2.2 in 2017 (SRS)
- The Wanted Fertility Rate has declined from 1.9 in NFHS III to 1.8 in NFHS IV.
- The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) has declined from 23.8 to 20.2 from 2005 to 2017 (SRS)
- The TeenageBirth Rate has halved from 16% (NFHS III)  to 8% (NFHS IV)

## Details of States/ UTs having Total Fertility Rate (TFR) more than 2

| States having TFR > 2   | States having TFR > 2   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| India                   | 2.2                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | 2.1                     |
| Assam                   | 2.3                     |
| Bihar                   | 3. 4                    |
| Chhattisgarh            | 2. 2                    |
| Dadra & NagarHaveli     | 2.3                     |
| Haryana                 | 2. 1                    |
| Jharkhand               | 2.6                     |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 2. 3                    |
| Manipur                 | 2.6                     |
| Meghalaya               | 3.0                     |
| Mizoram                 | 2.3                     |
| Nagaland                | 2.7                     |
| Odisha                  | 2.1                     |
| Rajasthan               | 2.4                     |
| Uttar Pradesh           | 2.7                     |
| Uttarakhand             | 2.1                     |

Source: NFHSIV

## Initiatives taken by the Government to bring down poulation in States/ UTs

1. Mission Parivar Vikas -The Government has launched MissionParivar Vikasfor substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in14 fertility districts with Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3 an d above in seven high focus states. These districts are from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pr Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam  that itself constitutes  44%  of the country's population.
2. New  Contraceptive  Choices -New  contracep tives  viz.  Injectable  contraceptive  and Centchroman have been added to the existing basket of choices.
3. A  new  method  of  IUCD  insertion  immediately  after  delivery  i.e. post - partum  IUCD (PPIUCD) has been introduced.
4. Redesigned Contraceptive Packaging -The pa ckaging for Condoms, OCPs and ECPs has  now  been  improved  and  redesigned  so  as  to  increase  the  demand  for  thes commodities.
5. Compensation  scheme  for  sterilization  acceptors -U nder  the  scheme  MoHFW provides  compensation  for  loss  of  wages  to  the  beneficiary and  also  to  the  service provider (& team) for conducting sterilizations.
6. Clinical  Outreach  Teams  (COT)  Scheme The  scheme  has  been  launched  in  146 Mission Parivar Vikas districts for providing Family planning services through mo teams from accredited organizations in far - flung, underserved and geographically difficult areas.
7. Scheme for Home delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries.
8. Scheme for ASHAs to Ensure spacing in births.
9. Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing Kits in t he drug kits of ASHAs for use in communities.
10. Family  Planning  Logistic  Management  and  Information  System  (FP - LMIS): A dedicated software to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distribution of f planning commodities across all the levels of heal th facilities.
11. National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme (NFPIS) under which clients are insured in the eventualities of death, complication and failure following sterilization.
12. 12.Ensuring quality of care in Family Planning services by establishing Quality A ssurance Committees in all states and districts.
13. 13.Appointment of dedicated RMNCH+A counselors at high case load facilities.
14. 14.Improved Demand generation activities through a 360 degree media campaign.