Lok Sabha Question No. 1060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Check on Increasing Population
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ashok Kumar Rawat, Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th FEBRUARY, 2020

## CHECK ON INCREASING POPULATION

1060. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to take any steps to check the increasing population in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof as on date, State/ UT - wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to ( c): Steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  the increasing  population  in  the country across all States/ UTs are placed at Annexure.

## Steps undertaken by the Government to check the increasing population in the country :

1. Mission  Parivar  Vikas -The  Government  has  launched MissionParivar Vikason  10 th November 2016 for substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family plan services in146 high fertility districts with Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3 and seven high focus states. These districts are from the states of Uttar Pradesh (57), Bihar (37), Rajasthan (14), Madhya Pradesh (25), Chhattisgarh (2), Jharkhand (9) and As (2) that itself constitutes 44% of the country's population.
2. New Contraceptive Choices -New contraceptives viz. Injectable contraceptive (Antara prog ram) and Centchroman (Chhaya) have been added to the existing basket of choices 2015- 16.
3. A  new  method  of  IUCD  insertion  immediately  after  delivery  i.e. post - partum  IUCD (PPIUCD) has been introduced in 2010. PPIUCD incentive scheme has been operational w ef 01.01.2014.
4. Appointment of dedicated RMNCH+A counselors at high case load facilities since 2013.
5. Clinical  Outreach  Teams  (COT)  Scheme The  scheme  has  been  launched  in  146 Mission  Parivar  Vikas  districts  wef December  2017  for  providing  family  planning services  through  mobile  teams  from  accredited  organizations  in  far - flung,  underserved and geographically difficult areas.
6. Scheme for Home delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries launchedin August 2011.
7. Scheme  for ASHAs  to  Ensure  spacing  in  births launched  on  16 th May  2012- The scheme is being implemented in 18 states of the country (8 EAG, 8 North East, Guj and Haryana). Additionally the spacing component has been approved in West Be ngal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Maharashtra, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
8. Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing Kits in the drug kits of ASHAs for use in communities. The Scheme was introduced in 2013.
9. Compensation  scheme  for  sterilization  acceptors -Under  the  scheme  MoHFW provides  compensation  for  loss  of  wages  to  the  beneficiary  and  also  to  the  se provider (& team) for conducting sterilizations. The package was enhanced in Novemb 2014 for 11 hi gh focus high TFR states (8 EAG, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana), and further increased in November 2016 under Mission Parivar Vikas.
10. Observation of World Population Day & fortnight from July 11 - July 24 to boost Family Planning efforts all over the country.
11. Obs ervation of Vasectomy Fortnight from November 21- December 4 in an effort to enhance male participation and revitalize the NSV programme, whereby sterilization services would be provided to clients at health facilities.

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- 12.Improved  Demand  generation  activities  through  a holistic media  campaign including mass media, mid media and inter personal communication.
13. Redesigned Contraceptive Packaging -The packaging for Condoms, OCPs and ECPs has been improved and redesigned since 2015 in order to increase the demand for these commodities.
- 14.Ensuring quality of care in Family Planning services by establishing Quality Assurance Committees in all states and districts.
15. National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme (NFPIS) under which clients are insured in the eventualities of death, complication and failure following sterilization. The cheme was introduced in 2005 and implemented through an insurance company. It was revise in 2013 and is now being operated by the state governments directly with NHM funding.
16. Family  Planning  Logistic  Management  and  Information  System  (FP - LMIS): A dedicated  software  launched  in  2017,  to  ensure  smooth  forecasting,  procurement distribution of family planning commodities across all the levels of health facili ties.