Lok Sabha Question No. 4111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Family Planning Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTI ON NO. 4111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH MARCH, 2021

## FAMILY PLANNING PROG RAMME

## 4111. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

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

- (a)  whether  Family  Planning  Programme  is  the  top most  priority  of  the  Government  for population control, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Family Planning Programme has been successful in achieving i ts targets and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether sufficient financial resources are provided for the Family Planning Programme and if so,the details thereof; and
- (d) the status of the progress made regarding success/failure of the Family Planning Pr ogramme beingrun for population control in the country, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :The Government accords top priority to the National Family Planning Program by providing family planning services both at facility and community levels namely expanded choicesviz. Injectable  contraceptive, Intra  uterine  contraceptive  device  (IUCD) , Sterilization  services , Condoms, and Oral Contraceptive Pills, including Home Del ivery of Contraceptives .
- (b): As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV data for the period 2015 - 16, t he Total Fertility Rate has declined to 2.2 from the earlier 2.7inNFHS IIIfor the period 2005- 06.

28 out of 36 States/UTs have already achieved t e replacement level fertility of 2.1 or less.

- (c): Sufficient  financial  resources  are  made  available  to  States/  UTs  for  carrying  out Planning activities under the National Health Mission (NHM).
- (d):States/ UT - wise Total Fertility Rate (TFR) status as per earlier NFHS rounds is placed at Annexure.

## States/ UT - wise Total Fertility Rate (TFR) status as per earlier National Family Health Survey (NFHS) rounds

|   S. No. | State/ UT                      | NFHS III 2005-06   | NFHS IV 2015-16   | NFHS V 2019-20   |
|----------|--------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar              |                    | 1.4               | 1.3              |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                 | 1.8                | 1.8               | 1.7              |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh              | 3.0                | 2.1               |                  |
|        4 | Assam                          | 2.4                | 2.2               | 1.9              |
|        5 | Bihar                          | 4.0                | 3.4               | 3.0              |
|        6 | Chandigarh                     |                    | 1.6               |                  |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                   | 2.6                | 2.2               |                  |
|        8 | Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu |                    | 2.1               | 1.8              |
|        9 | Delhi                          | 2.1                | 1.7               |                  |
|       10 | Goa                            | 1.8                | 1.7               | 1.3              |
|       11 | Gujarat                        | 2.4                | 2.0               | 1.9              |
|       12 | Haryana                        | 2.7                | 2.1               |                  |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh               | 1.9                | 1.9               | 1.7              |
|       14 | Jammu & Kashmir                | 2.4                | 2.0               | 1.4              |
|       15 | Jharkhand                      | 3.3                | 2.6               |                  |
|       16 | Karnataka                      | 2.1                | 1.8               | 1.7              |
|       17 | Kerala                         | 1.9                | 1.6               | 1.8              |
|       18 | Ladakh                         |                    |                   | 1.3              |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                    |                    | 1.8               | 1.4              |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                 | 3.1                | 2.3               |                  |
|       21 | Maharashtra                    | 2.1                | 1.9               | 1.7              |
|       22 | Manipur                        | 2.8                | 2.6               | 2.2              |
|       23 | Meghalaya                      | 3.8                | 3.0               | 2.9              |
|       24 | Mizoram                        | 2.9                | 2.3               | 1.9              |
|       25 | Nagaland                       | 3.7                | 2.7               | 1.7              |
|       26 | Odisha                         | 2.4                | 2.1               |                  |
|       27 | Puducherry                     |                    | 1.7               |                  |
|       28 | Punjab                         | 2.0                | 1.6               |                  |
|       29 | Rajasthan                      | 3.2                | 2.4               |                  |
|       30 | Sikkim                         | 2.0                | 1.2               | 1.1              |
|       31 | Telangana                      |                    | 1.8               | 1.8              |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu                     | 1.8                | 1.7               |                  |
|       33 | Tripura                        | 2.2                | 1.7               | 1.7              |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                  | 3.8                | 2.7               |                  |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                    | 2.6                | 2.1               |                  |
|       36 | West Bengal                    | 2.3                | 1.8               | 1.6              |