Lok Sabha Question No. 2876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Increase in Population
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2876 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH MARCH, 2021

## INCREASE IN POPULATI ON

## 2876. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has identified States where the increase in birth rate has contributed to the population explosion in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof State/UT - wise and the specific initiatives taken by the Government to address the factors contributing to increase in population in such State/UT's;
- (c) the other measures taken by the Government to reduce birth rate in these States; and
- (d) the outcome of the steps taken by the Governm ent in these States in order to lower birth rate in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c) As per the Sample Registration System 2018 (SRS 2018) report, States/UTs like Bi (26.2),  Uttar  Pradesh  (25.6),  Madhya  Pradesh  (24.6),  Rajasthan  (24.0),  Jharkhand  (2 Chhattisgarh  (22.5),  Meghalaya  (22.1),  Assam  (21.1),  Haryana  (20.3),  and  Dadra & Nagar Haveli (22.9) are having birth rate higher than the national crude birth rate of 20.0 per births.  However,  State/UT  wise  yearly  details  of  Crude  Birth  Rate  can  be  accessed https://censusindia.gov.in/vital\_statistics/SRS\_Bulletins/Bulletins.html .

The Government of India has implemented the National Family Planning Program which provides voluntary and informed choices to the beneficiaries through a target free approach with the objective of checking population increase in the country.

Various  initiatives  have  been  taken  under  the  National  Family  Planning  Progr providing broad range of services and some of them are as follows:

- New  Contraceptive  Ch oices: The  current  contraceptive  basket  comprising  of  Condoms, combined oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraceptive pills, Intrauterine contra uterine  device  (IUCD)  and  sterilization  has  been  expanded  with  inclusion  of  two contraceptive s- Injectable contraceptive (Antara programme) and Centchroman (Chhaya).
- Post- partum Intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) incentive scheme under which PPIUCD services are provided post - delivery.
- Compensation scheme for sterilization acceptors which pr ovides compensation for loss of wages  to  the  beneficiary  and  also  to  the  service  provider  and  team  for  conduc sterilization.
- National   Family   Planning   Indemnity   Scheme (NFPIS) under   which   clients   are compensated in the eventualities of dea th, complication and failure following sterilization operations.
- Family  Planning  Logistics  Management  Information  System  (FP -LMIS) :  dedicated software has been launched to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distributio family planning commoditi es across all the levels of health facilities.
- Mission Parivar Vikas : Mission Parivar Vikas has been introduced in 2016 for substantial increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in seven high focus having  Total  Fertility  Rat e  more  than  the  all -India  average -viz.  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam.
- Scheme for Home Delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries has been taken up.
- Scheme  for  provision  of Pregnancy  Testing  Kits in  the  drug  kits  of  ASHA  for  use  in communities.

(d) As per the Sample Registration System, the Crude Birth Rate at all India level has from 24.8 in 2005 to 20.0 in 2018 whereas the Total Fertility Rate at all India level ha li ed from 2.9 in 2005 to 2.2 in 2018.