Lok Sabha Question No. 691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Population Control
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena, Anil Firojiya, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sanjay Jaiswal, Prataprao  Jadhav, Ashok Kumar Rawat, Anumula Revanth Reddy, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Balak Nath, Devji Mansingram Patel

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 691 TH

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 February, 2021

## POPULATION CONTROL

## 691. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take steps to check the increasing population in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT -wise along with the funds allocated, disbursed and utilized for the purpose during the last five years;
- (b) whether a National Policy has been prepared to check and control the population explosion in thecountry;
- (c) if so, the long te rm objectives of the said policy and the steps taken by the Government to achieve the policy objectives;
- (d) if not, the time by which any national population policy or scheme is likely to be formulated to contain and check population explosion in the cou ntry;
- (e) whether there is any agency to monitor the implementation of the said policy;
- (f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reward States  with  financial  incentives  which  have achieved a growth in the population of below replacement level and if so, the details thereof; and

(g) whether it is proposed to involve private sector for dispensing family planning services in poorperforming States, if so, the details thereof?

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)to(c): The Government has been implementing the National Family Planning Program which  provides  voluntary  and  informed  choices  to  the  beneficiaries  through  a  target approach with the objective of checking population i ncrease in the country.

A National Population Policy has been formulated in the year 2000 with the long - term objective of attaining population stabilisation by 2045

Various  initiatives  have  been  taken  under  the  National  Family  Planning  Progr provid ing broad range of services mentioned as follows:

1. New Contraceptive Choices: The current contraceptive basket comprising of Condoms, combined oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraceptive pills, Intraute contraceptive uterine device (IUCD) and sterilization has been expanded with inclu of two new contraceptives -Inject able contraceptive (Antara programme) and Centchroman (Chhaya)
2. Post - partum Intrauterine  contraceptive  device (PPIUCD) incentive  scheme under which PPIUCD services are provided post delivery.
3. Compensation  scheme  for  sterilization  acceptors which  provides  c ompensation  for loss of wages to the beneficiary and also to the service provider and team for con sterilisation.
4. National  Family  Planning  Indemnity  Scheme  (NFPIS) under  which  clients  are compensated in the eventualities of death, complication and failure following sterilization operations.
5. Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FP - LMIS ): dedicated software has been launched to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distributio family planning commodities across all the levels of health facilities.
6. Mission  Parivar  Vikas: Mission  Parivar  Vikas  has  been  introduced  for  substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in seven high focus states having TFR of more than 3 namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam. .
7. Scheme for Home Delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries has been taken up.
8. Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing Kits in the drug kits of ASHA for use in com munities.

State/UT wise details of funds allocated and utilized for the purpose during la years is annexed.

## (d): Does not arise

- (e): The  National  Family  Planning  Programme  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family Welfare is working closely with the states and UTs to provide technical support and gu under overall tenets of the National Population Policy 2000 and oversees its implementa tion.
- (f): Presently the Government does not have any such proposal.
- (g): The following schemes provide for involvement of private partnerships provisioning of Family Planning services:

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- 1) Accreditation/ Empanelment of private facilities/providers: The private facilities/providers are accredited/ empanelled through State/District Quality Ind sub committee for provision of free sterilization services. The accredited facil also provided indemnity coverage.
- 2) Clinical Outreach Teams (COT) Sch eme provides for family planning services through mobile teams from accredited organizations in far - flung, underserved and geographically difficult areas in the seven Mission Parivar Vikas States namely Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jhar khand, Chhattisgarh and Assam.

Annexure -20) (in lakhs INR)

## State/UT -wise details of the funds allocated and utilized under Family Planning Program during the last five years (2015 -16 to 2019

| State                     | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| State                     | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  | Allocated | Utilized  |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 164.4     | 76.0      | 222.4     | 100.0     | 300.5     | 104.0     | 262.4     | 167.6     | 267.2     | 253.2     |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 11107.2   | 8705.2    | 9785.4    | 8255.8    | 7914.7    | 5179.8    | 6273.1    | 5551.8    | 10152.0   | 6324.5    |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 3830.5    | 3138.6    | 1380.2    | 873.3     | 1906.2    | 808.3     | 1510.8    | 796.3     | 1123.6    | 880.5     |
| Assam                     | 10653.1   | 4476.5    | 12194.2   | 10890.3   | 12629.0   | 7863.9    | 13892.9   | 11034.7   | 11969.4   | 8693.1    |
| Bihar                     | 22714.6   | 15527.7   | 24690.2   | 13361.2   | 28396.3   | 15927.7   | 36894.1   | 19813.3   | 37262.8   | 25536.8   |
| Chandigarh                | 794.7     | 750.3     | 196.3     | 82.4      | 218.6     | 119.1     | 139.7     | 134.5     | 91.4      | 83.1      |
| Chhattisgarh              | 7061.4    | 3262.9    | 8248.2    | 5884.4    | 10018.4   | 5830.2    | 9410.5    | 6823.2    | 11090.7   | 8381.2    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 167.1     | 71.0      | 204.6     | 119.5     | 202.3     | 99.5      | 216.6     | 112.4     | 154.1     | 103.8     |
| Daman & Diu               | 96.8      | 53.2      | 96.7      | 50.2      | 118.4     | 52.5      | 109.9     | 67.5      | 74.4      | 45.4      |
| Delhi                     | 1639.6    | 1199.0    | 1983.2    | 726.1     | 1944.0    | 1123.4    | 1925.7    | 731.1     | 1765.0    | 743.3     |
| Goa                       | 672.7     | 468.1     | 218.4     | 104.3     | 366.1     | 130.7     | 321.4     | 170.0     | 257.6     | 179.9     |
| Gujarat                   | 10837.7   | 9537.5    | 11718.7   | 11525.6   | 11659.9   | 9734.8    | 12505.7   | 11142.5   | 12555.7   | 11434.3   |
| Haryana                   | 5156.8    | 3665.6    | 4945.0    | 3049.5    | 4999.2    | 3264.4    | 5917.8    | 4050.8    | 5372.0    | 4086.5    |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 2201.8    | 1342.5    | 2573.6    | 2001.3    | 2704.4    | 1467.5    | 2739.3    | 2536.3    | 2286.8    | 1878.6    |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 2834.9    | 2074.4    | 3997.1    | 2072.0    | 3077.3    | 1948.0    | 3885.5    | 2651.9    | 4599.1    | 2587.2    |
| Jharkhand                 | 9590.3    | 4966.9    | 7841.7    | 4627.4    | 10436.8   | 5665.4    | 11702.0   | 7024.2    | 11882.2   | 7278.9    |
| Karnataka                 | 10339.4   | 6170.9    | 14052.3   | 5336.3    | 13267.9   | 8904.1    | 14882.0   | 9924.4    | 12794.6   | 9795.2    |
| Kerala                    | 3200.9    | 2363.3    | 2284.4    | 1828.2    | 3257.7    | 2164.5    | 5200.4    | 2992.3    | 4876.7    | 2842.4    |
| Lakshadweep               | 72723.7   | 58904.2   | 52.5      | 15.8      | 73.1      | 19.9      | 62.4      | 27.0      | 56.3      | 27.7      |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 17286.0   | 18032.3   | 25711.8   | 19854.3   | 25188.5   | 18265.6   | 28619.2   | 20036.7   | 26878.5   | 20762.0   |
| Maharashtra               | 19776.5   | 12754.6   | 19998.6   | 11543.3   | 20357.2   | 9668.2    | 19541.7   | 16018.5   | 22386.1   | 11315.0   |
| Manipur                   | 985.3     | 558.6     | 1017.4    | 333.6     | 1159.0    | 432.7     | 1014.5    | 734.9     | 1040.8    | 728.5     |
| Meghalaya                 | 625.5     | 368.1     | 1768.6    | 747.8     | 1127.3    | 788.8     | 1257.1    | 668.3     | 1254.7    | 827.7     |
| Mizoram                   | 692.4     | 468.6     | 727.3     | 398.5     | 751.6     | 402.1     | 544.0     | 425.5     | 549.8     | 311.4     |
| Nagaland                  | 607.6     | 430.2     | 1099.6    | 527.3     | 943.7     | 301.4     | 918.2     | 699.0     | 756.3     | 474.6     |
| Orissa                    | 9567.5    | 7738.7    | 11120.9   | 8214.3    | 12060.6   | 7587.6    | 13487.0   | 9388.5    | 13901.0   | 11744.1   |
| Puducherry                | 117.1     | 72.9      | 188.9     | 139.8     | 252.0     | 157.6     | 273.6     | 157.7     | 277.3     | 175.6     |
| Punjab                    | 6255.1    | 5182.8    | 4337.0    | 3537.1    | 3611.7    | 2068.5    | 5487.3    | 4110.1    | 4398.5    | 3344.7    |
| Rajasthan                 | 20459.0   | 14901.4   | 20418.4   | 16927.9   | 23713.7   | 13206.2   | 22956.3   | 19909.4   | 24377.9   | 18256.4   |
| Sikkim                    | 503.0     | 397.5     | 259.5     | 211.6     | 302.2     | 220.8     | 284.4     | 250.7     | 225.3     | 125.7     |
| Tamil Nadu                | 14411.3   | 7725.7    | 10635.3   | 11232.3   | 11019.4   | 6798.6    | 11445.9   | 12375.4   | 11571.5   | 11150.5   |
| Telangana                 | 32263.9   | 23607.8   | 9599.0    | 2941.6    | 11424.7   | 1922.3    | 6334.0    | 5462.3    | 7665.3    | 3488.9    |
| Tripura                   | 5636.7    | 4349.9    | 1364.6    | 780.5     | 1839.8    | 997.9     | 1410.8    | 1059.9    | 1346.2    | 785.8     |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 48717.2   | 30411.2   | 52775.6   | 21733.8   | 54054.9   | 31006.5   | 53174.4   | 35428.9   | 45681.9   | 31568.4   |
| West Bengal               | 2418.3    | 1848.1    | 2391.5    | 1942.0    | 2465.6    | 1889.7    | 2760.5    | 2339.3    | 2250.1    | 1897.1    |

## Note:

- The above figures are as per FMR reported by States/UTs.
- Expenditure includes expenditure against central release, State release and unspent balances at the beginning of the year

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- The above data comprises of activities under permanent method, spacing method, training, IEC, FP equipments and drugs, HR, in frastructure, plann monitoring, ASHA, Others.