Lok Sabha Question No. 156 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Population Control in Urban and Rural Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor, Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 156 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## POPULATION CONTROL IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

## †*156. SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR: SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

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

- (a) the rate of growth of population in urban and rural areas separately, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  the  population  growth  in  both  the areas;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  been  contemplating  to  implement  a  new  family planning programme to check the rapidly growing population in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which such a programme is likely to be finalized along with the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (  d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 156* FOR 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

- (a) As  per  Census  2011  (RGI),  the  population  growth  rate  in  urban  and  rural  areas, State/ UT-wise is given in Annexure.
- (b), (c) and (d) The Government accords top priority to the National Family Planning Program,  which  is  guided  by  the  tenets  of  the  National  Population  Policy  2000  and National Health Policy 2017 to address the unmet need for Family Planning,  with the objective of attaining Population Stabilization by 2045.

## Steps taken by the Government:

1. Expanded Contraceptive Choices: The current contraceptive basket comprising Condoms,  Combined  oral  contraceptive  pills,  Emergency  contraceptive  pills, Intrauterine  contraceptive  device  (IUCD)  and  Sterilization  is  expanded  with inclusion of new contraceptives namely Injectable contraceptive and Centchroman (Chhaya).
2. Mission Parivar Vikas is  implemented in 13 states for substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services. These states are the seven high focus states (Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,  Jharkhand  and  Assam)  and  six  North-Eastern  states  (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Mizoram).
3. Compensation scheme for sterilization acceptors which provides compensation for loss of wages to the beneficiaries for sterilization.
4. Post-pregnancy contraception in the form of Post-partum Intra-uterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD), Post-Abortion Intrauterine contraceptive device (PAIUCD), and Post-partum Sterilization (PPS) are provided to beneficiaries.
5. 'World  Population Day  &  Fortnight' and 'Vasectomy  Fortnight' are observed every year to boost awareness on Family Planning and service delivery across all States/ UTs.
6. Under Home Delivery of contraceptives Scheme ASHAs deliver contraceptives at doorstep of beneficiaries.
7. Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FP-LMIS) is in place to ensure last mile availability of family planning commodities across all the levels of health facilities.

Efforts of the Government have been successful in reining in the growth of population, and the following progress has been achieved:

-  The  Total  Fertility  Rate  (TFR)  declined  to 2.0  in  2019-21 (NFHS  5)  which  is below replacement level.
-  31 out of 36 States/ UTs have achieved replacement level fertility of 2.1 or less.
-  The Modern Contraceptive usage has increased to 56.5% (NFHS 5).
-  The Unmet Need for Family Planning has reduced to 9.4% (NFHS 5).
-  The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) has declined to 19.5 in 2020 (SRS).

## Annexure

## State/UT wise Urban and Rural Decadal Growth Rate of Indian population between 2001-2011 (Source: RGI)

| State/UT Code   | India/State/Union Territory   | Percentage Decadal Growth Rate   | Percentage Decadal Growth Rate   |
|-----------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| State/UT Code   | India/State/Union Territory   | RURAL                            | URBAN                            |
|                 | INDIA                         | 12.3                             | 31.8                             |
| 1               | Jammu &Kashmir                | 19.4                             | 36.4                             |
| 2               | Himachal Pradesh              | 12.7                             | 15.6                             |
| 3               | Punjab                        | 7.8                              | 25.9                             |
| 4               | Chandigarh                    | -68.5                            | 27.0                             |
| 5               | Uttarakhand                   | 11.5                             | 39.9                             |
| 6               | Haryana                       | 9.8                              | 44.6                             |
| 7               | NCT of Delhi                  | -55.6                            | 26.8                             |
| 8               | Rajasthan                     | 19.0                             | 29.0                             |
| 9               | Uttar Pradesh                 | 18.0                             | 28.8                             |
| 10              | Bihar                         | 24.3                             | 35.4                             |
| 11              | Sikkim                        | -5.0                             | 156.5                            |
| 12              | Arunachal Pradesh             | 22.6                             | 39.3                             |
| 13              | Nagaland                      | -14.6                            | 66.6                             |
| 14              | Manipur                       | 17.7                             | 44.8                             |
| 15              | Mizoram                       | 17.4                             | 29.7                             |
| 16              | Tripura                       | 2.2                              | 76.2                             |
| 17              | Meghalaya                     | 27.2                             | 31.1                             |
| 18              | Assam                         | 15.5                             | 27.9                             |
| 19              | West Bengal                   | 7.7                              | 29.7                             |
| 20              | Jharkhand                     | 19.6                             | 32.4                             |
| 21              | Odisha                        | 11.8                             | 26.9                             |
| 22              | Chhattisgarh                  | 17.8                             | 41.8                             |
| 23              | Madhya Pradesh                | 18.4                             | 25.7                             |
| 24              | Gujarat                       | 9.3                              | 36.0                             |
| 25              | Daman &Diu                    | -40.1                            | 218.8                            |
| 26              | Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | 7.7                              | 218.2                            |
| 27              | Maharashtra                   | 10.4                             | 23.6                             |
| 28              | Andhra Pradesh                | 1.7                              | 35.6                             |
| 29              | Karnataka                     | 7.4                              | 31.5                             |
| 30              | Goa                           | -18.5                            | 35.2                             |
| 31              | Lakshadweep                   | -58.0                            | 86.6                             |
| 32              | Kerala                        | -25.9                            | 92.8                             |
| 33              | Tamil Nadu                    | 6.6                              | 27.0                             |
| 34              | Puducherry                    | 21.3                             | 31.5                             |
| 35              | Andaman &Nicobar Islands      | -1.2                             | 23.5                             |

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