Lok Sabha Question No. 723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: National Population Policy
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 723 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH February, 2021

## NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY

## 723. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

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

- (a) whether the working of the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) has been reviewed periodically and the goals of National Population Policy, 2000 have been achieved, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the breakup of sterilisation done since 2013 under this scheme and the expenditure made to achieve this end, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the procedure for awarding money under the Prerna Scheme; and
- (d) the details of efforts made to help stabilise the population rate of the country?

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

- (a): Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) as an autonomous body unde r the Ministry was closed with effect from   8 th February, 2019 as per the decision of the Cabinet and its functions have been merged with the Ministry.  Till the time of its functioning,  JSK  was reviewed  fr to time in the meetings held by the  Governing Board headed by Secretary(HFW) and Gener Body headed by Union Mi nister of Health and Family Welfare. The National Population Policy, 2000 aims to achieve population stabilization by 2045 at a level consistent with the requ of sustainable economic growth, social development and environmental protection.  The T al Fertility Rate (TFR), which was 3.6 in 1991 fell to 2.2. (SRS 2018), and 25 States / UT achieved replacement level fertility of 2.1 TFR or less.
- (b) : Information on  State / UT - wise sterilization cases done since 2013 under this Scheme and expend iture is given at Annexure - I.
- (c): Under the Prernascheme, award money is given to eligible couples who adopt temporary or permanent methods of family planning to ensure spacing of two years after marriage or years between first and second child bi rth or adopt voluntary permanent methods within one year of the birth of the 2 nd child, as per guidelines.
- (d): Various initiatives  taken up under the National  Family Planning programme is giv Annexure - II .

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## Annexure 'I'

## (Amount in Rs.)

| 1   | State                  | 2013-14   | 2013-14     | 2014-15       | 2014-15     | 2015-16        | 2015-16       | 2016-17   | 2016-17         | 2017-18   | 2017-18     | 2018-19   | 2018-19     | Grand total   | Grand total   |
|-----|------------------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|     |                        | Case      | Expenditure | Case          | Expenditure | Case           | Expenditure   | Case      | Expenditure     | Case      | Expenditure | Case      | Expenditure | Total case    | Expenditure   |
| 1   | Rajasthan              | 14009     | 9670000     | 48618         | 16075500    | 55709          | 18325000      | 59174     | 70019500        | 61781     | 69302750    | 14390     | 9927000     | 253681        | 193319750     |
| 2 3 | MP UP                  | 559 812   |             |               |             |                |               |           |                 | 2117      |             | 11000     | 1526900     | 14983         | 7302000       |
|     |                        |           | 0 171000 0  | 704 2040 1923 | 0 907500 0  | 1908 2019 3028 | 685000 650000 | 4502 2765 | 5090100 6103200 |           | 0 0         | 5193      | 0           | 22807         | 7831700       |
| 4 5 |                        |           |             |               |             |                |               | 1104      |                 | 4171 1975 | 1633200     |           | 653400      | 8030          | 2286600       |
|     | Jharkhand Chhattisgarh | 0 0       | 0           | 0             |             | 150            | 0             | 0         | 0 0             | 0         |             | 0 0       | 0           | 150           | 0             |
|     |                        |           |             |               | 0           |                | 0             |           |                 |           | 0           |           |             | 0             | 0             |

## Annexure 'II' Initiatives taken under National Family Planning Program

1. New  Contraceptive  Choices: The  current  contraceptive  basket  comprising  of Condoms, combined oral contraceptive pills, emergency pills, intrauteri contraceptive  uterine  devise  (IUCD)  and  sterilization  has  been  expanded  wi inclusion of two new contraceptives - Injectable contrace ptive (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 compensation for loss  of  wages  to  the  beneficiary  and  also  to  the  service  provider and team  for conducting 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 distribution of family planning commodities across all the levels of health facil
6. Mission Parivar Vikas: Mission Parivar Vikas has been introduced for substantially increasing access to contrac eptives and family planning services in seven high focus States having TFR or more than 3 .
7. Scheme for Home Delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep beneficiaries has been taken up .

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8. Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing K its in the drug kits of ASHA for use in communities.

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