Lok Sabha Question No. 3001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Family Planning Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3001 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH    AUGUST, 2021

## FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMME

## 3001.   SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

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

- a) the details of programmes launched in rural and backward areas to create awareness about family planning in rural population along with the funds spent on the said programmes and also for advertisements made for the purpose during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- b) the progress achieved in regard to decrease in birth rate during the said period;
- c) the amount earmarked for setting up new family planning centres especially in the backward and rural areas of the country during last five years, State/UT-wise;
- d) the details of targets fixed and achieved in this regard during the last three years, State/UTwise; and
- e) the details of financial allocation made for family planning along with the target fixed and achievement made thereunder during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a):  Programmes  launched  by  the  Government  in  the  country,  including  rural  and  backward areas, to create awareness about Family Planning are as follows:
- i. Family Planning Media Campaign: A holistic media campaign is in place to generate contraceptive demand.
- ii. World Population Day & Fortnight and Vasectomy Fortnight are observed every year to boost awareness across all States/ UTs.
- iii. Under Mission  Parivar  Vikas, promotional  activities  like  Mobile  publicity  vans, Advocacy  meetings,  Saas  bahu  sammelans,  and  Nayi  Pehel  Kits  are  distributed  to increase awareness in high fertility districts.

The expenditure incurred by Government on these programmes during the last three years, State/ UT-wise is placed in Annexure

(b): The birth rate declined from 20.4 in 2016 to 20.0 in 2018 (SRS).

(c) to (e): Under the National Health Mission, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare follows a  health  systems  approach  wherein  instead  of  stand  alone  family  planning  centres,  family planning  services  are  delivered  as  an  integral  component  of  the  RMNCAH+N  strategy (Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health + Nutrition) through all levels of public health facilities across the country.

## The expenditure incurred by Government on awareness programmes during the last three years, State/ UT-wise

|      |                          | Rs. in lakh   | Rs. in lakh   | Rs. in lakh   |
|------|--------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| SNo. | State                    | 2018-19       | 2019-20       | 2020-21       |
|      |                          | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
| 1    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 3.5           | 1.2           | 1.9           |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh           | 0.0           | 59.8          | 81.4          |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh        | 52.1          | 65.6          | 54.8          |
| 4    | Assam                    | 422.3         | 404.7         | 287.6         |
| 5    | Bihar                    | 850.5         | 1608.2        | 772.2         |
| 6    | Chandigarh               | 0.6           | 0.0           | 0.2           |
| 7    | Chattisgarh              | 324.6         | 402.1         | 289.8         |
| 8    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 10.1          | 1.1           | 0.7           |
| 9    | Daman &Diu               | 5.5           | 0.7           |               |
| 10   | Delhi                    | 38.3          | 46.5          | 27.0          |
| 11   | Goa                      | 7.7           | 16.6          | 8.9           |
| 12   | Gujarat                  | 415.8         | 487.3         | 435.9         |
| 13   | Haryana                  | 62.1          | 112.7         | 70.1          |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh         | 272.2         | 135.1         | 198.4         |
| 15   | Jammu &Kashmir           | 86.6          | 49.6          | 128.3         |
| 16   | Jharkhand                | 328.0         | 580.9         | 453.2         |
| 17   | Karnataka                | 889.5         | 1546.1        | 837.5         |
| 18   | Kerala                   | 101.6         | 126.0         | 412.8         |
| 19   | Ladakh                   | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           |
| 20   | Lakshadweep              | 2.3           | 0.6           | 0.2           |
| 21   | Madhya Pradesh           | 239.0         | 362.9         | 611.6         |
| 22   | Maharashtra              | 618.9         | 603.8         | 1112.7        |
| 23   | Manipur                  | 10.7          | 345.6         | 10.5          |
| 24   | Meghalaya                | 57.9          | 61.3          | 125.9         |
| 25   | Mizoram                  | 7.9           | 8.0           | 18.1          |
| 26   | Nagaland                 | 23.2          | 38.7          | 43.5          |
| 27   | Orissa                   | 329.5         | 517.8         | 481.5         |
| 28   | Puducherry               | 3.2           | 22.2          | 11.2          |
| 29   | Punjab                   | 229.5         | 89.0          | 79.3          |
| 30   | Rajasthan                | 1246.8        | 302.3         | 1069.4        |
| 31   | Sikkim                   | 18.3          | 1.9           | 0.0           |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu               | 133.7         | 581.4         | 190.2         |
| 33   | Telangana                | 45.0          | 11.0          | 33.9          |
| 34   | Tripura                  | 20.8          | 25.7          | 19.5          |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh            | 2172.9        | 1723.6        | 2038.9        |
| 36   | Uttarakhand              | 151.5         | 98.8          | 130.2         |
| 37   | West Bengal              | 203.5         | 171.2         | 272.8         |