Lok Sabha Question No. 3369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Family Planning Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat, Pallab Lochan Das, Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3369 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMME

3369:  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT: SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS: SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken Family Planning initiatives;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of Family Planning Programmes launched at the village level to create awareness among the rural people during the last three years and current year;
- (d) total expenditure incurred on family planning programmes during the said period, State/UTwise; and year-wise;
- (e) the progress made in bringing down the birth rate during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) The amount incurred by the Government for advertisements on Family Planning Programmes during the said period?

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

- (a) & (b) The Government is implementing various Family Planning initiatives, few of which are mentioned below:
1. Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV) is implemented in 13 states for substantially increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services. These states are seven high focus states  (Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Rajasthan,  Jharkhand,  Chhattisgarh  and Assam) and six North-Eastern states (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Mizoram).
2. 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  (Antara  programme)  and  Centchroman (Chhaya).
3. Compensation  scheme  for  sterilization  acceptors which  provides  compensation  for loss  of  wages  to  the  beneficiary  and  also  to  the  service  provider  team  for  conducting sterilization.
4. Post-partum Intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services are  provided post delivery.
5. Scheme for Home Delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries.
6. Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FP-LMIS): A dedicated software to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distribution of family planning commodities across all the levels of health facilities..
- (c)  Programmes  launched  by  the  Government  in  the  country,  including  rural  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 MPV  Scheme, promotional  activities  like  Mobile  publicity  vans,  Advocacy meetings,  Saas  bahu  sammelans,  and  Nayi  Pehel  Kits  are  distributed  to  increase awareness in MPV districts.
- (d)  The  expenditure  incurred  by  Government  on  family  planning  programmes  during  the  last three years and current year, State/ UT-wise are placed in Annexure I.
- (e) The progress in bringing down the birth rate during the said period, State/UT-wise is placed in Annexure II.
- (f) The amount incurred by the Government  for advertisements on Family Planning Programmes during the last 3 years and the current year is Rs. 342.54 crore.

## State/UT wise Utilisation for Family Planning activities under NRHM RCH Flexible Pool

## Annexure I from FY 2018-19 and 2021-22  (Rs. in Lakh)

| S.No.   | State/UT                 | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 167.61    | 253.22    | 163.46    | 1.42      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 5551.81   | 6324.50   | 9152.46   | 944.03    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 796.27    | 880.47    | 1085.41   | 27.22     |
| 4       | Assam                    | 11034.73  | 8693.13   | 9685.87   | 856.20    |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 19813.31  | 25536.78  | 21247.00  | 0.00      |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 134.54    | 83.11     | 34.35     | 3.75      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 6823.22   | 8381.16   | 5471.20   | 731.49    |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 112.37    | 103.83    |           | 5.49      |
|         | Daman &Diu               | 67.54     | 45.44     | 135.18    |           |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 731.07    | 743.30    | 829.19    | 43.94     |
| 10      | Goa                      | 169.98    | 179.93    | 191.54    | 2.14      |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 11142.51  | 11434.30  | 10946.23  | 1306.89   |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 4050.78   | 4086.48   | 4014.98   | 841.28    |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 2536.26   | 1878.55   | 1609.32   | 48.25     |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 2651.90   | 2587.17   | 2816.06   | 1.81      |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 7024.24   | 7278.85   | 7516.79   | 0.00      |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 9924.44   | 9795.19   | 9113.99   | 209.01    |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 2992.29   | 2842.38   | 4709.93   | 15.39     |
| 18      | Ladakh                   | -         | -         | 277.08    | 0.00      |
| 19      | Lakshadweep              | 27.02     | 27.73     | 38.41     | 0.00      |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           | 20036.67  | 20762.02  | 22671.34  | 2213.39   |
| 21      | Maharashtra              | 16018.54  | 11314.99  | 13599.39  | 102.41    |
| 22      | Manipur                  | 734.91    | 728.54    | 412.44    | 8.60      |
| 23      | Meghalaya                | 668.33    | 827.71    | 817.79    | 14.38     |
| 24      | Mizoram                  | 425.51    | 311.44    | 448.81    | 1.12      |
| 25      | Nagaland                 | 699.04    | 474.61    | 516.90    | 20.48     |
| 26      | Odisha                   | 9388.48   | 11744.09  | 11596.52  | 1048.19   |
| 27      | Puducherry               | 157.68    | 175.56    | 171.63    | 7.94      |
| 28      | Punjab                   | 4110.08   | 3344.71   | 3259.66   | 49.54     |
| 29      | Rajasthan                | 19909.40  | 18256.39  | 21311.28  | 2063.49   |
| 30      | Sikkim                   | 250.70    | 125.68    | 171.53    | 0.00      |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu               | 12375.39  | 11150.52  | 9032.17   | 184.98    |
| 32      | Telangana                | 5462.27   | 3488.90   | 5878.46   | 50.97     |
| 33      | Tripura                  | 1059.89   | 785.77    | 911.18    | 41.40     |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            | 35428.90  | 31568.45  | 31247.51  | 2174.70   |
| 35      | Uttarakhand              | 2339.30   | 1897.07   | 1961.94   | 50.21     |
| 36      | West Bengal              | 11200.66  | 8412.66   | 7542.97   | 581.00    |

Annexure II

## Progress in bringing down Birth Rate State/UT-wise

| S. No.   | India/ State/ UT         | Crude Birth Rate   | Crude Birth Rate   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|          |                          | SRS 2017           | SRS 2019           |
|          | INDIA                    | 20.2               | 19.7               |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 11.4               | 11.0               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 16.2               | 15.9               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 18.3               | 17.6               |
| 4        | Assam                    | 21.2               | 21.0               |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 26.4               | 25.8               |
| 6        | Chandigarh               | 13.5               | 13.0               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 22.7               | 22.2               |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 23.6               | 21.9               |
|          | Daman &Diu               | 20.2               | 18.6               |
| 9        | Delhi                    | 15.2               | 14.4               |
| 10       | Goa                      | 12.5               | 12.3               |
| 11       | Gujarat                  | 19.9               | 19.5               |
| 12       | Haryana                  | 20.5               | 20.1               |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh         | 15.8               | 15.4               |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 15.4               | 14.9               |
| 15       | Jharkhand                | 22.7               | 22.3               |
| 16       | Karnataka                | 17.4               | 16.9               |
| 17       | Kerala                   | 14.2               | 13.5               |
| 18       | Ladakh                   |                    | 14.9               |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              | 15.0               | 14.8               |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           | 24.8               | 24.5               |
| 21       | Maharashtra              | 15.7               | 15.3               |
| 22       | Manipur                  | 14.6               | 13.6               |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 22.8               | 23.2               |
| 24       | Mizoram                  | 15.0               | 14.5               |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 13.5               | 12.7               |
| 26       | Odisha                   | 18.3               | 18.0               |
| 27       | Puducherry               | 13.2               | 13.3               |
| 28       | Punjab                   | 14.9               | 14.5               |
| 29       | Rajasthan                | 24.1               | 23.7               |
| 30       | Sikkim                   | 16.4               | 16.5               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               | 17.2               | 14.2               |
| 32       | Telangana                | 14.9               | 16.7               |
| 33       | Tripura                  | 13.0               | 12.8               |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            | 25.9               | 25.4               |
| 35       | Uttarakhand              | 17.3               | 17.1               |
| 36       | West Bengal              | 15.2               | 14.9               |