Lok Sabha Question No. 1848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Population Control
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Sougata Ray

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1848 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH JULY, 2021

## POPULATION CONTROL

## 1848. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: PROF SOUGATA RAY:

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

- ( a) whether the Government has any proposal to bring either Population Control Bill or new law control population of the country;
- ( b) so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- ( c) whether the Government has noticed that some State Governments, like Uttar Pradesh has start to enact such type of law, if so, the details thereof; and
- ( d) whether the Union Government will accord such laws?

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

(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- ( a) No such specific proposal is presently under consideration.
- ( b) A National Population Policy was formulated in the year 2000 with the long term objective attaining Population Stabilization by 2045. Various Initiatives have been taken under the Nat Family Planning Programme providing broad range of services ment ioned as given below: -
1. Mission Parivar Vikas has been introduced for substantially increasing access to contraceptives  and  family  planning  services  in  146  high  fertility  districts  in  7  hi states.
2. Expanded Contraceptive Choices: The current contr aceptive basket comprising of condoms, Combined oral contraceptive pills, Emergency contraceptive pills, Intrauterine contrac uterine  device  (IUCD)  and  Sterilization  has  been  expanded  with  inclusion  of  n contraceptives  namely  Injectable  contracepti ve  (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 sterilisat
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 has been taken up.
6. Scheme  for  provision  of Pregnancy  Testing  Kits in  the  drug  kits  of  ASHA  for use  in communities.
7. 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 faciliti es.

Achievement of the above initiatives are as follows: -

- The Total Fertility Rate has declined from 2.9 to 2.2 from 2005 to 2018 (SRS).
- 28 out of 36 States/UTs have already achieved the replacement level fertility of 2.1 or
- The Crude Birth Rate has declined from 23.8 to 20.0 from 2005 to 2018 (SRS).
- India's Wanted Fertility Rate has come down to 1.8 in NFHS IV from 1.9 in NFHS III.

( c) & (d)It has come to the notice of Government that Government of Uttar Pradesh has prepar Population policy 2021 - 2030  with the objective of population stabilization and bringing down t Total Fertility Rate.

Population control comes under the Concurrent List of the Constitution, hence State Governments can enact legislation.