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Dr Subha Rao,
Asst. Professor of Pol Sci,
Faculty of Intellectual Property Law, TN
Done By:
DENNY K ALEXANDER
BA0150011
I DENNY K ALEXANDER, Registrar Number BA0150011, hereby declare that this project work
entitled “POPULATION POLICY OF INDIA” has been originally carried out by me under the
guidance and supervision of and guidance of Mr. Mahindra Prabhu, Asst. Professor of Law, Faculty
of Intellectual Property Law, TNNLS. This work has not been submitted either in whole or in part
of any Degree/Diploma in this Institution or any other Institution/University.
Place: Trichy
DENNY ALEXANDER
Date: 09-04-18
I am immensely happy to express my heartful thanks to our Vice Chancellor Mrs. KAMALA
SHANKARAN, for having given me this opportunity to do a Doctrinal Research project on
“POPULATION POLICY OF INDIA” at under graduate level.
With sense of gratitude, I would like to thank my Prof. Mr. Mahindra Prabhu, Asst. Professor of
Law, Faculty of Intellectual Property Law, TNNLS for their valuable guidance and encouragement
given to me at every stage of this small Doctrinal Research work.
“A positive population policy which aims at reducing the birth rate and ultimately stabilising the
growth rate of population. In India, where the majority of people are illiterate, fatalist, and
custom-ridden, and do not believe in family planning, only the government’s initiative can help
in controlling population growth.
High growth rate of population has been one of the major problems facing India. India with only
2.4 per cent of the global surface area sustains 102.7 crore population which is 16.7 per cent of
the world population, as on March 1, 2001. With the process of development since 1951, the
death rate has declined below 8 per thousand whereas the birth rate continues to be around 25
per thousand1 .”
“Consequently, the population growth rate remains at a very high level of about 2 per cent. The
addition of 18.1 crore persons to India’s population between 1991-2001 was more than the
population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country of the world.
This frightening growth rate of population has aggravated the problems of poverty,
unemployment and inequalities. There has been a gross neglect of social sectors like primary
education, basic health and social security. India’s resources are fast depleting due to rising
demand. There has been degradation of environment.”
Chandrasekhar, Sripati, ed. Infant mortality, population growth and family planning
in India. Vol. 19. Routledge, 2010.
2 Dholakia, Ruby Roy. "A macromarketing perspective on social marketing: The case of family planning in
India." Journal of Macromarketing 4.1 (1984): 53-61.
3 Dholakia, Ruby Roy. "A macromarketing perspective on social marketing: The case of family planning in
India." Journal of Macromarketing 4.1 (1984): 53-61.
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“Up to the Fifth Plan, expenditure on family planning was very small. It was only from the Sixth
Plan that it had been increasing both in absolute terms and as percentage of total plan outlay. In
absolute terms, it increased from Rs. 1,448 crores during the Sixth Plan to Rs. 15,120 crore
during the Ninth Plan. As the percentage of total plan outlay, it ranged between 1.3 to 1.4 per
cent up to the Eighth Plan.
It was only in the Ninth Plan that it had increased to 3.1 per cent. It has been stipulated at 3.0 per
cent in the Tenth Plan. This shows that except during the Ninth Plan, the Government did not
provide adequate financial assistance to the family welfare programme. It was in the Ninth Plan
Objectives:
There are three types of objectives of National Population Policy (NPP) 2000:
1. The Immediate Objective:
4 Dholakia, Ruby Roy. "A macromarketing perspective on social marketing: The case of family planning in
India." Journal of Macromarketing 4.1 (1984): 53-61.
Targets:
The following are the targets of National Population Policy:
1. Achieve zero growth rate of population by 2045.
2. Reduce infant mortality rate of below 30 per thousand live births.
3. Reduce maternal mortality ratio of below 100 per 1, 00,000 live births.
4. Reduce birth rate to 21 per 1000 by 2010.
5. Reduce total fertility rate (TFR) to 2.1 by 2010.
“To fulfill these objectives and targets. National Socio-Demographic goals have been formulated
which in each case are to be achieved by the year 2010.
They are as follows:
1. Make school education free and compulsory up to the age of 14 and reduce dropouts at
primary and secondary school levels to below 20 per cent for both boys and girls.
2. Address the unmet needs for basic reproductive and child health services, supplies and
infrastructure.
3. Achieve universal immunization of children against all vaccine preventable diseases.
Chandrasekhar, Sripati, ed. Infant mortality, population growth and family planning in
India. Vol. 19. Routledge, 2010.
Organisation:
“To implement and achieve the various objectives, targets and socio-demographic goals, the
following organisational structure has been proposed by the National Population Policy:
1. The appointment of a National Commission on Population to be presided over by the Prime
Minister. The chief ministers of all States and related ministers will be its members.
2. There will be a State Commission on Population in every State headed by its chief minister.
3. The new policy will be implemented by the Panchayats and municipalities at the grassroots
levels.
Motivational and Promotional Measures for Adoption of the Norms of Small Family:
The motivational and promotional measures for adoption of small family norms are:
1. Strict enforcement of Child Marriage Act, 1976.
2. Facilities for safe abortion to be expanded and strengthened.
3. Strict enforcement of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.
4. Increased vocational training schemes for girls leading to self- employment to be encouraged.
6 Dholakia, Ruby Roy. "A macromarketing perspective on social marketing: The case of family planning in
India." Journal of Macromarketing 4.1 (1984): 53-61.
Chandrasekhar, Sripati, ed. Infant mortality, population growth and family planning
in India. Vol. 19. Routledge, 2010.
Banerji, D., 1974. Family Planning in India: The Outlook for 2000 AD. Economic
and Political Weekly, pp.1984-1989.
Kapp, Karl William. Hindu Culture, Economic Development and Economic Planning
in India: A Collection of Essays. K. William Kapp,.... Asia Publishing House, 1963.
Blaikie, Piers M. Family planning in India: diffusion and policy. Hodder Arnold,
1975.
Banerji, D., 1974. Family Planning in India: The Outlook for 2000 AD. Economic
and Political Weekly, pp.1984-1989.