Examine the various initiatives to be taken by government of India to stabilize the population of the country. (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
The National Population Policy 2000 affirmed a commitment to achieve replacement levels of fertility (total fertility rate of 2.1) by 2010. Kerala and Tamil Nadu had accomplished it decades earlier.
Women in rural UP are still giving birth to four or more children. In some districts, the contraceptive prevalence rate is less than 10 per cent.
Initiatives
· Incentivise later marriages and child births;
· Make contraception easy for women;
· Promote women’s labour force participation.
Measures taken
· Prerna Scheme (for delaying marriage, childbirth and spacing),
· Santushti Scheme (Public Private Partnership for sterilization services),and
· National Helpline (for information on family planning).
Performance
· 25 out of 37 States/UTs have already achieved replacement level fertility of 2.1 or less.
· The Decadal growth rate has declined from 21.54% in 1999-2000 to 17.64 % during 2001-11.
The freeze on the state-wise allocation of seats in Parliament until 2026 was extended through the Constitutional (84th Amendment) Act, 2002, to serve as a motivational measure to pursue population stabilization a goal which has not been achieved.
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