National Population Policy


 
 
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National Population Policy

National Population Policy: After recognising that the family planning would improve individual health and welfare, the Government of India initiated its first Family Planning Programme in 1952. This promoted responsible and planned parenthood on a voluntary basis. In the year 2000, the government formulated the National Population Policy (NPP, 2000), which had the following major objectives:

  • Providing a policy framework for imparting free and compulsory school education up to 14 years of age.
  • Reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births.
  • Achieving universal immunisation of children against all vaccine preventable diseases.
  • Promoting delayed marriage for girls.
  • Making family welfare a people-centered programme.
  • NPP 2000 and Adolescents: National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 identified adolescents as one of the major sections of the population that need greater attention. NPP 2000 put greater emphasis on the important needs of adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and unhealthy nutritional habits. It focussed on programmes that aim towards encouraging delayed marriage and child bearing, education of adolescents, providing food supplements and nutritional services, etc.

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    The state that has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate in India is __________ .

    Right Option : C
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