1. NATIONAL POPULATION
POLICY

2. PRESENTED TO: Mrs. Kalpna mandal
Lecturer cum vice Principal
(NIN)
PRESENTED BY: Monika Sharma
Student(NIN)

4. What is a Policy?
 Set of Ideas or Plans that is used as a basis for
decision making;
 actions of an organization regarding a
particular issue;
 General Statement of understanding which
guide decision making.

5. CONT….
 It is more than mere statement of goals:
 How the stated goals can be achieved?
 Who will carry out the tasks?
 In what manner?

6. Policies related to Health Sector
National Health Policy
Nutrition Policy
Women Policy
Training Policy
Population Policy

8. What is Population Policy?
 Measures formulated by Government which may influence the size,
distribution or composition of human population (Driver,1972).
 A deliberate effort by a national government to influence the
demographic variables like fertility, mortality and migration
(Organski & Organski,1961)

9. National Population Policy -Milestones
 1946- Bhore Committee Report
 1952- Family Planning Programme
 1976- draft of National Population Policy was
prepared
 1977- Policy Statement of Family Welfare Programme

10. Cont………
 1983- national health policy emphasized the need
 1991- national development council appointed a committee

11. Cont………
 1993- dr. swaminathan group prepared a draft and discussed by
cabinet but because of political reasons it was never presented before
parliament
 1998- another draft prepared by group of experts and approved by cabnet
and then presented before the parliament and then approved in 15feb,2000

13. OBJECTIVES
 The immediate objective:
to address the unmet needs for contraception,
 health care infrastructure, and health personnel
 to provide integrated service delivery for basic
reproductive and child health care.

14. Cont….
The medium-term objective: to bring the TFR to
replacement levels by 2010, through vigorous
implementation of inter- sectoral operational strategies.

15. Cont….
The long-term objective: is to achieve a stable
population by 2045, at a level consistent with the
requirements of sustainable economic growth, social
development, and environmental protection

17. Address the unmet needs for basic reproductive and child
health services, supplies and infrastructure.
Make school education up to age 14, free and compulsory,
and reduce drop outs at primary and secondary school levels to
below 20% for both girls and boys
Reduce infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live
births.

19.  Reduce maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100,000
live births.
Achieve universal immunization of children against all
vaccine preventable diseases.
Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than age 18
and preferably after 20 years of age.

21. Achieve 80 percent institutional deliveries and 100 percent
deliveries by trained persons.
Achieve universal access to information/ counseling, and
services for fertility regulation and contraception with a wide
basket of choices.
Achieve 100 per cent registration of births, deaths, marriage
and pregnancy.

22. Prevent and control communicable diseases.
Integrate Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) in the
provision of reproductive and child health services, and in
reaching out to households.

23. Promote vigorously the small family norm to achieve
replacement levels of TFR.

24. Decentralised Planning and Programme Implementation
Convergence of Service Delivery at Village Levels
Empowering Women for Improved Health and Nutrition
 Child Health and Survival
Meeting the Unmet Needs for Family Welfare Services

25. Under-Served Population Groups
Diverse Health Care Providers

26. CONT…
Collaboration With and Commitments from Non-
Government Organisations and the Private Sector
Mainstreaming Indian Systems of Medicine and
Homeopathy

27.  Contraceptive Technology and Research on
Reproductive and Child Health
 Information, Education, and Communication

28. Panchayats and Zila Parishads :
universalising the small family norm,
 achieving reductions in infant mortality and birth rates,
promoting literacy with completion of primary schooling.
The Balika Samridhi Yojana :
 to promote survival and care of the girl child,
 A cash incentive of Rs. 500 is awarded at the birth of the girl child .

29.  Maternity
Benefit Scheme (5oo if child after 19 yrs of age)
A Family Welfare-linked Health Insurance plan: A couple
having 2 children, below poverty line and are undergoing sterlization
will become eligible for health insurance of rs. 5000 for hospitalization.
Crèches and child care centres are opened: To promote
participation of women for paid employment.
 choice of contraceptives (counseling services )

30. Facilities for safe abortion
vocational training schemes for girls,
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1976.
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.

31. Socio-cultural barriers
Non availability and less utilization of services
Technical problems involving the efficacy of various methods
Lack of people awareness
Non effective communication system
High infant mortality rates

32. anticipated reduction in the birth, infant mortality
and total fertility rates by 2010:
In 1997: CBR-27.2, IMR-71, TFR-3.3
In 1998: CBR-26.6, IMR-72, TFR-3.3
In 2002: CBR-23.0, IMR- 50, TFR-2.6
In 2010: CBR-21.0, IMR-30, TFR-2.1

33. National population policy
Objectives
Socio-demographic goals
Strategies to achieve those goals
Promotional and motivational measures
Impact of NPP-2000

34. Gulani k.k.community health nursing.2009(new
delhi):kumar publishing house.322-326
Park k .preventive and social medicine. 2007(New
Delhi):banarsidas bhanot.
http://populationcommission.nic.in/npp_intro.htm

35. THANK YOU