Lack of access to contraceptives in 2020 is a pushback for Indiaâs population plans
Women are at the frontline of Indiaâs pandemic response, yet they suffered the most when it came to healthcare in 2020.
Poonam Muttreja 31 December, 2020 8:32 am IST Text Size:
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One of the underplayed success stories in India has been its steady and natural move towards population stabilisation. The Census data makes clear that the population growth rate has declined from 24.7 per cent in 1971-81 to 17.7 per cent in 2001-2011. This decline has been witnessed across regions and communities.
Although some data is yet to come in, the National Family Health Survey-5 shows that 19 of the 17 states and 5 Union Territories have managed to get their Total Fertility Rate (TFR) â the average number of children born per woman â to less than 2.1. This number 2.1 is critical because it is the level at which a population exa
India reports remarkable decline in total fertility rate, finds NFHS-5
Of the 17 states analysed in the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), all states except Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility. December 22, 2020 10:14:21 pm
This is a remarkable development, Director of International Institute for Population Sciences, Dr KS James, said on Tuesday. (Representational)
India’s population is said to be stabilising as the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has decreased across the majority of the country’s states. Of the 17 states analysed in the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), all states except Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which implies that most states have attained replacement level fertility. This is a remarkable development, Director of International Institute for Population Scienc
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Use of contraceptives on the rise, rural-urban gap narrowing, finds analysis of NFHS-5
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While there is no national policy mandating two children per family, BJP leaders have sought one. | Photo Credit:
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Use of contraceptives on the rise, rural-urban gap narrowing, finds analysis of NFHS-5
The latest data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) provides evidence of an uptake in the use of modern contraceptives in rural and urban areas, an improvement in family planning demands being met, and a decline in the average number of children borne by a woman, and prove that the country’s population is stabilising and fears over a “population explosion” and calls for a “two-child policy” are misguided, say experts.
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Women empowerment has been a key theme of successive governments and in the first term of the Narendra Modi government, the slogan ‘beti padhao, beti bachao’ (teach daughters, save daughters) reached a crescendo as the prime minister underlined the initiatives to discourage female foeticide and empower women.
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh urged people not to look at the population control issue through the prism of religion or vote-bank. Union Minister Giriraj Singh | Photo Credit: PTI
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The issue of rising population should be discussed in Parliament: Singh
Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh once again raked up the population control issue saying it is important to bring social harmony in the country. He also urged people not to look at the issue through the prism of religion or vote-bank.
While speaking to media, the firebrand BJP leader said, We should not look at it through the prism of religion or vote-bank. In order to bring development and social harmony, a strict law is required to control the population in the country.