The politics surrounding the MTPA shows that it was less a product of the women’s movement in India and more of a means to control the expanding population of the country. The Act’s wording and the arguments made in its favour remains to be criticised by Indian feminists.
Population control policy, government schemes, women issue, and more Pranay Aggarwal continues to gives important insights on population related issues for UPSC CSE. Don't miss 'Express Inputs' and 'Student's Query' on the topic.
India's experiments with population control go back to the years preceding Indepedence and presently experts say that not only have most targets been met but also the demographic situation is at an advantageous level.
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In 1916, Sanger opened the country’s first family planning clinic. It cost 10 cents, and for a dime, any woman who wanted it could get information from a trained nurse information impossible to find anywhere else: a medically accurate explanation of how the reproductive system works, and instructions on how to use contraceptives. All of it was illegal.