Family planning in India

Bibliographic Data

ID4267239
AuthorsSavitri Thapar (corresponding author)
Year1963
Volume17
Issue1
Pages4-19
Publication date1963-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1963.10405749
OpenAlexW2281440355
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Family planning, in the modern sense of the term, is a fairly recent development in India. The Five Year Plans for economic development, which started in 1951, recognized it as a prerequisite for a happier life for the family and also for the country. In the First Plan a moderate programme of family planning was undertaken and the progress achieved was very slow. During the Second Plan a larger sum was allocated (£3·75 millions) and the machinery for implementing the programme was strengthened; urban areas mostly achieved their targets for new clinics, but the rural areas lagged far behind. Facilities for training personnel were inadequate and only limited supplies of contraceptives were manufactured in the country. In the Third Plan the sum allocated for family planning has been raised to £37·5 millions. The poor are being supplied with contraceptives free, and for others the concessions have been increased. Sterilizations are performed free of charge irrespective of income and plans for increasing the production of contraceptives are being drawn up. As the motivation for family planning is very low, programmes are being devised to find the best methods for educating the masses

Business · Developed country · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Geography · Operations management · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Rural area · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine

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