Amidst the debate over the issue in the country after a United Nations report projected India to overtake China in terms of population next year, the central government on Tuesday clarified that it should bring a law to control population. But she is not thinking anything.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharti Praveen Pawar in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. Pawar said the government accords top priority to the National Family Planning Programme, which is guided by the principles of the National Population Policy, 2000 and the National Health Policy, 2017 to meet the unmet needs of family planning with the goal of population stabilization by 2045. To be.
Pawar said modern contraceptive use has increased to 56.5 per cent while the unmet need for family planning is only 9.4 per cent. He said that the raw birth rate (CBR) has come down to 19.7 in 2019. “Therefore, the government is not contemplating any legislative measure,” he said.