India Population Project (IPP)-VIII was aimed ata.improving health and family welfare services in the urban slums in the cities of Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennaib.improving health and family welfare services in the urban slums in the cities of Delhi, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Bangalorec.improving health and family welfare services in Indiad.a series of birth control programmes in the entire India

National Population PolicyRecognising that the planning of familieswould improve individual health andwelfare, the Government of India initiated acomprehensive Family Planning Programmein 1952. The Family Welfare Programme hassought to promote responsible and plannedparenthood on a voluntary basis. The NationalPopulation Policy (NPP) 2000 is aculmination of years of planned efforts.The NPP 2000 provides a policyframework for imparting free and compulsoryschool education up to 14 years of age,reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per1000 live births, achieving universalimmunisation of children against all vaccinepreventable diseases, promoting delayedmarriage for girls, and making family welfarea people-centred programme.

Which is not the major objective of Family Welfare Programmes in India?a.population growth rate controlb.disease controlc.employment generationd.enhance life expectancy

For the year 2000, the poverty line for a person in urban areas in India was fixed at

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Since 1981, however, the rate of growthstarted declining gradually. During this period,birth rates declined rapidly. Still 182 millionpeople were added to the total population inthe 1990s alone (an annual addition largerthan ever before).It is essential to realise that India has a verylarge population. When a low annual rate isapplied to a very large population, it yields alarge absolute increase. When more than abillion people increase even at a lower rate, thetotal number being added becomes very large.India’s annual increase in population is largeenough to neutralise efforts to conserve theresource endowment and environment.The declining trend of the growth rate isindeed a positive indicator of the efforts of birthcontrol. Despite that, the total additions to thepopulation base continue to grow, and India