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

Which is not the indicator for Health and Family Welfare Programmes?a.total fertility rateb.infant mortality ratec.maternal mortality ratiod.sex-ratio

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.

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

These questionsare important for several reasons: households in developing countries depend on friendsand relatives for their livelihood and sometimes their survival; help exchanged withinextended families and kin networks affects the distribution of economic well-being, andthis private assistance and exchange can interact with public income redistribution. Yetdespite rapid recent progress there remain significant deficiencies in our understand-ing of the economics of extended families.

‘Despite the implementation of various programmes for eradication of poverty by the government in India, poverty is still existing’. Explain by giving reasons.