Question

To encourage two child norm was one of the two main objectives of 
1. Family Planning Programme 1952
2. Twenty Point Programme
3. National Population Policy 2000
4. New Population Policy 2011

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : National Population Policy 2000

The correct answer is National Population Policy 2000.

• The National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 provides a policy framework of achieving goals and prioritizing strategies during the next decade to meet the reproductive and child health needs of the people of India along with the target to achieve the net replacement levels (Total Fertility Rate)
• It aims at a stable population by 2045.
• The policy document hoped that if NPP 2000 was fully implemented, India’s population in 2010 would be 1,107 million

•  The following goals were formulated to be achieved by 2010
  • To address the unmet needs for basic reproduction (contraception), child health services, supplies and infrastructure (health personnel).
  • To make school education up to age 14 free and compulsory and reduce dropouts at primary and secondary school levels to below 20 percent for both boys and girls.
  • To reduce the infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1,000 live births.
  • To reduce the maternal mortality rate to below 100 per 100,000 live births.