World Population Day : Govt launches Mission Parivar Vikas to STABILISE population growth
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda launched a family planning programme aimed at "stabilising" population growth in 146 districts of seven states that account for nearly 28 per cent of the country's population.
The 'Mission Parivar Vikas' was launched at a function organised by the Jansankhya Sthirita Kosh here to mark World Population Day.
The highly-populated districts in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam have a total fertility rate (TFR) of three and above.
These districts have been identified as high focus areas under the programme to accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies.
"Under the initiative, specific targeted initiatives shall be taken for population stabilisation through better services delivery," an official statement said quoting Nadda.
Nadda said the programme was a new initiative conceived by his ministry with a strategic focus on improving access through provision of services, promotional schemes, commodity security, capacity building, enabling environment and intensive monitoring.
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