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Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 20 it will be clear from the discussion in this chapter that population dynamics is an important matter and that it crucially affects the developmental prospects of a nation as well as the health and well being of its people. this is particularly true of developing countries who have to face special challenges in this regard. it is hardly surprising therefore that india has had an official population policy for more than a half century...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page no 21 the broad objectives of this programme have remained the same – to try to influence the rate and pattern of population growth in socially desirable directions. in the early days the most important objective was to slow down the rate of population growth through the promotion of various birth control methods improve public health standards and increase public awareness about population and health issues...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page no 22 the family planning programme suffered a setback during the years of the national emergency 1975-76. normal parliamentary and legal procedures were suspended during this time and special laws and ordinances issued directly by the government without being passed by parliament were in force. during this time the government tried to intensify the effort to bring down the growth rate of population by introducing...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page no 23 the programme now has a broad-based set of socio-demographic objectives. a new set of guidelines wer e formulated as part of the national population policy of the year 2000. these are summarised in box 2.5 in the form of the policy targets set for the year 2010. the history of indias national family welfare programme teaches us that while the state can do a lot to try and create the conditions for demographi...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page no 24 having studied the structure and dynamics of the population of india in chapter 2 we turn now to the study of social institutions. a population is not just a collection of separate unrelated individuals it is a society made up of distinct but interlinked classes and communities of various kinds. these communities are sustained and regulated by social institutions and social relationships. in this chapter we ...