Significant Features of National Population Policy

Comprehensive Family Planning Programme was launched in 1952:

i. It sought to promote, on a voluntary basis responsible and Planned Parenthood.

ii. National population policy is a culmination of these programmes and years of planned efforts.

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NPP Provides:

i. Imparting free and compulsory school education (6-14 age groups).

ii. Reduction in infant mortality rate to below 30 per thousand live births.

iii. Achievement of universal immunisation of children against all vaccine preventable diseases.

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iv. Promotion of delayed marriage age for girls.

v. Making family welfare programmes a people centred programme.