| 1. Title: A critical evaluation of the family planning programme and some recommendations. Author: Kumar S Source: In: India. Ministry of Labour/International Labour Organisation. National Symposium on Labour and Population Policies, New Delhi, 15-18 April 1974: report. New Delhi, India, Continental Printers [1975]. :69-77. Cover title. Sponsored by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation. Organized with the financial support of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Abstract: This article proposes to examine the Family Planning Program right from its inception, which is almost 25 years ago, through all its subsequent developments that took place in India. From 1951 to 1956, nothing was attempted nor achieved during this period. During the Second Plan period (1956-1961), the performance of the Program was no better with the exception that for this plan period, financial allocations were raised. From 1961-66, the turning point of the program, there was still no fall in the birth rate (41/thousand) and the growth rate of the population was still at 2.5. The great bane of the Family Planning Program in India is that it is imbued with Malthusian ideas and that it is functioning in a compartmental framework. A major criticism of the Indian Government is that it views poverty and unemployment as a consequence of high density population rather than as products of a social system. The status of women as well as the responsibilities of Trade Unions are discussed in regard of the Family Planning Program. A series of recommendations are made in regard to: population education, status of women, reform of the civil code, abolishment of incentives and disincentives, religious and social prejudices, contraceptive research and role of Trade Unions. Language: English Keywords: INDIA | FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM EVALUATION | MALTHUSIANISM | POVERTY | UNEMPLOYMENT | WOMEN'S STATUS | LABOR UNIONS | GOALS | NEEDS | GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS | EVALUATION | PROGRAM EVALUATION | CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES | RECOMMENDATIONS | EVALUATION REPORT | HISTORICAL REVIEW | BIRTH RATE | POPULATION GROWTH | POPULATION EDUCATION | INCENTIVES | DISINCENTIVES | ACTION RESEARCH | RELIGION | HUMAN RESOURCES | Asia, Southern | Asia | Developing Countries | Family Planning Programs | Family Planning | Population Theory | Demography | Social Sciences | Socioeconomic Factors | Economic Factors | Employment | Macroeconomic Factors | Organizations | Planning | Organization and Administration | Programs | Fertility Measurements | Fertility | Population Dynamics | Demographic Factors | Population | Education | Policy | Research Methodology Document Number: 266678 |
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