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What are the socio-demographic goals of the National Population Policy to be achieved so as to have the population stabilized by 2045?

(a) Reduce infant - mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births.

(b) Promote delayed marriage in girls.

(c) Achieve 80% institutional deliveries.

(d) Achieve 100% deliveries by trained persons.

(e) Legislation to raise the age of marriage to reduce the birth rate. 


1. (a) (b) (c) and (d) 
2. (b) (c) (d) and (e
3. all the five
4. (b) (c) and (d) 
5.

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : (a) (b) (c) and (d) 

The correct answer is (a) (b) (c) and (d).

  •  National Population Policy:
    • It was released in the year 2000 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
    • Its immediate objective is to address the unmet needs for contraception, healthcare infrastructure, and health personnel, and to provide integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child healthcare.
    • The long-term objective of the Policy is to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection.
    • Its objectives include:
      • Reduce the infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1,000 live births. Hence, statement  (a) is correct.
      • Reduce the maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100,000 live births
      • Achieve universal immunization of children against all vaccine-preventable diseases.
      • Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than age 18 and preferably after 20 years of age. Hence, statement (b) is correct.
      • Achieve 80 per cent institutional deliveries and 100 per cent deliveries by trained persons. Hence, statements (c) and (d) are correct.
      • Achieve 100 per cent registration of births, deaths, marriages, and pregnancy.
      • Prevent and control communicable diseases.
      • Promote vigorously the small family norm to achieve replacement levels of Total Fertility Rate.
    • ​It doesn't aim to aim to bring in legislation to raise the marriage age to reduce the birth rate. Hence, Statement (e) is not correct.

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