Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Describe NPP2000 |
| Answer» The Government of India started a comprehensive Family Planning Programme in 1952 in order to improve the health and welfare of the people. The National Population Policy was formulated in 2000 with the following aims:\tTo formulate policies for imparting free and compulsory education to children up to 14 years of age\tTo make policies to reduce infant mortality rates\tTo undertake programmes to achieve the universal immunisation of children in India\tTo promote delayed marriage for girls\tTo stress on the improvement of lives of adolescents by protecting them from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases\tTo provide adolescents with proper food supplements | |