Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

K. S. Srikantan , K. Balasubramanian

Abstract

India has the unique distinction of having been the first country to introduce an official programme for family planning in 1951 as an integral part of its socio-economic development plan. Since then the programme has grown steadily and today it is perhaps the second largest programme in the world, covering a huge population of about 70 crores. During its evolution, various strategies were developed for extending the reach and improving the performance of the programme.

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