Indian Family Planning Program, though started in 1952 on solid developmental and women's welfare grounds, has had over the years rapid upswings followed by downswings either because of bad and hurried population policies such as during national emergency in 1975 or setting unre
Religion has a significant relevance in the demographic study of socio-economic groups.
DEVELOPMENT is about protection of human rights of the concerned populations. It pre-supposes active participation of the populace in the decisionmaking processes while social justice remains one of the most important and cherished goals of development.
Experts are increasingly emphasizing the need to assess the quality of family planning services from the users' perspective.
Sterilization is the most popular method of contraception in India. The 1992-93 National Family Health Survey found that of the 36.2 percent of eligible couples using any modern method, most (30.7 percent) had been sterilized and only 5.5 percent were using temporary methods (IIPS 1995).
Religion has a significant relevance in the demographic study of socio-economic groups.
The impact of the family planning (FP) programme over the years is showing varying impacts on fertility across regions and population groups in India.
THE United Nations Commission on the Status of Women defines violence against women to include "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women..." [Economic and Social Council 1992].
With the increase in the urbanization and industrialization, the concept of family in India, which once was to create and maintain a common culture among the members of the family, is undergoing changes.
This report examines the linkages between wife-beating and one health-related consequence for women, their experience of fetal and infant mortality.