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National Population Policy, 2000

Stabilizing population is an essential requirement for promoting sustainable development with more equitable distribution. However, it is as much a function of making reproductive health care accessible and affordable for all, as of  increasing the provision and outreach  of primary and secondary education, extending basic amenities including sanitation, safe drinking water and housing, besides empowering women and enhancing their employment opportunities, and providing transport and communications. 
The National Population Policy, 2000 (NPP 2000) affirms the commitment of government towards voluntary and informed choice and consent of citizens while availing of reproductive health care services, and continuation of the target free approach in administering family planning services. The NPP 2000 provides a policy framework for advancing goals and prioritizing strategies during the next decade, to meet the reproductive and child health needs of the people of India, and to achieve net replacement levels (TFR) by 2010. It is based upon the need to simultaneously address issues of child survival, maternal health, and contraception, while increasing outreach and coverage of a comprehensive package of reproductive and child heath services by government, industry and the voluntary non-government sector, working in partnership.

National Population Policy 2000 - OBJECTIVES

The immediate objective of the NPP 2000 is to address the unmet needs for contraception, health  care infrastructure, and health personnel, and to provide integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child health care. 

The medium-term objective is to bring the TFR to replacement levels by 2010, through vigorous implementation of inter-sectoral operational strategies.

The longterm objective is to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection .

In pursuance of these objectives, the following National Socio-Demographic Goals to be achieved in each case by 2010 are formulated

National Socio-Demographic Goals for 2010

• Address the unmet needs for basic reproductive and child health services, supplies and infrastructure.

• Make school education up to age 14 free and compulsory, and reduce drop outs at prima