Family Welfare Programme
India has 2.4 percent of the world's land, but supports 16 percent of the global population. According to the latest (1991) census report, India has a population of 846.30 million. Since the last census (1981), the country's population has gone up by 150 million. The task of removing poverty is enormous indeed. But the latest census figures have also brought some hope and indicated that efforts being made in the field of family welfare have not gone entirely waste. For the first time, the growth rate of population declined to 2.14 percent from 2.22 percent (in 1981). The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), which was 140 per 1000 live births in 1981, came down to 80. The decline in death rate was also sharp; from 15 per 1000 it climbed down to 9.6. The Eighth Plan goal is to achieve a birth rate of seven per 1000, IMR of 70 and death rate of nine per 1000. The life expectancy is expected to reach 64 from 58 years at present.
Now it is the time to make it uniform so that there shouldnot be any disparity in the democratic rights of the people who take interest in the programme
