Doing The Needful: The Dilemma Of India's Population Policy

by G. Narayana

Overview

This is a study of the social and cultural roots of the persistent failure of India's attempts to intervene in the realm of population control and related issues of social welfare. The book examines both public and private programmes and policies and concludes with a discussion of prospects for future developments in the population arena and concrete policy recommendations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367161293
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2022
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

G. Narayana (Author) , John F. Kantner (Author)

Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1 Indian Society on the Threshold of the 21st Century 1

Social Transition 1

Population Growth and the National Agenda 12

2 India's Population Growth in Historical Perspective 19

The Dim Past 19

Terra (Relatively) Firma 20

Adaptation to Population Growth 23

The Balancing of Births and Deaths 25

The Birth Rate: Decline and (Some) Fall 29

The Birth of a Notion: Contraception 35

The How and Why of Fertility Regulation 39

3 The Search for Policy 49

The Policy Process 49

The Policy Setting 51

The Policy Apparatus 70

4 The Family Planning Program: Organization and Operation 81

Financial Allocations and Expenditures 81

Program Organization 83

5 Program Performance 101

Proving the Pudding 101

Performance Evaluation 102

Trends in the CPR 105

The Private Sector 113

Social Marketing 121

Community Action-The Wave of the Future? 123

6 New Wine in New Bottles 129

The Social Setting 132

Challenge … 134

And Response 136

Reducing Population Growth 144

Appendix A Family Planning Facilities and Personnel 153

Appendix B International Assistance 155

Appendix C Incentives 159

Bibliography 167

Index 181

Editorial Reviews

Delves into the social and cultural roots of the failure of birth control and related social welfare programs in India, projects future trends, and recommends policy changes. Concludes that the state cannot survive except by overriding the interests of major constituencies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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