INDIA'S JOURNEY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE POPULATION

Book Details

• Publisher: Springer

• Author: Bedprakas SyamRoy

• Language: English

• Edition: 2024

• ISBN: 9783031528897

• Pages: 408

• Cover: Hardcover

• Release Date: 2024

About the Book

This book offers an in-depth exploration of India’s population challenges from a variety of perspectives — demographic, policy, and programmatic. It addresses the theoretical frameworks around population control and discusses a wide range of issues, including social, cultural, religious, legal, and health-related concerns. The book critically examines India’s preparedness for achieving a sustainable population while focusing on the effectiveness of various strategies and policies.

Covering both theoretical and practical aspects of population control, this resource is invaluable for students and researchers in population studies, as well as for policymakers, family welfare service providers, and civil society groups involved in population control and family planning efforts.

Contents

Part I: Theoretical Framework and Issues of Population Control and Family Planning

1. Theoretical Framework on Studies of Population

2. Issues Arising Out of Theories for Control of Population

3. Other Important Issues Relevant for Control of Population

4. Issues Arising Out of the Health Policy and National Population Policy for Control of Population

5. Issues Emerging Out of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

6. Current Issues in the Post-Census, 2011

Part II: Requisites of the Population Control Programme
7. Conceptual Clarifications on Data Used in Population Control Area
8. Data Profiles Relevant for the Management of Population Control Mechanism
9. Family Welfare Structure in the Country and Issue-Based Management Support Structure
10. Decentralisation of Family Welfare Programmes in the Country
11. Financing the Population Control and Family Planning Programme in the Country
12. Monitoring Mechanism

Part III: Sustainable Population in the Background of Sustainable Development Goals
13. Sustainable Population in the Background of Sustainable Development Goals
14. Health Policy in Population Control
15. Population Policy in India
16. Family Welfare Approaches in the Five-Year Plans
17. Family Welfare Programmes in India
18. The Story of Achievements
19. India’s Perceived Challenges for Securing Sustainable Population in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals

About the Author

Bedprakas SyamRoy holds an MA in Economics from Calcutta University and a Ph.D. from North Bengal University. He began his career in the West Bengal Civil Service (1970) and later served as a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1989. Dr. SyamRoy retired as Special Secretary of Development and Planning and went on to serve as a member of the Third State Finance Commission, West Bengal. His areas of expertise include development administration, decentralized planning, and state planning. He has authored several books and journal articles, contributing significantly to the field of population studies and development economics.