The Government of India had set up a National
Population Stabilization Fund (NPSF) in the year 2004-05 with a one-time grant
of Rs.100 crore in the form of a corpus fund. This is
now known as Jansankhya Sthirata
Kosh (JSK). To empower the NPSF, Government of India
has set up Jansankhya Sthirata
Kosh (JSK).
This is an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration
Act, 1860. JSK can take all the policy related decisions. It can raise
contributions from organisations and individuals that support population stabilisation.JSK implements two
schemes, namely, Santushti and Prerna.
The details of schemes, funds allocated, released
etc. are as follows:
SANTUSHTI STRATEGY
Santushti is a strategy of Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) for the highly populated states of India viz Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Odisha. Under this
strategy, Jansankhya Sthirata
Kosh, invites private sector gynaecologists and
vasectomy surgeons to conduct sterilization operations in Public Private
Partnership mode. According to this Scheme,
an accredited private Nursing Home/ Hospital can sign a tripartite MOU
between the State Health Society as 1st party, accredited private health
facility as 2nd party and JSK as the third party .Upon signing the MOU the
private hospitals/nursing homes shall be entitled to
incentive by JSK whenever it conducts 10 or more Tubectomy/Vasectomy
cases in a month. The accreditation is done by the district and approved by the
State Health Society.
Funds released during last three years under the
scheme are as under:-
|
Financial Year
|
No. of Sterilization
|
Expenditure
(Rs in lakhs)
|
|
2010-11
|
1368
|
07.24
|
|
2011-12
|
2307
|
46.90
|
|
2012-13
|
8752
|
42.78
|
|
2013-14 (Till 30th November,2013)
|
7757
|
56.78 *
|
* This amount also includes the payments made for
the financial year 2012-13.
PRERNA STRATEGY
In order to help push up the age of marriage of
girls and space the birth of children in the interest of health of young
mothers and infants, Jansankhya Sthirata
Kosh (National Population Stabilization Fund) has
launched PRERNA, a Responsible Parenthood Strategy in seven focus states namely
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
The strategy recognizes and awards couples who have
broken the stereotype of early marriage, early childbirth and repeated child
birth and have helped change the mindsets of the community.
In order to become eligible for award under the
scheme, the girl should have been married after 19 years of age and given birth
to the first child after at least 2 years of marriage. The couple will get an
award of Rs.10,000/- if it is a Boy child or
Rs.12,000/- if it is a Girl child. If birth of the second child takes place
after at least 3 years of the birth of
first child and either parent voluntarily accept permanent method of family
planning within one year of the birth of the second child, the couple will get
an additional award of Rs.5,000/- (Boy child) / Rs.7,000/- (Girl child). The amount
of award is given in the form of National Saving Certificate (NSC). The scheme
is meant only for BPL families.
Funds released during last three years under the
scheme are as under:-
|
Financial Year
|
No. of Couple awarded/Selected
|
Expenditure
(Rs in lakhs)
|
|
2010-11
|
628
|
05.80
|
|
2011-12
|
391
|
20.01
|
|
2012-13
|
494
|
14.05
|
|
2013-14 (Till 30th November, 2013)
|
271
|
31.98*
|
* This amount also includes the payments made for
the financial year 2012-13.
This was stated by Sh. Ghulam Nabi Azad,
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
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