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The Population Foundation of India (PFI) is dedicated to promote effective formulation and
implementation of gender sensitive population and development policies, strategies and programmes. PFI
. seeksto accomplishthis by extending technical and financial support to individuals and civil so~iety institutions;
piloting innovative approaches; and building support at the national, sub-national and community levels
through informed advocacy.
The Foundation endeavors to address the critical issues of population, health and sustainable
development for better quality of life by increased access to services, promotion of advocacy programmes,
capacity building at various levels and facilitating enabling environment for optimal utilization of resources.
The Foundation aims to promote, expand, build awareness and strengthen commitment towards a
rights-based approach, empowerment of women, increased male responsibility, a life cycle approach to
Reproductive Health, gender equality and equity, informed and expanded choice of contraceptives and
promotion of small family norm by forging meaningful partnerships with institutions both in public and
private sectors.
The Foundation strives to focus its activities on issuesof reproductive and sexual healt,h and rights,
HIVI AIDS,child health & rights, women's health, adolescent health & development, unmet ne'ed for family
planning services and female foeticide. The vision encompasses serving. the economically weaker and
marginalized sections living in the socio-demographically b~ckward districts of the country for sustainable
social change.
The Foundation acts as a think-tank and advocate at various levels in influencing population policies
and programmes. It serves as a catalytic agent to promote programmes directed towards the ultimate goal
of population stabilization and sustainable development.
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Bharat
Chairman
Board,with
Governing Board Advisory Council
who succeededJRD
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The Advisory COUndl, consisting of experts in related
fields such as Sociology, Demography, Communica-
The tions, Health Services, Environment, Education,
Management, Women's Development contributes to
the formulation of the Foundation's policies and
programmes. The distinguished members of the
Advisory CoUncil during the year were:
Chairl11alJ
Members
Chairman
Dr M S Swaminathan
Members
Mr. T V Antony
Mr T R Satish Chandran
Mrs. Rami Chhabra
Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Dr S D Gupta
Dr S H Hassan
Dr B K Joshi
Dr Usha R Krishna
Mr.Ajay S Mehta
Ms Poonam Muttreja
Dr Saroj Pachauri
Dr Yash Pal
Dr Ragini Prem
Mr T L Sankar
Dr E A S Sarma
Prof. G P Talwar
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI
The following members will retire in 2004:
Mr T R Satish Chandran
Dr S H Hassan
Mr T L Sankar
Dr EASSarma
The new merpbers inducted in the Advisory Council
are:
Prof. Gita Sen
Prof. Leela Visaria
Dr Bobby John
Dr K Srinivasan
Ms Mirai Chatterjee
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CapacityBuilding
Regional Training and Resource Development Centres
Encouraged by the successof Training and ResourceDevelopment Centre (TRDC)
set up by PFI, to train NGOs personnel involved in RCH related activities in Delhi and in
view of requests coming from NGOs based in different states, the Foundation had decided
to establish Regional Training and Resource Development Centres (RTRDCs)in various
states to provide training to the staff of NGOsto build their capacity in better management
and implementation of RCH programmes. Initially, the project was launched in the states of
Karnataka (Bangalore), Orissa (Cuttack) and Madhya Pradesh (lndore) in collaboration
with local NGOs,who had expertise in conducting training on RCH issues.
Later,the Foundation set-up RTRDCsin Uttar Pradesh,with S1.Catherine's Hospital
at Kanpur, with CREATEat Mirzapur; in Rajasthan,with Population ResearchCentre, M L
SukhadiaUniversity at Udaipur; in Bihar with ADITHI at Patna;in Jharkhandwith Alternative
India Development at Jamshedpur;in Uttaranchal with Gayatri Thirth, Shantikunj at Hardwar;
in Maharashtra,with SHED,at Mumbai and with Institute of Health Management at Pachod.
During the past year, the Foundation has established its 12th RTRDCwith "India
Literacy Board" Lucknow, in October 2003, to train the NGOsworking in eight districts of
Uttar Pradesh and the 13th RTRDC with AGRAGAMEE, to train the NGOs working in
un-divided Koraput and Kalahandi districts of south Orissa. These projects will run for a
period of 3 years.
The model followed in all RTRDCsis capacity building of master trainers who in
turn will train smaller NGOfunctionaries on RCHissues.The rationale behind the programme
is to empower them with correct approaches of reproductive health to address the health
needs of the community.
The Foundation has established a total of 13 RTRDCsin nine states.
Training programme on Management-cum-Behavioural
Change Communication
Population Foundation of India, in associationwith Centre for Media Studies, New
Delhi, started a programme on capacity building of the field-level personnel of non-
government organizations serving the communities in NCR of Delhi. This was a three-year
programme.
The objectives were to enhance the conceptual understanding and develop skills
of the NGO personnel for effective communication and operational management of RCH
programmes.
During the first two-year period, Centrefor Media Studies hasconducted 12 courses,
each on Management-cum-Behavioural Change Communication for field-level personnel
and senior/middle level managers of NGOs respectively. During the third year, after the
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current evaluation of BCCtraining programmes conducted by CMS,they will be tonducting
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6 courseson BCCand 6 courseson strengthening of management skills.
The programme is expected to be concluded by May 2005.
Workshops on Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) in 26
diocesesof the Churchof North India
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Population Foundation of India, in association with Synodical Board of Health
Services (SBHS),Church of North India, New Delhi, are implementing a project to train the
master trainers of 26 dioceses in 10 states, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal,
Madhya Pradesh,Bihar, Orissa,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam and Rajasthan.These master
trainers are conducting training workshops on the same issues for their staff in their
dioceses.
During the one-year project period, master trainers have conducted workshops at
their dioceses and presentations were made by these master trainers during the 2nd
Master Trainers' workshop conducted in August 2004 at Delhi.
Reproductive and Child Health Activities through
5elf Help Groups (SHGs)
The Foundation, in collaboration with local NGOs
had set-up six centres in four states - Karnataka(Bangalore
with MYRADA),Orissa (Cuttack with NIAHRD and with
Voluntary Health Association of India - Aparajita Project
in Orissa), Tamil Nadu (Natham, Dindigul district with
SMDOW and Madurai district with CRED),Madhya Pradesh
(lndore with Bal Niketan Sangh)to empower the members
of SHGswith knowledge on RCH.
The objectives of the project were to empower
existing SHGswith knowledge on RCH, identify and train
one animator for each SHG (upto 200 from each NGO),
make SHGs as a platform for discussionson health issues
of women and children, take need based action to improve
the same, and develop the identified animator into a
resource person as well as a community based distributor
for basic health and family planning/Reproductive Health
products.
It has been seen that dissemination of information
on RCHthrough established SHGs has helped to generate
better demand for the RCH services in the community,
helped to build better linkages with governmental services
and establishedthe animators and SHG members in the villages as depots of health prod-
ucts and contraceptive supplies.
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Reproductive and Child Health
Reproductiveand Child Health servicesin Aligarh
The Foundation has been implementing two projects in Aligarh district of Uttar
Pradesh,one with Indian Medical Association in urban slums of Aligarh and another with
Aligarh Muslim University at Lodha block, with funding support from SIFPSA.An extension
phase was taken up from November 2002 onwards to continue till November 2004.
The objectives of these projects are:
. IncreasingCouple Protection Rate by 8 to 10 per cent;
. Sustaining all baseline spacing users;
. Supply of condoms to at least 40% of all spacing clients;
. 100% registration of all pregnant women and 3 ANC check up, 2 dosesTT as well
as 100 IFA tablets given to at least 80% pregnant women;
. 85% complete primary immunization coverage;
. 60% complete immunization coverage of children of the age group 1-5.
Under the project with IMA, 5 static health posts have been established covering
a population of one lakh in Aligarh city and are providing quality RCH services, coupled
with IEC activities, a door to door approach for interpersonal communication and
contraceptive distribution, liaisoning with government system for supplies and other
resources.
The main strategy in the project with AMU is identification and capacity building
of Community Based Distributors (CBDs)to deliver counseling and services at the village
level covering one block of Aligarh and a population of 1.6 lakhs.The project also envisages
linkage to the existing government health system in the area.
To monitor and support the above programmes, PFI has established a project
office at Aligarh.
Training providers, benchmarking services and delivering family
planning services through public, private and NGO Sectors in Bihar
The Foundationhas taken up this project in association with Janani, a social-
marketing organization. Under this project, Janani has set-up three dinicls in three districts
of Bihar, namely Gaya, Purnia and Motihari over a period of 2 years, from March 2003
onwards. The main objectives of the project are:
. Creating easily accessible training facilities for doctors and ANMs from the
private, NGO and public sectors in all districts of Bihar
. Delivering large volumes of family planning servicesat affordable prices to the low
and low-middle income groups
. Benchmarking and promoting quality of care
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field network of Titli centres and franchisee clinics in the area.
Reproductive and Child Health Projects with Corporate Sector
The Foundation has been collaborating with the corporate sector in the past and currently
for implementation of co-funded projects in various regions of India.These projects are as
under:
. Total Integrated Package for Dewas District
This is a joint effort of the Foundation and Ranbaxy Community Health Services
(RCHS)since November 2001 for a period of three years covering the population of Dewas
block through delivery of RCH services and focused IEC interventions. The primary
objectives of the programme are:
. Community sensitization and mobilization activities on safe motherhood,
reproductive health and integrated management of childhood illnesses.
. Provisio'nof RCHservices through mobile clinic
. Training of grass root health providers like TBAs, health workers, traditional healers,
ANMs, volunteers etc.
. Building of referral linkages with the existing government health institutions.
The project envisages a three way partnership among PFI, Ranbaxy and the
Government of Madhya Pradesh to improve the health scenario in the block. The main
interventions are capacity building of stakeholders, IEC,liaisoning and delivery of quality
RCHservices through a mobile clinicin remote areas.
. Intensive Family Welfare Project in Gunnour Block, Badaun District, UP
This project is for a period of 5 years since December 2001 in collaboration with Tata
ChemicalsSociety for RuralDevelopment (TCSRD)B, adaun,with the objective of providing
comprehensive health care to the rural population in Gunnour block, so as to achieve the
targets laid down by Uttar Pradesh Population Policy.
The strategy is to cover the entire population of Gunnour block by RCHservice
delivery through a mobile van, capacity building of grassroots level service providers to
provide services and community mobilization and demand generation through BCC
interventions.
Two more projects have recently been initiated by PFI in Rajasthan with two units
of JK Group of Industries, as part of PFl's commitment to work with the corporate sector.
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. Naya Savera
The Foundation in association with Lakshmi Cement has initiated an Integrated Family
Welfare Programme, Naya Savera in Sirohi district for a period of four years covering a
population of 27,000 spread over 10 villages.
. Parivartan
The Foundation in association with J K Tyres has started a familywelfare, population and
development project, Parivartan in Rajsamanddistrict for a period of five years covering
a population of 100,000 spread over 60 villages.
The broad objectives of the two projects are:
. To build capacity of community levelvolunteers on issues relating to general health
and hygiene, RCHand to ensure their involvement in making services available on
a sustainable basis at the grassroots level.
. To raise awareness and knowledge of the community stakeholders such as school
teachers, anganwadi workers, ANMs,local Panchayati Raj elected leaders, opinion
makers, RMPsand other members on general health and RCHissues through IEC
. and BCCprogrammes.
To provide quality RCHoutreach services in the target areas through mobile van.
The broad strategy involves: (a) identification and capacity building of village level
motivators, (b) raising awareness and knowledge of communities and (c) provision of
quality RCHservices.
Strengthening NGO Capacity to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Status through Implementation of Life Cycle Approach (LCA) in
Jharkhand
PFI has initiated a project with Child in Need Institute (ClNI)to strengthen the
capacity of selected NGOs in the state of Jharkhand over a period of five years. The
project also proposes to capacitate an NGO, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra to implement
reproductive and child health care programmes covering Churchu block in Hazaribagh
district covering around 1,20,000 population with Life Cycle Approach model developed
by CINI.
Objectives:
. To strengthen the capacity of four partner NGOs to provide integrated RCH-HIV
services using life cycle approaches in four divisions of Jharkhand.
. To develop and implement the life cycle based community level intervention to
improveRCH status.
. To document and disseminate these experiences to other NGOs and State
Government using the project implementationarea as a valuabledemonstration site.
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The strategy involves case management, behaviour change commu~ication and
establishingappropriate linkagesto bring about an improvement in the RCHstatus of the
community.
RCH Services through Mobile Clinic in Delhi Slums
The Foundation had earlier initiated a Mobile Health
Clinic Services in partnership with two field NGOs. Based
on the feedback and community needs, the Foundation in
collaboration with NGOs, namely SWAASTHYA, Delhi and
CASP,Delhi has started a project, Delivery of Quality RCH
Services through Mobile Clinicin Delhi Slums in order to
provide access and utilization of quality RCH services to
the underserved population. During the three-year period,
the project will cover the field areas of Tigri resettlement
colonyand NaglaMachislumsof SWAASTHYAcoveringa
population of about 30,000 and eight centres in Badarpur
areasof CASPcoveringa populationof about 1,00,000.
The objective of the project is to improve the reproductive and child health status
of children, women and adolescents by providing Reproductive and Child Health services
. through a comprehensivepackage.
The strategy involvesdelivery of quality RCH servicesthrough a fully equipped
mobile unit and demand generation for reproductive and sexual health issuesand services
through IEC and BCe.
Empowerment of Panchayat
Raj Institutions
Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRls) through Mass
Media and Training
The project on Empowermentof PanchayatiRaj Institutions through Mass Media
and Training, with Emmanuel Hospital Association, was implemented in Sahaspur and
Vikasnagar blocks of Dehradun District and Jaunpur block of Tehri District in Uttaranchal
State, for a period of one year.
The objectives of the project were (a) to sensitize the members of Panchayati Raj
Institutions about the responsibilitiesgiven to them after the 73rdAmendment in relation
to health and social issues; (b) to build the capacity of local governance in health and
related social issues; (c) to empower women members of community based organizations
like self-help groups, village management committees/village development committees
through training on health and social issues; (d) and to provide a forum for empowerment
of community through Self Help Groups/Community Based Organizations.
Training workshops have been conducted in the blocks of Sahaspur, Vikasnagar
and Jaunpur in the districts of Dehradun and Tehri respectively, in which the master trainers
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who were trained from three blocks, panchayat praphans and panchayat members were
present. Eight video tapes prepared by the Foundation were used as communication
tools for training. Also, module in Hindi and CDs,prepared by PFI,were distributed to the
participants.
Outcome of the Programmes
v' Panchayatmembers have been sensitized about their role and responsibilities as
per the 13rdAmendment with regard to health and social issues.
v' Some of the Panchayatshave included health, education, adolescent related issues,
immunization, sanitation etc. in their agenda for regular pachayat meetings.
v' All Panchayatleadersencourageparentsand school teachersfor sending adolescents
to attend these workshops.
v' The programme has boosted other programmes related to adolescents,
immunizations and has helped in reducing the drop outs and absenteeism in
primary schools.
v' SHGs and other groups are getting recognition as support and pressure
groups and community health and other volunteers have been recognized by
the community leaders.
v' Panchayatshave actually started playing the role of opinion builders to mobilize
community in maintaining proper sanitation and keeping the village clean.
The training programmes have been completed and evaluation of the project is
being proposed in the month of October 2004.
Management of Primary Health Centre (PHC) set up through
Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions
The Foundation in collaboration with VardaanConsultants, Baroda and S M Seghal
Foundation, Gurgaon has started a project on Effective Management of Primary Health
Centre (PHC) set up through members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (Model Project for
Haryana).During 18 months period, the project will be implemented in the selected Blocks
of Gurgaon district. The following PHC and Sub-centres have been selected as project
areas:
Name of 1rt Sub-Center
Ahmedbas
Ghagas
Agon
Objectives:
Immediate:
. To develop a feasible strategy involving members of the PanchayatiRaj Institutions for
effective management of the PHC set up so that the sustainability and quality of care
becomes the core issuesfor its resident population.
. To assess the impact of the interventions in improving, sustaining and providing
quality of health and family planning services to the resident communities.
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Long Term:
./ Address the unmet need of the community
./ Increase couple protection rate
./ Reduce the MMRand IMR
./ IncreaseInstitutionaldeliveries
./ Establisheffectivereferralservices
./ Increasethe coverageof the PHCservices
Adolescent projects/programmes
Advocacy on Young Adults' Reproductive and Sexual Health (YARSH)
Issues in Bihar and Jharkhand
The Foundation, with funding from The David and
LucilePackardFoundation,has taken up an advocacyinitiative
. in the states of Biharand Jharkhand. Duringthree-year
period, the project aims to build supportive environment
for population stabilization by meeting Reproductive and
Sexual Health (RSH)needs of young adults.
The project target areas are two districts, each of
Bihar (Gaya and Vaishali) and Jharkhand (Ranchi and
Hazaribagh). During the tenure of the project, 60 block
level, 4 district level and 2 state level consultations are to
be organized on YARSHissues. The objective of the
workshops is to sensitizestakeholderscomprisingpoliticians,
bureaucrats, health care promoters and PRls on YARSH
issues towards population stabilization.The programme also
envisages preparation of a detailed district action plan on I
YARSHissues with the objective of influencing state health
and youth policy using_advocacyat sub-district, district and
state levels as a key strategy.
Twelve block level consultations have already been
conducted in different blocks of the district of Ranchi namely,
Rahu, Mandar, Budmu, Oramanhi, Namkom, Kunti, Karra, Murhu, Arki and Torpa. The issues
on sexual and reproductive health, migration, school dropouts and HIV/ AIDS were
discussed during the workshops.
PFI has proposed to cover nine blocks of Hazaribagh district namely, Hazaribagh
Sadar, Katkam,Sandi, Barhi, Ichak, Bishnugarh,Churchu, Ramgarh, Choparan and Barkhata
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for conducting the workshops on YARSHissues, and also to initiate activities in two
districts of Bihar very soon, apart from district-level. and state-level events.
Adolescent Initiatives in Uttaranchal
This project has been implemented with part funding from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
(SDTT) and in association with Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, Dehradun (Rural
Development Institute). The project covers 32,700 adolescents in the age group of 13-19
from three blocks in three districts of Uttaranchal, namely Dehra Dun, Udham Singh
Nagar and Nainital, for a period of 3 years, from April 2003 onwards.
Objectives:
. Increasing KAP among adolescents on reproductive and sexual health.
. Enhancing general and reproductive health of adolescents in the age range of 13
to 19 years.
. Promoting safe sexual behaviour and lifestyle among adolescents in the project
areas.
. Enhancingadolescent maternal health among married adolescentsin the age range
of 13 to 19 years.
. Promoting career and development opportunities for adolescents in the project
areas.
The programme aims to demonstrate that providing information and knowledge
to adolescents on sexual and reproductive health issuescoupled with support services and
promotion of options for career development would lead to adoption of safer behaviour
by them.
Adolescent Reproductive Health
Two projects are being implemented by the Foundation in association with
Tata Steel Family Initiatives Foundation (TSFIF)and Parivar Kalyan Sansthan(PKS) in slum
areas of Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand. Each project is covering an adolescent
population of around 20000 in the age group of 12-19 years. The objectives are:
. Providing sexuality education through ARH sessions in schools and kishore/kishori
groups
. Providing information on HIV/ AIDS and other STDs
. Promoting late marriage
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. Spreading awarenesson gender equality
. Providing contraceptive services to adolescents in the area and to promote small
family norm
The main focus of the project is dissemination of knowledge and awarenesson RH issues
coupled with provision of services for promotion of safe sexual behaviour.
HIV / AIDS
Chart book and fact sheets on HIV/AIDS
The Foundation, in collaboration with Population
ReferenceBureau,Washington DC published the chart book
on HIV/ AIDS for India and six fact sheets for the high
prevalence states, namely, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur and Nagaland. The chart
book was published in bi-lingual (Hindi and English) mode
and the fact sheets were in English and the state-specific
languages.
To sensitize the media on the above, PFI and
Population ReferenceBureau (PRB),Washington DCjointly
organized a Press Meet on November 13, 2003 at New
Delhi. The Press was jointly addressed by Dr Carl Haub, Senior Demographer, PRB
and Mr A R Nanda, Executive Director, PFI. Extensive media coverage was done.
The Press Meet was followed by PFI-PRBDevelopment Partners' Meet. On this
occasion, the chart book was released by Mr JVR Prasada Rao, Health Secretary,
Government of India while the fact sheets were released by Mrs Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh,
Project Director, National AIDS Control Organization. About 150 participants from various
UN, international and national organizations were present.
The publications were widely disseminated all over the country.
Basedon the feedback on the publications, PFI and PRB have again joined hands
to do a similar exercise for the states of Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and a state
specific fact sheet for Gujarat.
, The proposed chart books and fact-sheet will address the needs of the users in
providing user-friendly, comprehensive and current overview of key issuesrelated to HIV/
AIDS. The publications will be in bi-lingual i.e. English and state specific languages.Three
dissemination workshops will be organized, one each in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.
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Initiative on HIV/ AIDS -RH by Global F~nd - PFI led NGO/Private
Sector Consortium
The Round 4 Global Fund Grant for India for HIV/ AIDS has been approved. The
project aims at providing Anti-retroviral Treatment (ARD for 137,000 peoplewith HIV/AIDS
in 6 high prevalentstatesnamely- TamilNadu,AndhraPradeshM, aharashtraK, arnataka,
Nagalandand Manipur. The duration of the project will be for five years (2005-2009).
The Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) has for the first time recognized an
NGO/Private sector Consortium (referred as consortium hereafter) led by Population
Foundation of India as Principal Recipient of funds to provide care and support for those
on ART in the 6 high prevalent states.The members of the consortium are: (a) Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII), (b) Population Foundation of India (PFI), (c) Engender Health (EH),
(d) Freedom Foundation (FF) and (e) the Indian Network for People living with HIV / AIDS
(INP +).
The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) proposes to roll out ART
programme in 50 tertiary institutions and 138 district government hospitals in 6 states.
National Treatment Guidelines will be followed for starting the ART and to change from
first line to second line regimens. The NGO Consortium will be responsible for treatment
adherence, nutrition, psychosocial support, palliative care and building adequate
capacities of stakeholders to provide care and support. The care and support activities
will be provided through setting up of Treatment-counseling Centers, Positive Living
Centers, District Level Networks and Comprehensive Care and Support Services. To
accomplish the task, the Consortium will work in tandem with NACO and the State AIDS
Control Societies over next five years.
Advocacy and Communication
National-level Campaign Against Sex Selection and Pre-Birth
Elimination of Females
Child Sex Ratio (CSR)in the age group ,0-6 years is an important indicator of
overall balance in sex ratio of the population. Census 2001 showed a decline of 18 points
from 945 in 1991to 927 in 2001. The decline in CSRamong the states and union territories
is phenomenal. There are 122 districts spread over 14 states haviRg CSRlessthan 900.
To start with Population Foundation of India and Plan India jointly organized
advocacy workshops with Members of the State Legislative Assembly and Corporates/
Industry leaders in Orissa and Rajasthanagainst sex selection and pre-birth elimination of
females. The objective was to orient and present correct perceptions in relation to sex
selection and pre-birth elimination of female child and the importance of the girl child; and
to bring into light the scope and content of the PNDT Act.
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These workshops were organized during May-August2003. Advoc~cy materials
in English,Hindiand Oriya,were prepared by the Foundation and disseminated during the
workshops and otherwise to various agencies in Rajasthan and Orissa. The workshops
were well-attended by MLAs, corporates, non-government organizations, media and
experts. The report was released on December 15, 2003.
In December 2003, Population Foundation of India and Plan Indiajointly launched
another national level campaign on Sex Selection and Pre-BirthEliminationof Females in
seven states, namely Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh and Uttaranchal over a period of two years. The strategy involves workshops
with corporate/industry leaders, the Members of Legislative Assemblies, media and
non-government organizations. Workshops have been organized in various states and a
few are scheduled to be held during the coming year. The details of workshops held are
given in the followingtable:
Date
March13,
2004
June22,
2004
April8,
2004
October4,
2004
May15,
2004
June24,
2004
October1,
2004
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In April 2004, Plan India and Population Foundation of
India, decided to cover four more states, namely, Delhi,
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, for a
mass media campaign for a period of two years.
The strategy involves workshops with corporate/industry
leaders, the Members of Legislative Assemblies, media,
non-government organizations and other stakeholders,
such as, school teachers and students, media, film and
radio producers, members of the medical associations and
doctors etc. It also includes student participation in rallies,
street plays, debates and other related activities. During
the first year, Delhi and Hyderabad are being covered.
Many activities such as, workshops with corporates, MLAs, radio producers, media, rallies
with college children etc. in these two states have been organized with the assistanceof
Perfect Relations- a media agency.
Advocacy Programmes on 'ICPD at Ten'
To promote a favourable environment for the implementation of the National
Population Policy 2000 and the Country Programme - 6 (CP-6) of UNFPA (2003-2007),
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNFPAjoined hands with PFIto carry out a
set of three strategic interventions namely (a) Policy Advocacy: National Consultation on
ICPD+10-NGO Perspectives,(b) Issued-basedAdvocacy: Building supportive environment
for improved quality of care through advocacy initiatives and (c) Management of advocacy
grants to NGOs.
Objectives
./ To assessachievement, identify challenges, constraints and opportunities and
formulate lessonslearnt in the implementation of the ICPDPoA and recommend
corrective strategies for the next 10 years.
./ To build supportive policy and programme environment for improved quality of
care through advocacy initiatives.
./ To promote issue-basedadvocacy initiatives through non-government organizations
by providing them small grants.
Under Policy Advocacy: National Consultation on ICPD+10, Popul~tion Foundation
of India has organized a National Consultation on Laws, Policies and Rights in the context
of Reproductive Health in association with SAHAYOG,Human Rights Law Network and
Lawyer's Collective, during September 25-26, 2004, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
The two-day programme covered the following five major th'emes:
y Population policies and two-child norm
y Contraception and family planning
y Pre-birth Sex selection and accessto safe abortion
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y Child and adolescent rights
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y Unsafe Motherhood
Various presentations were made on the sub-themes under the above five major
themes. The participants in. the National Consultation are drawn from government,
non-government organizations, academicians, health and legal professionals, media and
other groups.
"Quality of care" has emerged as a critical element of reproductive health
programmes.For improvementof quality of care, the commitment from various stakeholders
is very important. Effective advocacy is required with various stakeholders like policy
makers, planners, programme functionaries, media, public-private health care providers,
NGOs, PRls, grass-root level workers and women's groups. Advocacy efforts at various
levelswould help generatingan understandingof the issue,recognizingthe importance
and addressingthe same.
Consideringthe above, PFI is planning to do the advocacy for building supportive
environment for improved quality of care. Thestrategy includesjoin consultation meetings
with various key stakeholders, which include presentations of the consolidated findings of
the review of literature and primary quality research; issue-based discussions focusing
region/state-specifiicnterventionsand cullingout recommendationsbasedon lessonslearnt
. and best practices.
Under the management of advocacy grants to NGOs, the Foundation has joined
handswith seven NGOsto do the advocacy programmes on "MissingGirls" in their working
areas.The NGOsare (a) Social Uplift Through Rural Action (SUTRA) in Kangra, Una and
Solan districts of HimachalPradesh, (b) Centre for Enquiry into Health and AlliedThemes
(CEHAT)in selected rural and urbanareasof the Maharashtraincluding Mumbai, (c) Centre
for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) in Delhi, (d) Voluntary Health Association of
Punjab(VHAP) in the districts of FatehpurSahib,Ludhiana and Patialain Punjab, (e) Family
Planning Association of India, Mumbai in the districts of Yamunanagar and Panchkula in
Haryana, (f) PRAYAS in the five districts of Barmer, Rajsamand,Dholpur, Baran and
Chittaurgarh in Rajasthan and (g) Centre for Health, Education, Training and Nutrition
Awareness (CHETNA) in selected areas of Gujarat.
The aim is to create awareness about the value of girl child, positive contribution
of girls in society, awareness about declining child sex ratio, its causes and consequences,
the PNDT Act etc.
Efforts Towards Reducing Maternal Mortality through Advocacy in
four Districts of undivided Koraput in Orissa
In Orissa high maternal mortality is a cause of concern. Advocacy is an important
strategic intervention for reducing maternal mortality. In this regard, Government of Orissa
underthe UNFPA supportedIPD Projecthasassignedto PopulationFoundationof India
to implement the above project in four districts of undivided Koraput namely, Koraput,
Nabarangapur, Rayagadaand Malkangiri.
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Goal:
v" To create a supportive policy and programme environment
for reduction of maternal mortality and promoting safe motherhood in
the State of Orissa.
Objectives:
v" To sensitize government, public-private health care providers,
PRls/NGOs/CBOs/SHGs etc to address issues of maternal mortality
and safe motherhood by building a supportive environment at the
district level.
v" To document the outcomes and recommendations and prepare
the District Advocacy Plan (DAP) through district-level workshops.
v" To advocate at the state-level the District Advocacy Plan and
develop a State Advocacy Plan (SAP)through consultative process for
a period of two years.
v" To organize the consultation meeting with key government
officialsto suggest the integration of the findings that emerged from
various levels of workshops into the present health strategy of the
State.
v" Formulationof an implementationstrategy/monitoring plan of the
DAPfor two years.
Implementation Plan
Under the implementation plan the following activities are envisaged to be
undertaken - (a) review of the region-specificexisting data/research studies such as RCH
survey data, literature on maternal mortality and safe motherhood, intervention models
etc., (b) development of advocacy material, (c) block level consultation meetings to
understand various factors leading to maternal mortality, (d) advocacy workshops at the
district level leading to development of district advocacy plan, and (e) advocacy workshops
at the state level workshop leading to development of state advocacy plan.
As an initialstep, an experience sharing meeting was organized on AprilS, 2004 at
the Foundation's office to share various experiences on reduction of maternal mortality. A
background paper on Maternal Mortality-Conceptsand Issues based on review of literature
was prepared and shared among the participants.
The block level consultations have been held in Padampur block of Rayagada
district and Dasmantpur block of Koraput district.
The district and state level workshops are scheduled to be held in the coming
months.
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Innovative Communication Strategy for Promotion of
Family Planning in EAG States
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has assignedPopulation Foundation of India
to develop an innovative communication strategy for promotion of family planning in EAG
states. The strategy will include the use of communication tools to demonstrate its
effectiveness in accelerating family planning programme in the EAG states. In the first
phase,Bihar and Jharkhandwill be considered on a pilot basisand in the second phase,the
most vulnerable 20 districts in the EAG states will be considered.
The tasks include: (a) desk review of past IEC/BCCstrategies and programmes,
(b) national level workshop on IEClBCCstrategies, (c) strategy papers based on formative
research, (d) draft IEC/BCCstrategy for EAG states, (e) national level workshop on draft
strategy and recommendations for finalization and (f) development of a detailed proposal
for implementation of the strategy.
Review of IEC component of the family welfare programme at national level and
eight EAG states has been completed and strategy paper is under preparation.
. CommunityRadio Programmes
In Bihar
After the first phase of broadcast of community radio programme, Ujala in 14
districts of Bihar,the Foundation decided to repeat the broadcast of the same programmes
through AIRPatna on every Sunday, between 6.30 P.M. to 7.00 P.M from April 11,2004
onwards.
The Foundation selected five districts, namely, Nalanda, Patna, Vaishali, Gaya and
Nawadah and formed the listeners' clubs in association with the local non-government
organizations. 32 listeners' clubs were formed covering 19,524 populations, including 23
Panchayats and 9 blocks. These listeners' clubs were formed to help the community
involve themselves with the programme, motivate them to listen the programme and
make them understand various issues addressed through the dramas in the radio
programmes. The members of the listeners' clubs, called shrotas, are adolescent girls and
boys in the age group of 16-25, selected by the local NGOs. The shrotasare mobilizing
the community and enabling them to listen the programmes, followed by discussionson
the themes addressed. Bihar Voluntary Health Association, Patna is the coordinating
and supervising non-government organization. This programme will be over in October
2004. Centre for Media Studies will conduct the impact study in these districts.
In Chattisgarh
Th.eFoundation has launched a Community Radio programme in three districts of
Chattisgarh, namely, Jagdalpur, Dantewada and Kanker to empower the community on
health, population and social developmental issues through a series of 26 episode\\s in
Halbi dialect, in associationwith Bastar True Light Samiti, Jagdalpur.
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The programme is broadcast on every Sunday,from 7.10P.M.to 7.40 P.M. through
MW from AIR Jagdalpur for a period of six months. The first programme was aired on 7th
March, 2004. The launching ceremony was organized at Jagdalpur in which, apart from 14
collaborating NGOs, other institutions, panchayat leaders and important community
persons participated.
A 15-minute programme titled Patrotarwas started in April 2004 once in a month,
in which the letters received from the target audience are answered. The response of the
programme was overwhelming.
I" Orissa
The Foundation, in association with Agragamee, has started a community radio
programme in backward and tribal districts of South Orissa to empower the community
and the members of Panchayati Raj on the issues of population, health and social
development through AIR Jeypore in Desian-dialectspeaking areas. The broadcast of the
programme will cover Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada and
Rayagada.The programmes will be broadcast for a period of one year and will be launched
on October 31, 2004 through the programme, ChaitiJanha.
Three-in-one Communication Package for Haryana State
Three-in-one Communication Package for
empowerment of community on the issuesof Population,
Health and Social Development (Focussing on Women)
through Phone-in, Community Radio, and Training
Programmes in the state of Haryana with "Aravali Vikas
Sangathan" (ARAVIS) has been successfully completed
recently. The objective of the project was to empower the
community on the issuesof population, health and social
development through phone-in programmes and community
radio and to generate training software for extended use.
The last episode of the phone-in-programme was broadcast
through AIRRohtak on May 16, 2004.
The responseto the programme was overwhelming.
Various questions were raised and answered by experts
engaged by the Foundation. From out of the 26 broadcast
programmes, 18 half an hour programmes were repackaged
for community listening and later 9 audio-cassettes have
been made as training capsules.Initiatives have been taken
for the end-line evaluation of the project.
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Model Study
Study on Birth and Death Data from Civil Registration System
PFI in collaboration with Office of the Registrar General of India and UNICEF has started
a model study on the Birth and Death Data from Indian Civil Registration System. This five
month study covers four states namely Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Objectives:
. Review of data collection formats and mechanisms in rural and urban areas.
. Reviewof software used for data entry and the data entry mechanismsin different
states.
. To propose critical comments and recommendations on Civil Registration System based
on the review of data analysis.
Projects Evaluated
During the year under review,the following projectswere evaluatedwith the help of
external experts:
./ Reproductiveand Child Health Promotion in selectedslumsof Delhi through Mobile
Health Services implemented in association with PRAYATN,Delhi and Society for
Promotionof Youthand Masses(SPYM)during October 2000 - April 2004, evaluated
by Mr SanjayPandey,MMR, Delhi.
./ CapacityBuildingof NGOsof Madhya Pradeshthrough Setting up and Runningof a
Regional Training and Resource Development Centre (RTRDC) implemented by
BharatiyaGrameenMahilaSangh(BGMS),Indoreduring January2001 - January2004,
evaluatedby Mr T A Khan,CREATEL, ucknow.
./ Empowerment of Self Help Groups (SHGs)for Promoting Reproductive and Child Health
implemented by Centre for Rural Education and Development (CRED), Madurai, Tamil
Nadu during October 2002 to January 2004, evaluated by Dr Kannan, Tamil Nadu.
./ Empowermentof SelfHelp Groups(SHGs)for Promoting Reproductive and Child Health
implemented by Social Awareness and Development Organization for Women
(SAADOW), Tamil Nadu during October 2002 to January 2004, evaluated by Dr
Kannan, Tamil Nadu.
./ Involvement of National Service Scheme (NSS)volunteers in information dissemination and
awareness generation about population issues evaluated by Mr P K Patra, Lucknow.
./ Community partnership health initiatives to improve reproductive health status in
slums and rural areas of Nagpur evaluated by Mr Prakash Fulpagare, Mumbai.
./ Improvementof reproductive and child health servicesby community mobilization at
remote rural villagesevaluatedby Dr R Nagarajan,Pune.
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./ Empowermentof Self HelpGroups(SHGs)for Promoting Reproductiveand Child Health
implemented by Bal Niketan Sangh, Indore (MP) during October 2002 to January
2004, evaluatedby Mr T A Khan,CREATEL, ucknow.
./ Mother and Child health project at Madhubani, Bihar evaluated by Dr Dilip Kumar,
Patna.
State level Advocacy Conferenceat
Ranchi, Jharkhand
PopulatiFoounndation of India organized a
two-day State-level Advocacy Conference on Population
Stabilization, Health and Social Development Issues in
Jharkhandon November 18-19,2003 at Ranchi. Officials from
the Government of Jharkhand, representatives from UN,
international and national organizations, members from
Indian Medical Association, College of nursing, corporate
bodies and academicianswere present.
The conference was inaugurated by the Chief
Minister of Jharkhand, Shri Arjun Munda. During his
inaugural session,he released a Wall Chart on lharkhand"
Populationand Development2003 and District Profile of
the State specially brought out by PFI. Dr Dinesh Kumar
Sarangi, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jharkhand
was the Guest of Honour.
future perspectives
The two-day Conference was divided into five
sessionsapart from the inauguraland valedictorysessions,
namely, (a) population and development scenario in
lharkhand, (b) NGOs' perspective of population stabilization,
health and social development issues, (c) state government's
perspective of population stabilization, health and social
development issues, (d) policy advocacy - past, present and
and (e) international partners,/donors' perspective.
The conference brought out in sharp focus the grim realities of the State with
regard to growth of population, socio-economic condition of the State,!poor health ser-
vice delivery, unmet needs of family planning and reproductive health services and low
level literacy etc. The following were some of the major recommendations that emerged
out of the two-day conference:
./ Diseaseand healthin Jharkhandshouldbe lookedat in the contextof socialneeds
and be relatedto healthand socialinequalities.
./ Needto developculture-specificBCC strategy besides spreading mass awareness
through cultural sensitive local media.
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./ Government and N~Os need to come together on a partnership basis for
implementation of programmes and in integrating clinical services with motivational
programmesaddressingthe communityneeds in variousdistrictsof Jharkhand.
./ Publichealth care servicesshould be promoted with qualityof care, as private
health care servicesare not affordableby a large majorityof population.
./ Need for a four-prongedstrategy in the State: improvingcapacity to deliver
results;enhancingsustainabilityu;nifyingapproachto familyplanning/reproductive
health interventionsand public-privatepartnership.
./ Need for a credible surveillancesystem, as communitybased data on sexual
behaviourand socialnormsboth for ruraland tribalpopulationare not available.
Later, the recommendations were submitted to the Government of Jharkhand. As
a follow-up of the conference, PFI started two projects in Jharkhand with the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation and ONI respectively.
.JRDTata MemorialAwardson
Populationand RCH
PopulationFoundationof Indiaorganized a function
for presentation of JRDTata Awards,third in series, for
Population and Reproductive and Child Health Programmes
to the best adjudged State and Districts on November 7,
2003 at PHD House, New Delhi. The awards were given
by the Honourable Vice President of India, Shri Bhairon
SinghShekhawat Around150 people from UN/international!
national organizations were present in the function.
HimachalPradeshreceivedthe awardforthe best
performing State on RCHprogrammes for the year 2002
on the basis of a set of 16 indicators selected by a high
levelAwardsCommittee constituted by PFI. Ms.Chandresh
Kumari, Hon'ble Minister for Health and FamilyWelfare,
Government of Himachal Pradesh received the award of
rollingTrophy,cash of Rs 10 lakhs and a certificate for the
State of HimachalPradesh.
The district awards were divided in two categories:
(a) best performing districts on reproductive and child health
programmes, and (b) best performing districts on RCH
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programmes in the three not so well performing stat«;s. The awards of the best performing
districts were given to West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh in the large population
category (more than 3.0 million), Churu of Rajasthan in the medium population category
(1.8 to 3.0 million) and lahaul & Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh in the small population
category (lessthan 1.8 million).
The awards for the best performing districts on RCHprogrammes in the three not
so well performing states were given to Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya, Ranchi in Jharkhand and
Bhagalpur in Bihar.
Each of the best performing districts received a rolling shield, cash award of Rs 2
lakhsand a certificate and each of the best performing districts in the not so well performing
states received a memento, certificate and a cash award of Rs 2 lakhs.
National level Consultation for Young
People
A group of organizations, including, CASP,CEDPA,
CHETNA, Global Health Council, MAMTA, NFl, Pathfinder
International, Population Council, Plan India and Population
Foundation of India in collaboration with Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports and Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare,
have come together to advocate the formation of an
alliance, YoungPeople: Towardsa Healthy Future.
The National Alliance organized a National
Consultation during May 21-23,2004 at India Habitat Centre,
New Delhi, which was the first national gathering of youth
and youth serving organizations in India, to give young
people the opportunity to voice their concerns, hopes and
aspirations; to take these voices to the policy makers and
programme implementers. Over 500 youth, belonging to
varied regions from all over India attended the Consultation
and brought together their unique and diverse view-points
and experiences to create a common vision and goal for
the youth alliance.
Various presentations were made during the
three-day event on major challengesthat adolescents face
including health risks; limitations in communicating with youth; education, life skills and
livelihood opportunities; youth policies and programmes etc.
Earlier,the state-level consultations were organized in 12 states between February
2004 to June 2004. One of the most important aims of these Consultations was to create
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. an enabling environment for young people to openly discuss issues related to health,
rights and development from diverse viewpoints.
The National Level Consultation considered the recommendations emerging out
from the State level Consultations to enable the development of cohesive and goal
oriented policies and programmes. Some of these were:
./ Educateyouth
./ Buildlife and livelihoodskillsand opportunities
./ Addressthe issuesof genderimbalancesand male involvement
./ Provide youth-friendly services
./ Provide training to teachers and health care providers
./ Community/parents' involvement in addressing young people's health needs
./ Role of media - prepare innovative and effective IEC materials in the local
languages for providing correct information to the youth and sensitize the
community and parents on adolescents' needs through broadcast/telecast of
special messagesfor adolescents' healthy development.
./ Respect young people's rights
./ Address the special needs of neglected sub-populations
EssayCompetition on Population
Advocacy
The Population Advocacy EssayCompetition was
organized by the District Population Committee on
Advocacy of the Rotary District 3010 in Delhi among the
higher secondarylevel students with the financial assistance
from Population Foundationof India and UNFPA.Over 3000
students spread over the District 3010 participated in the
competition. The students were from the schools falling
within the area of RI district 3010 comprising the entire
National Capital Territory of Delhi and parts of Haryana,
Rajasthanand Uttar Pradesh.
The objective of the essaycompetition was to raise
awareness and assessthe understanding of population
related issuesthat impinge on the life in the short as well as the long term among the
students of the higher secondary level. The topics given for the essay competition were:
(a) Role of Adolescents, (b) Gender discrimination and (c) Inter-relationships between
Population Growth and Quality of Life.
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Later, a prize distribution ceremony was organized for the winners of the
competition by the Rotary Club at Gyan Bharati Scliool, Saket, New Delhion February 7,
2004. 50 students from schools and 7 N.ec. battalions were awarded the prizes.
Strategic Planning Exercise
A two-day Strategic PlanningExercisewas organized
by EPOSHealth Consultants (India)during August 7-8, 2004
at PFI.The aim of this exercise was to re-examine the role
that PFIhas been playingtowards reaching its vision- how
it can build upon, what it has already achieved and what
strategic direction the organization needs to take. The other
issues discussed were: (a) leveraging for getting institutional
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mileage and visibility,(b) mainstreaming the role of PFI in
national level advocacy, and (c) strategies for institutional
- _r~ sustainability.
Released Status Report on Female
Foeticide
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Based on the experience of implementing projects
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~ NaUonaAI dvocacyCampaignagaimt
Pre":~
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. HaR,1ndia
in the states of Rajasthan and Orissa, PFI released a report
~ on State Level Advocacy Against Pre-Birth Elimination of
..I Females(FemaleFoeticide)at a function held at IndiaHabitat
. Centre, New Delhion December 15, 2003. Mr J K Banthia,
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
I released the report. About 150 participants from various
government/non-government and internationalorganizations
attended the function.
The report briefsabout the experience,whichthe Foundation
gained during workshops with the Memb~rs of the State
LegislativeAssembly and the Corporate sector in two states.
A H-episode tele-serial Atmajaa-born from the soul was also released by
Mr Bruno Oudmayer,Country Director,Plan India during the function.
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. Population Stabilization and Sustainable Development: Need
for decentralizedplanning and programme interventions:
Advocacy role of elected representatives
. Wall Chart on Jharkhand : Population and Development:
2002 and District Profile of Jharkhand.
. State-level conference on population stabilisation, health
and social development issuesin Jharkhand : A report
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. State-level advocacy against pre-birth elimination of females:
Orissa and Rajasthan: A report
. HIV/ AIDS in India: A Chart book and fact sheets
. Advocacy kit on "Let's celebrate the girl child " in various
languages
. Posterson "Importance of the girl child"
Adolescence and health: A module in Hindi
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THA~{URV, AIOYANATHAIYAR& co.
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2004 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended on that date annexa<
thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Management. Ou
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted ir
India and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Accountin~
Standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtair
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of materia
misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting thE
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessin~
the a«counting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as wel
as evaluating the overall financial statement pre$entation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We report that we
J1aveobtained all the information and explanations which, to the best of our knowledge
and belief, were necessary for the purpose of our audit and that in our opinion and to the
best Ofour information and according to the explanations given to us, the said accounts
together with the significant Accounting Policies and Notes forming part thereof and
subject to Note No.,5 regarding non-provision for the possible loss in the realization 01
the original value of fixed deposits of Rs. 75 lacs with Cement Corporation of India give a
true and fair view:
(i) in the case of Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs as at 31st March; 2004
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March 31dO03
Rs.
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SOCIETY FUND
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fi'om Income and EX)XJnditureAccount
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FO~~qN CONTRIBUTION
(As per Schedule I Annexed)
8,418
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Plan International Inc., New York
The David &:Lucille Packard Foundation,
Washington DC
POPULATION FOUNDATION OF INDIA
BAL,;.N~E
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AS AT MARCH
As at
Mari:h 31. 2004
Rs.
31. 2004
As at
March 31.2003
Rs.
5,00,00,000
1,37,30,146
9,18,50,441
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102319166
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(As per Schedule'A' annexed)
INVESTMENTS (At Cost)
(Asper Schedule '8' annexed)
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CASH AND BANK BALANCES
29,85,772 (As per Schedule 'C' annexed)
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Rs.
1,31,96,682
15,22,00,000
27,55,058...
33,54,180
8,418
641,857
2'l54.189
31,04,464
1,77,700
23,12,659
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1,76,200
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45,037
1,40,414
38,10,046
21,45,114
10,44,874
57.87.711
11,29,28,159
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Property tax
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24.24,056
12,25,093
57.87.711
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Grants D4bursM for PI'olectslProl!t8mmes
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Secretary <IiTreasurer
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Executive DJrector
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(pr. BHARA'rRAM)
Chairman
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POPULATION FOUNDATION OF INDIA
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
1. Si2nificant accountin2 oolicies:
SCHEDULE'K'
i) Accounting: convention:
the accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention on an accrual basis
and in accordance with applicable mandatory accounting standards except for
grants which are accounted for on cash basis.
ii) Fixed assets and deorecration:
Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Cost ofacq\\lisiti()nlconstruction incI\\ldes ffeigh~)duties, taxes and other incidental
eXpensesincurred until installation/commissiomng of the asset
Fixed assets are depreciated oil the written down value method at the following
rates of depreciation:
Building
Motor vehicles
Furniture and fixtUres
Eqmpments
5%
20%
10%
33.33%
Leasehold land is amortised over the life of the lease.
Depreciation on additions is charged for the full year irrespective of the date of
acquisition and no depreciation is charged-on deletions of assets in the year of
deletion.
iii) Investments:
Investments are stated at cost.
iv) Retirement benefits:
The Foundation has various schemes of retirement benefits such as provident fund
and gratui~. The Foundation's contribution to the provident fund, leave
~ca$hmen:t and the provision for gratuityin respect of all employees, deterniined
on an accrual basis, are charged to revenue.
v) Forei~n currency transactions
Grants received inforeigl1 currency are accounted fOf at the exchange rates
prevailing on the date the transaction takes place.
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2. The Foundation's income is exempt under Section 1O(23C)(iv)o(the Income Tax Act,
1961 vide order Notification No. 237/2002 (F. No. 197/189/2002~ITA-I dated 5th
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September, 2002 issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue), New Delhi as it has been categorized as a charitable institution promoting
family planning throughout India.
3. Executive Director -Mr A R Nanda's remuneration for the period trom 01.04.2003 to
31.03.2004 is Rs 5,49,007. In addition: (i) he has been provided with a unfurnished
accommodation- perquisite value Rs 46,488; and (ii) a chauffeur driven car both for
officialand personaluse - perquisite value Rs 21,600.
4. Of the entire actual disbursements for projects/programmes till March 31, 2004, audited
accounts trom grantees for Rs 1,54,67,946 (previous year Rs 1,66,13,299) are yet to be
received. Out of the above, Rs 3;74,785 is outstanding since 1999-2000 and efforts are
being made to receive the same by the Foundation shortly.
5. Investments in unsecured fixed deposits include Rs. 75,00,000 (previous year: 75,00,000)
placed with the Cement -Corporation of India Limited (CCI)- a Government of India
undertaking, which has been declared a sick unit by the Board for Industrial and
Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) under Section 15 of the Sick Industrial Companies
(Special Provisions) Act 1985. This deposit has matured on July 19, 1996 but has not yet
been repaid by the CCI together with interest for the period trom July 1, 1997 to March
31, 2004.
- The Foundation is making continuous efforts by filing applications with the Company
. Law BQ~d (CLB) and BIFR for the recovery of the deposit with interest. CLB in its
order dated 16.1.2004 ordered CCI to refund-the deposit of the Foundation along with
interest at the contracted rate till the date of maturity and thereafter at the rate of 5% p.a.
till the date of actual payment. Pending recovery, no provision has been made for interest.
and also for the possible loss in realization of the original value of the fixed depOsit.
Due to uncertainty in the recovery of principal, no provision for the recovery of interest
trom July 1, 1997to March 31, 2004 has been made in the books and the same would be
accounted for in the year of its actual realization.
6. Figures for the previous year have been regrouped/rearranged, wherever necessary.
(S.~~~AN)
Secretary & Treasurer
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(A R NANDA)
Executive Director
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