PFI Annual Report 1979

PFI Annual Report 1979



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Fa11til Planning oundation
nnual Report
For th ear ended 31 December 1979
198 Golf Links
ew Delh.i-110003

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FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION
Annual Report
For the year ended 31st December 1979
Administrative Office
198 Golf Links
New Delhi-llOOO3
Registered Office
AKASHDEEP BUILDING (5TH FLOOR)
BARAKHAMBA ROAD, NEW DELHI-l10001
New Delhi
April 1980

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Members of the Foundation
v
Members of the Governing Board
vi
Advisory Council
vii
Advisory Panels
viii
Biomedical and Health
Demonstration and Action Programmes in the field of Social Development
Training and Management
Information, Education and Communic~tion/Studies and Surveys'
Staff
ix
Structure of the Report
1
Chairman's Report
5
Chairman's Appeal for Donations to the Foundation
9
Executive Director's Report
11
Index of Projects: Ongoing and Completed/Closed
19
Details of Ongoing Projects
i) Biomedical Research
39
U) Health Related Projects and Programmes
49"
iii) Information, Education and Communication
59
iv) Family Planning in the Organised Sector
73
v) Studies, Surveys and Evaluation
79
vi) Marketing, Management and Administration
95
vii) Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
103
Brief Details of Completed/Closed Projects
107
List of Completed Seminars/Conferences/Workshops
125
Accounts
131
Auditors Report
133
Balance Sheet
134
Incotne and Expenditure Account
136
Financial Review
139
Donations-Summary
140
Donations during 1980 (Upto 31st March 1980)
141
Grants Sanctioned and Disbursed (Summary)
143
Budget and Expenditure
144
Appendix
List of Publications
146

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1. Mr J R-D Tata
2. Dr Bharat Ram,
3. Mrs Tara Ali Baig
4. Mr M V Arunachalam
5. Dr Dipak Bhatia
6. Mr.G K Devarajulu
7. Mr S P Godrej
8. Dr MS Gore
9. Mr Jaykrishna Hariva11abhdas
10. Mr B M Khaitan
11. Mr Justice G D Khosla
12. Mrs Yamutai Kirloskar
13. Mr Kripa Narain
14. Mr Arvind N Lalbhai
15. ProfRavi Mathai
16. Mr A L Mudaliar
17. Mr·H P Nanda'
18. Dr K A Pisharoti
19. Dr KN Raj
20. Mr Raunaq Singh
21. Dr D P Singh
22. Dr t M Singhvi
23. Mr A Sivasailam
24. Mr T T Vasu
25. Mr B G Verghese
26. Mrs AvabaiB Wadia
27. DrKL Wig
•28. Prof J C K~voori
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Members of the Gover••••••••.•
1. Mr J R 0 Tata
2. Dr Bharat Ram
3. Mr M V Arunachalam
4. Mrs Tara Ali Baig
5. Dr Dipak Bhatia
6. Mr S P Godrej
7. Mr Justice G D Khosla
8: Mr Kripa Narain
9. Mr A L Mudaliar
10. Mr Arvind N Lalbhai
11. Mr H P Nanda
12. Dr L M Singhvi
13. Mr A Sivasailam
14. Mr B G Verghese
15. Mrs AvahaiB Wadia
16. Dr K L Wig
17. Prof J C Kavoori
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Menibe,r
Member'
Member
Member:
Member
Member
Member
Member
,Member
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Executive Director ,F,P,Fap.4\\Member

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I. Dr Malcolm S Adiseshiah
2. Mr Charles M Correa
3. Dr (Mrs) A Dass
4. Dr (Mrs) Kumudini Dandekar
S. Mrs Serla Grewal IAS".
6. Dr A M Khusro
7. Dr N R Moudgal
8. Mr J P Naik
9. Dr Nitya Nand
10. Dr V A Pai Panandiker
I 1. Dr. Samuel Paul
. 12. Dr :B~askar Rao .
13. Dr V Ramalingaswamy
14.-Mr Chanchal Sarkar
15. Dr MN Srinivas

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Panel I
(Biomedical and Health)
1. Dr JS Bajaj
2. Dr (Mrs) Anusuya Dass
3. Dr Nitya Nand
4. Dr Badri Saxena
5. Dr T R Tewari
Panel D
(Demonstration· and Action Programmes in the field of Social Development, Training and
M!u~~nO
.
1. Dr Raj Arole
2. Mr B Chatterjee
3. Prof Udai Pareek
4. Dr RK Sanyal
5. Dr KSrinivasan
PaneillI
(InforJDlrtion, Education and Communication/Studies aJid Surveys)
1. Dr (Mrs) Veena Majumdar
2. Prof B S Parakh -
3. Dr G N S Raghavan
4. Mr Chanchal Sarkar
5. Dr Y P Singh

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Prof J C Kavoori
Commodore C Mehta AVSM
DrB KAnand
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Auditors
A.F. Ferguson and Co.
Post Box No. 24
New Delhi-nO 001
Executive Director
Secretary' & Treasurer
and Director Administration
Programme Dire ctor (Biomedical)
Program.Dle Director (Evaluation)
Programme Officer .
Research Assistant

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The Annual Report has been divided into four parts: the Chair~an's report, the
Executive Director's report together with brief details of the projects financed by the
Foundation, Accounts and Appendix.
The Chairman's report is an overview of the population problem and indication
of the challenging role that is before the Foundation. The financial portion of the
report is given in ~ separate section.
The Executive Director's report in part is recapitutative and cumulative and in
part futuristically oriented in terms of the Perspective Plan of the Foundation. This
is followed by an index of ongoing and completed projects and Seminars/Conferences,
a general introduction in the form of an overview for each category of projects and a
review of the projects and programmes which are divided into categories, namely:
i) Biomedical Research
ii) Health Related Projects and Programmes
iii) Inf6rmation, Education and Communication
iv) Family Planning in the Organised Sector
v) Studies, Surveys and Evaluation
vi) Marketing, Management and Administration
vii) Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
The ongoing projects emphasise the current $tatus at the level of programmes.
The completed projects have been briefly described emphasising the.key ideas involv-
ed in them.
The Accounts Section contains the auditor's report, balance sheet, income and.
expenditure account, grants made upto December 31, 1979, ·donations received upto
31st March 1980 and budget for 1980. The publications financed by the Foundation
are given in the Appendix.
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u•..••• t>~
_lPfesoa.tiQaon behalLof ,the Go.veming .Board, the ninth
:•••• M.~ -of.cflamilB jlJannia.g F41unSation.
'._ J90R Jast,~ l.had e~ressed the Board's gave concern at the
,aoutiau.i.Jls ~ in .the family planning ,proiI'amme. Thou$h the prolonged
silence of the.:.pm'lious Gov~nment on..thesuojecthadbeen .finally broken, it
had resulted in no perceptible improvements in the performance of a demoralis-
ed administration. I had noted that dellpite official advocacy at the highest level
'~cDeJtber ..the ,stategov.emments nor the ,general pUblic are ,Jet alive to the
,Qisuter which threatens the nation within .the com~g two decades". In the
ov_~ the,pes.sitnism was'f.tilly justified.
~te.some 'improvement in a few States" the record of a-chievement in
rdation 1Qthe, country's declared goals in family planning last year was a dismal
one. Instead otgrowth in the number of couples protected bye1l'ective methods
of birtheontuil, the number since'March 1977 has declined 'by 21· million. As
a.gainst 24%, of all eligible ,couples in the country covered through family plan-
'Ulng motts, llsofmld-m9 the percentage {eUto '21;6, 'and must be lower still
todI!:y.
'''I'k'Eighties -wilhepresent 'a particnladydlfficultperiiod 'for 'India. The full
hlrtlen <f'1he p~nil
popu1Mioninerease oftbe Sixties 'Which registered a
decennial growth rate 01"'25% is now alread}'with us. What we do or fail to do
in tItia decade ~ill determjne whether we are going to leave ·Ollrirretrievable
Ogr'tp .thosethat come after us.
1llg &CDClI'atio'hnas the .qght .to forfeit the future of succeeding generations.
If we fail.in our task at this stage-to bring about rationality and responsibility
in reproductive 'behaviour. particularly amongst the enormously e~anaed youth-
ful J'O.pu1ation .that is .now in this phase-'-that future will be hopelessly
tnortlUed. For the j»"cseIit there is the stupepdous task of ~plifting 330 million
or GM ~Gn1te'alen and women now offi.cildly admitted to be living below the
JPOl!C_ line. This colossal challenge cannot be met in anymeamngful way if
:t1le~tionjs,fm1ber
e:ucetbated by unbridled population growth. It is there-
!oie·hq-'>nd .4i~e that the most critical challenge of this decade lies in the
,demographic sphere..
-1a.itt4ijhti'.ears of active funding. the Foundation has supported some 120
.fU'lUctCt$ .acJ;D$S .the.collDtJ;y furnishiJ'\\g a sum of Rs 1.22 crores for this work •
.Dt.e AV.ua1lJAtus.t.ofouq)rQje.ct assistance :has been in promoting and support-
~g J!ekwmt .a.IldpractiQaI resear.ch and action programmes. The Foundation
.J:.u»0tif.1OWCl'Uts·activities to direct family, plannmg promotional work but
from the outset viewed its role in the social.oehavioural and communication areas
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now being recognised as vital to population control.', Institution~l development
of voluntary organisational structures to create family planning interests on the
one hand and a systematic research base of innovative capability on the other,
have been the major tasks taken up by the Foundation. Its other significant cort-
tribution has been in stimulating interdisciplinary interaction within the scientific
and academic communities here and abroad resulting in fruitful partnerships
for practical result-oriented research. Biomedical research for· relevant con-
traceptive technology has been' a specific concrete focus fqr several years.
During the year under review the Foundation has sanctioned project grants
to the extent of Rs 21.03 lakhs. The projects supported by' the Foundation are
described indetailifi the Executive Director's report ..
Financial Resources
To expand the scope and contents of the Foundation's activities as recom-
mended by the Evaluation Committee, naturally, required a: matching step-up
of. financial resources for which the Evaluation Committee had made a strong
appeal for urgent meaSures to replenish, and in fact substantially increase, the
FPF'sfunds. Realising the seriousness of the situation of the Foundation's
diminishing funds, my coileagueson the Board and I resolved to make a vigo-
rous attempt to raise funds in India and abroad. The Ford FotIndation, which
played a leading part in the creation of our Foundation, onc.e again came to
our help. ,It generously offered to match, rupee forrupee~ whatever amount
we could raise ourselves from private sources in India, ul'to US $700,000, or
about Rs 561akhs. On the basis of· this offer, an appeal was i$sued by me on
behalf of the Foundatidn to all leading companies and institutions in India, a
copy of which is annexed to this report.
I a111glad to say that at the date of this report, the tota:~amount received,
. or promised in instalments, already exceeds the . amount required' to qualify us
for the full matching grant of $700,000 from the Ford.J;"oundation. We are,
however, continuing our efforts and hope to reach a figure of not less than
Rs 75 lakhs.
,-'
','
I should like particularly to express the Founqation's special thanks to
Mr G D ;Bida and the late Mr Kasturbhai Lalbhai. who obtained for us from
the companies in their respective groups grants of Rs 15 la:khs and Rs 51akhs
respectively. Our special thanks are also du.e to the comparlies in the Tata
group ,who have responded to my appeal ,,:ith aggregate grants or commitments
of Rs30 lakhs. The list of donors with the amounts' of their' grants or pro-
mised commitments is annexed at page 141-42.
While we are grateful to the business and' ~ndustrial community, it is some-
what disappointing to find that, notwitlistand~ng the total taxded,uctible entit1e~
ment, the response from so many of the companies-tothe heads of which I
had
sent a fervent.
personal
.
appeal-was
of
.s.uch
a
.
magnitude..
-'
..'
.
or
-,
lack of it,as
to show that there is.stiU in our country a serious I,ac~ of,~.pl>.feciation of the

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:gtavityof the situation"of the ittiperative need for support to the cause of family
planning.
-,. "We are making slow but steady progress in evoking the interest of the UN
:and other international organisations for supporting the Foundation's pro-
gramme; whether in the shape of general support grants or for specific projects,
particularly on ajoint funding,basis. In this connection the Family Planning
, '.}' 'Foundation and the Family Planning Association of India, in collaboration with
: some of the leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), have been jointly
;1;" 'iIiteractingwith United Nations Fund for Population Activities. keeping the
Government of India informed at every sta'ge. We hope to make significant
pro~ressthis year.
'
Accounts
iriow present the annexed accounts for the year ended 31st December 1979
'ann.exed at page nos. 131-40.
'Budget for 1980
"<As 'showrton page 139 of this Report, at the end of the year' outstanding
commitments against grants already sanctioned for various projects stood at
asRs 52,31 lakhs, and the uncommitted funds at the disposal of the Foundation
on 31st December 1979 stood at Rs 31.70 lakhs.
"
The demand for financial support continues to increase. We decided to
sanction a budget of Rs 20 lakhs for supporting new projects during the year
'1980. Excluding project grants which we may receive from the international
organisations for specific projects on joint funding basis. We shalf however
review the position in the second half of 1980 depending upon the funds avail-
able at that time. '
After taking into consideration the' small increase in the staff as recom-
mended by the sub-committee, the budget for the establishment and operating
expenses including evaluation, monitoring and promotional activities for the
year 1980 is Rs 8.15 lakhsas indicated on page 14,4.
Acknowledgements
There was a vacancy on the Governing Board caused by the retirement of
Mr Rajeshwar Prasad, Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
This was filled by Mr Kripa Narain who very kindly accepted our invitation to
join the Governing Board' as a Member. Our sincere gratitude goes to Mr
Rajeshwar Prasad whose sustained interest and valuable guidance and advice
, to the Foundation was of great help. On behalf of the Foundation w~ welcome
Mr Kripa Narain who, as a senior administrator has been deeply involved in
Government's development and po'pulation policies. We look forward to his
participation in the policies and programmes of the Foundation.
The Foundation has, as all along in the past, continued to get willing
,and very valuable help and guidance from the members of the A,dvisory

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Cauncil. Mviaory Paula. 't_o.~&Dd.
__ .-,. ..~.
social
workerst professionals and scientists; in its p~omotional,adivi.ies in family
pJaooin&. T.he F.oundatiQll, is iadcbted.ta,tham.'cG£ thia. •• istance. On the
r.ecomrnendatioa of the Evaluation, Committee. \\q: ••••• aoDItituted three
Ad~soJlY Panels, lIJpart fl'om· the existinil A4Jriser,CeuuiL. ~s.incere thanks
1M' to· aU those who· have retired "e. these lIecHea. 1fhckiaaitlkt.and meaning·
f'ulconuibuti9n went a long way in makiBfl;dte Foun
aa.cft'ective orga-
nisaiioll<. On behalf of the. FGUndatjoa,: 1. weIeomo.tla.c.w.awnbers and we
laok fotwatd to tlleir help and adwCCtw, him,wANIdt.a .1UIIIJ:iI;-'.reatstrength
to the Foundati0n in <ieveloping.new pliO&Jiammaa
.
I cannot conclude without expressing my apflC'liatieo.,ohhe.excellent and
dedicated work put in by all members of the Foundation's staff under the able'
leadership of Professor Kavoori.
'
The year&ahcad upto. the, end· QCtIle. ceutu.r, wiU.bc.a..csitica} period for
our country in the field of family planing,; £a£.c;a, e •. ~.
contain the
growth of our population may depend our very survival as a nation. The
technical and financial resources are there, providea-aur .. Qep'.D..,ent and all
those who, like oUrsebresl have apositivc.relc.. f4. PJat', ~..., ••• will and the
courage. to meet the challenge •.
JRD TATA
Chairman

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Qlak •••• 'Awe •
.rGl'D...ao-tOi tile. F•••••••••• !
" ll'III' writitlgr t~yeu' as CftBi~rrrllflo' 'the-Famil~' Planning FOundation which
wa-cre&tediw l~o..aoSa' nO'ft'-Gfficialergllt1isati01'l fill'supplenienfand support
4hvellllMllt'''.family'plaDDingpoogrmnures.
.
/'
fJ,..n •• prob_s and e~
to prngl'ell8; and in fact to our very sur-
,...,_<1- u.at _It 4le1lmel'atitnl&tian, nene is' Blote smoos thatt the- population explo-
••. wNcIP,. ba¥mg. added'300 mUIiDn·lOul•.~· otirpopuIat'ioD in the past thirty
aW8¥ in· the ~
J.:uMthe beRefits of our' GNP: growth, now
tItu •••• ;t9·ma-H itt1'iJ1ltbn ""tll\\H~rrif.t4..fi8Utle' ofa thousand million by
•• tam'ertIie,eefttil!ry~ onf1l 2'1: years. away; The' impact: on OUt economy of
1aMil8,•••.fecil, cfBtl:1'ehieu«e,ed1Mt&an4 l'rovide reasonaMe- meome to another
350 miIl_'pe'8Ple-evera.tahft:eer
presltDtefJ-nriHtPn'eatr ",well imagined.
~1I"thWwere tmf.l enewgh,' fliIrtber' ~iOns'
.indicate'· that unless effective
adiQlPi., ••• !lOW, our'l'OPuim6n' wiU ukimatefy,- grow to' a horrendous
is ttlfttt&l'ldifix· hMred miDiOft'before if sta6lises-.
ISdt Jmf deal"frO'llli thiiJtht' wliat w. faCe. toCfa:y' no Jtmger a grim but
diII!lmf'P~8l.':t wiiietr may safety be t~to f'l1;tUre" generations' to worry about~
hf'elle,tillt'diredfy ameerm'alf aflls'whtr aile aliVe and actiVe- today?
'lthre- is,· anuft'fertUnaw'beiief ~ongst lJOMe peopFe that the problem is
. ~ insolUbte-O!' So Vast'and' dnJpened1 that only Central and State Govern-
meMI'emr'deai with it and' that ttiere it nothing, purposeful that individuals or
tbe'-Tu;"ate-seGtOrcan do' in.the matter.
'lhis'isjUJtlIOttrue.Effective 'biIthc(Jn~rol means do exist-as proved by the
tRm:IeSlI'achievtd'in many: othercountrfes, incl'bding lapan. Tn our own country;
"redUction of our birth rate from 41 to 34 per thousand achieved in the·
tfi:cade'19lJ6-76 haS' been a substantial achievement though admittedly much
Mlortofthetarget'of'25 per·thousand~
\\'
EXp~
or the past ten years or so has provided conclusive and en-
eD1Jl'8ging-evidence that a rapidlygrowingptoportion
of our population,
particufarly'women who yearn- for relief from the heavy Durden of repeated
child birth, understand the. benefits .of controlling the size of their family and
wek:enret~ means of doingsu·when madeavaifable to them.
WIla-r-ii'wmted today, therefore; is greatly to expand the work already
!leiiIg-d'tJDe'inreseareh, in- oommunicatlott' and in providing the organisation
•••. facilities', down to grassroot levetlJ, required' to inform; educate and
motivative couples in the reproductive age and to make freely and convenient-
ly avaaa~ at their doorstep the contraceptive means, advice and services they
need.
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- Government and only to relativelys~altextent by non-governmental rganisa-
tioDsdedicated to family planning such as the FPF. Apart from the fact that
Governments, whether at the Centre or in the States, burdened as they are with
innumerable tasks, problems and responsibilities, are unable to devote the time,
energy and money necessary to achieve the results aimed at, the task itself is
such that organised private efforts must be mobilised to the full~st possible
extent to supplement the Government effort. A ,number of n9n~governmental
organisations dedicated to family planning and allied welfare activities in fact
are in existence and ready to shoulder their share of the burden, but this they
cannot do withont money. It is here that private sector industry can play its part.
It would ,be difficult, if not impossible, for priva~e sector companies to play
a direct role by undertaking individual family planning programmes of their
own, or by identifying and supervising projects and programmes of others, but
they can effectively do so by·. supporting sound and effective family planning
programmes already in existence as well as by sponsoriog,m9nitoring and
supporting new projects and essential research in this field.
If you will glance through the'two enclosed brochures, you'Yill, I am sure,
agree that it is our duty as industrialists and businessmen to pfllYour part in
this vital task and that the FPF, backed by the finest e,xpertise in the country,
is the ideal organisation through which private sector support can best be
channelled. Further evidence of this is provided by the cOIDIl1en.dationof the
FPF's performance by a high power and expert Evaluation Commit~ee headed by
Justice G D Khosla. retired Chief Judge of tbe High,C9urt, and the support
the Foundation has enjoyed since its inception from the Ford Foundation. It is
noteworthy that the FordFQuodation, which have upto now co~trib~ted Rs 40.88
lakhs in support of the FPF's work have, on hearing of,our fun~. raising com-
paign, gtven further proof of their confidence in us by offering to match one for
one, upio a total of $700,000, whatever funds we are able to collect in India.
This means that every rupee donated to the FPF win actuallY bring it two
rupees. What is more, considering that donations to the Fou.ndli.tion are
entitled to full exemption from tax under Section 3S0)(ii) of the Income Tax
Act, the net cost of those two rupees to a profit-making donor c~inpany would
be only abo.ut 40 paise. It is inconceivable that we should' fail to take advan-
tage of this munificent offer from our foreign friends for wanto{support from
our own people.
"
, What more can I say inl appealing for your group's support? I am
aware that we are aU subjected to many claims for support to various causes
but. in the light of all I have said in tbis letter, I put it to you thatthere can b~
no greater claim on yourgenerousity and no more vital.andurge~t need today
than to support the nation's family planning prograIDIl1e.
'
Hoping for a favow:able response, and with kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
JR DTATA

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1. Introduction
This report is presented in three p~rts. The first deals with the population
situation as a complementary exercise to that of the Chairman. The second will
deal with some of the internal exercises of the Foundation particularly relating
to the attempts to organise the Foundation for a more effective role in the
coming years, a role evolved against the background of the Evaluation Com-
mittee Report as also the reality of other major considerations in the national
scene. The final part is about some of·the more important programmes and
. projects. This is illustrative of the new and the innovative and focusses on their
quality and relevance, rather than describing about individual programmes and
proje<:ts. (The repqrt is followed as in previous y~ars by an. overview of indivi-
dual programmes and projects presented under different categories.)
The overall attempt in the Report will be both recapitulative and futuristic,
. the latter will particularly focus on the future programmes and projects of
continuing promotional efforts.
2. The Population situation
(a) The demographic challenge
The dimensions of· the population problem as it exists today in India are
indeed daunting. However, it is not insur!Dountable as yet-provided appro-
priateplanned action ·to redress it is initiated with some immediacy and'
determination. The Working Group on Population Policy set up by the
PlanoingCommission has mapped the parameters of needed action in its report
finalised recently, a demographic goal of a Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) of
1 by the year 2001, which is likely to be adopted by the country. NRR of one
means that given certain mortality and fertility conditions, on an average, a
woman will be replaced by just one daughter in the reproductive years. To
accomplish this the country will have to move from the present family size
of about 6 children born, 4.2 surviving to 2.3 children per couple or in other
words a 2 child famiiy norm accepted throughout the length and breadth of the
country. The birth rate will have to drop from the existing 33 per 1000 to 21
and the mortality rate will alongside have to decline from the present 14 per
1000 to 9, largely through a halving of the infant mortality rate.
The proposed drop in the birth rate-12 points in 18 years-is considered
by expert opinion to be quite within the national competence for the nation has
, a track record of a drop of 8-9 points' over the 11 year period 1966-77when the
programme was pursued with some vigoor. But it has been estimated that to
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proteetedby birth control measures. The present estimates .which can be consi-
dered conservative, place these numbers at 84 million couples by ·1996. It'
may be added that if the present comparitive inaction continues this figure
could increase substantially.
The size of the audience to be reached is one aspect. The other is that
further~ reduction in fertility will call for far more fundamental changes in
attitud~ than were needed earlier. Enhanced efforts w~ll be required to
engineer the shift from large families to the 2 child norm. And now we will be
dealing with. the resistant core of the population on the one hand, and on the
other, with younger people who have to begiven methods that need continuous
motivation to use. It may be instructive to remind ourselves at this stage
that the population of India is bottom heavy, that is the juvenile age from 0
to 15 years age is 42% of the population. In other words, those who will
do- the "demographic damage" are already here. Containing their fertility
behaviour in a manner that will minimize the inevitable burden is the most
crucial challenge in all our population control strategies have faced so far.
Equally, there is the factthat the demographic goal as now spelt out-reduction
of mortality as well fertility-demand·· the back up of the entire complex of
economic and social improvem~nts to change the quality of life. Family·
planning is now being attempted to be pursued as one part of a broader move-
ment of social transformation. In this context, it may be recalled that the
Planning Commission's recent approach to the population question has set in
motion a wave of new thinking that is forward looking and mature, which sees
th~ population issue within an overall integrated perspective of health and social
equity. This makes the challenge a much more complex, but also infinitely
more worthwhile challenge than that faced by population concerns at any point
in the past. Viewed in thIS perspective kn.ownsocial contractptive technologies
are inadequate compounding the question at this juncture is the lack of
~requisite political willsocouspicuous by its absence in the present scene.
The above issue have been spelt out at some length for there are several
lessons implicit in this profile. The most important of these is that governmental
action though invaluable will not suffice. The Government machinery is not the
ideal instrument of change of the basic human values, and most certainly not
for a sensitive, intimate area of life such as fertility behaviour. The stalemate-
makes imperative a fresh and vital regeneration of national commitment that
transcends political, creed and class ideologies. Here lies the critical import-
anceof genuinely. concerned and well informed voluntary effort to catalyse
involvement, as also provide a direction to official effort. It may be indicated
that within its limited resources, the Family Planning-Foundation, as one of the
few voluntary organisatiOl1Sfor population research and action in the country,
has been already discharging th,is function consciously and with some success.
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recent years the Government has been looking more earnestly towards the
voluntary sector to playa significant part in this national work.
(b) Some continuing inadequacies
Several of the problems related to population and family planning arise out of
the way we have tried to solve the problem and which continues to be
attempted. This asp-ect of the. problem has not escaped the attention of the
Foundation. In fact reference to this idea has been made in the Annual Reports
in varying forms over the years. It would be worthwhile to mention some of
. these.
(i) Hegemony of technology
The population problem is being solved by and large in a technological frame-
work. This approach tends to ignore the essentially human, social and cultural
aspects of the· problem. Unless these areas are recognised as vital· to the solu-
tion of the problem no serious progress can be made. The Foundation in its
funding and promoting role over the years has been alive to this dimension
from two points of view-(a) in commissioning and providing support to studies
that recognise the critical importance of the social and cultural aspects of
fertility and family dynamics; and (b) working to develop selectively and mean-
ingfully possible relevant technologies-relevant not only to the psychology
and culture of the people but also in terms . of contraceptive effectiveness and
acceptance.
(ii) Integrating population with development
.The need for integrating population with development was not felt until recent
years because of the long standing attitude and psychology that the family plan-
ning approach by itself and the methods that go with it were self-sufficient. The
challenge in this is both at the policy and programme level. The Foundation
for the last few years has supported selectively policy-oriented studies that take
cognizance of this critical need. Studies relating population with education,
health, rural development, etc. have received support.' But this has been
however an insufficient effort for which much more probing needs to be done.
The probing of developmental processes is necessary for understanding the
population problem in all its social and political complexity.
(iii) Inadequate motivational strategy
The criteria of a small size family norm is essentially a value creating effort,
within which both the individual and the group matter. Within the health care
system in' which the
family planning
.
work
and
philosophy
\\.
have
..
been
.nurtured ,
the focus has been inordinately greater on the individuaL The educational
approaches also have tended to concentrate around the' individual. .Besides

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these have been informatio(l and contc~t oriented and not sa much motivation
oriented. The Foundation in Its own way has tried toBU this lacunae, parti-
cularly with projects with population education and/or training focus.
(iv} A clinical Qriented infrastructure
.
CliniCal or!ientation of health services has vitiated the family planning effort to a
substantial extent.. This is because family planning, an on-going need-a matter
,,
.
!
,in which only the normal, healthy human beings are involved-has got enmesh-
ed into a disease tackling system. This has raised peculiar difficulties and some
distortio~s.
'
The stress in the Foundation's projects on relevant technology and com-
munity based distribution system has in some measure attempted to correct the
imbalance.
NGO programmes too family planning oriented
In spite of the pioneering nature ofNGOs work, the NGOsinvolvement in family
planning has, since its inception,been within a circumstantial medical and
health framework. The NGO sector's educational and motivational pro-
grammes although in many cases better than that of the Government have been
developed within this framework altogether. NGO movement for family plan-
ning has not been sufficiently integrated and dovetailed into the social change
process in this country. Some good beginnings have been made. But the
challenge in this area continues to be really enormous and complex. The
Foundation, in the last few years has been concious of these lacunae. It has
endeavoured to develop new programmes geared towards stimulating a different
kind of involvemen,t. It has arrived at a measure of confidence in its ability to
deal with this aspect of the task.
The foregoing analysis of the problem, alongside the evidence of continuing
limitations, make the population question a critical issue in the national agenda.
3. IBtemal exereises
The past one year has been a period of intense self-introspection for the Found-
ation as an Institution. This was prompted by two reasons-(I) the Evaluation
Report and its implications for evolving a more relevant and effective role for
the Foundation and possible reorganisation for the purpose; and (2) the impli-
cations of the new perceptions of the population issue to which broad reference
has already been made in this report' earlier.
. Two of the more important excercises were the preparation of a perspective
,plan of the Foundation and Report of a Sub-Committee on staff reorganization
prepared under the Chairmanship of Dr Bharat Ram, the Vice-Chairman.
Taese were complementry exercises. The former has been reviewed by the
Advisory Council and awaits approval by the Governing Bo~rd. The latter has
been reviewed and approved by the Governing Board. The suggestions and

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\\recommendations made by the Sub-Committee have be~n inCOt'pOrated into the
Perspective Plan. In this report an attempt is made to peiapitulate briefly the
Perspective Plan including the future directions of the Foundatipn. This brief
summary focusses on the approach, philosophy, programme and policy thrust
envisaged for the Foundation in the Plan.
(i) The Perspective Plan
The Plan first reconceptualises the history of the Foundation over the years.
This is follOWedby an analysis of the population problem particularly keeping
in mind the likely developments in the next two decades and more particularly
, in the coming five years. Next are detailed the future di-rections, administrative
and financial aspects. Lastly the prosramme ideas and projects are spelt out in
some detail.
.
Fature dlreetieRs ef the FoundatieR
Mter the analysis of the population problem, the thrust of which is that the
population problem can be solved with adequate political will and national
development, the future directions for the Foundation arespelt out within the
guidelines and framework provided by the Evaluation Committee Report. The
various insights gathered from various exercises going on ,in' the country are
also taken note of.
.
"
The Plan considers that the present population situation provides to the
Foundation a unique and challenging opportunity to identify for itself as a non-
governmental organisation an approach and a philosophy aimed at helping the
country's population to stabilise at a developJllentally manageable level.
..
Framework suggested for the Foundation
1. The Foundation should endeavour along with other forward looking
forces in the country to promote famHy planning as part of a humane move-
ment for a better quality of life for all.
2. The Foundation should look upon education and research as desirable
and powerful instruments for influencing society and its values particularly for
inculcating ideas of planned parenthood.'
.
The Foundation should always recognise the fact that no family planning-
programme will suceed unless it is part of a larger developmental process. .
4. The Foundation should continue its activities keeping in view its indepen-
dent and indigenous character, especially when interacting with international
agencies.
Role and fuetioD of the Foulldatioo
(a) The Foundation should stimulate and encourage voluntary action in an
imaginative :maJ,lner. This would involve supporting NGOs' not only for specific
family planning programmes but more often helping them seek their own kind of

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cieveiopme~t and welfare activities which djrectly and indirectly spread the small
family 'norm.
(b) The Foundation should help to promote and accelerate social change
processes which directly or indirectly' encourage a fertility decline. Thus, it
should support programrtles for raising the age of marriage, educating women,
reducing infant mortality, raising the status of women, etc.
(c) The Foundation should actively promote the development of contracep-
.tive technology relevanttoIndian needs and conditions. Besides the development
of {jirect contraceptive tecknology. the Foundation should also support highly
selective and promising areas of basic research in reproductive biology.
(d) The Foundation should undertake innovations in Information, Education
and Communication (lEe) programmes at three levels-(i) educating decision-
makers, opinion leaders, etc. on the basis of research knowledge; (ii) educating
critical groups like youth and women; and (iii) developing innovative IECpro-
grammes involving the mass media, grassroot level workers, particularly in the
voluntary sector.
(e) The Foundation should promote mOre research through demonstration
and action research projects, of health care,' social development, non-formal
education, income genera.tion, employment of women etc. such demonstration
projects undertaken by NGOs would have great relevance for policie& and pro-
grammes for the country at large.
(f) The Foundation should continue the research stress on understanding
. fertility behaviour at the micro level.
Within the above-mentioned areas which are· elaborated upon in later
sections. of the Plan, there are listed details of several possible projects which
may be undertaken. The Plan unequivocally and categorically indicates that the
Foundation needs to be highly selective In its support given its limited resources.
The Foundation is also advised to continue to apply the criteria laid down
by the Advisory Council, i.e. projects supported by the Foundation should be
developmentally oriented, innovative, replicative, gap-filling and economical.
The Plan spells out the administrative aspects of the Foundation's role.
The focus is on a flexible adlDinistrative approach ~ith maximum economy pos-
sible. The last section of the Plan deals with programme areas and project areas.
The stress on .these projects is on strengthen!ng the NGOs movement, relevant
" technology and improvement of health delivery systems and innovative' mecha-
nisms, with special reference to improving the will of the country in critical
areas of population research and action.
.
4. Programme stance
The projects supported by the Foundation are described in detail. in the later
sections,of the Annual. Report. However, a few innovative developments that the
Foundation has stimulated in the pa.st year will be described here. One of them
is in the comrtlunicatioo field. Two years ago when the subject of family plan-

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ning was placed in the background, the Foundation took the initiative of launch-
ing a special programme which had the ambitious task of sensitising critical levels
of leadership to a renewed commitment. The Foundation can ta~e pride in the
fact that a very substantial input to such population debate as has / taken place
in the country in the media-national press, radio and TV-in the past two
years has come from this-intensive imaginative effort with minimum resources.
Besides, bringing a crucial visibility to the issue, time and again as it was being
politically relegated, this effort has succeeded in sparking a renewal of interest
in the family planning :issue in a number of organisations. Altogether, this has
been a promising thrust in the Foundation's functioniQg which has resulted in the
development of several new programmes through areas of cooperation which
have emerged from this stimulus. To strengthen the communication base built
by the Foundation to conti,nue tJiis work with greater vigour, is now a concern
, before the Foundation. As important, if not more, is the· nee,a to intensify the
Foundation's work in contributing to greater awareness as also action pro-
grammes on women:sstatus issues recognised today as a vital adjunct of family
planning activity .
In the bio-medical field special'mention must be made of the Foundation's
"Status Report" on Contraceptive Technology Relevant to Indian Conditions
published in 1979. The coinbined effort of some of die leading bio-medical
scientists of the country, this report has provided a much-needed authoritative
,assessment .of existing contraceptive technologies and the further thrust required
in bio-medical research. It is providing a frame of reference for the Foundation's
own work and a valuable guideline to several governmental and non-govern-
mental agencies. Another major pioneering thrust of the Foundation in the bio-
medical field has been the development' of an innovative approach and methodo-
logy to scientifically evaluate indigenous materials and technical methods claimed
to have fertility regulating effects. While maintaining full respect for the Indian
systems within which the knowleJge is rooted, this effort is attempting to
incorporate the work into the mainstream of bio-medical research.
The Foundation's efforts in bringing about implementation of family
planning programmes, through their integration with comprehensive health care
delivery and other community' welfare progfl,l.mmes,_undertaken with the active
involvement of the community, are being persued thrQugh some of its experi-
mental action projects. The Integrated Health' Care Delivery project at Sokho-
deora has put into operation a category of community level Voluntary Health
Workers, who have been trained in simple health care delivery systems belonging
to different indigenous systems of medicine through local expertise.
The Health Welfare and Education project in Kashmir, which is for develop-
ing a comprehensive programme of health, family planning, and population
education, alongwith welfare activities, has been re-oriented by exten<:iingthe
community. health service~ into the villages and also including population educa-
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the threshokl of a matrimonial rol~ and responsibility.
Yet another critical area in which the Foundation has now emerged is in
developing models and methodologies' for population education. Recognising
the need to use existing institutional frameworks with a large reach, particularly
in the rural areas, it is attempting to involve agricultural' institutions, which
range' from agricultural uaiversities to small farmers' training centres, in the
work of population educa"on by evolving and demonstrating the role they can
play. This pilot effort would have use in the national programme. Similarly
population education programmes for out-of-school youth in other non-formal
settings, likec:raft training centres, is another contribution now being experi-
mented.
S. Critical focus in fflture
Apart from the. very selective element of identification of the programmes and
projects and continuing the initiative as a promotional organization, the Founda-
tion will rigorously evaluate, monitor and supervise. Staff at the senior levels
is being strengthened' fo! tliis purpose and the roles and responsibilities of the
staff, particularly at the senior level being reorganized with this ,end in view.
The assistance tole !Iud programme 'content will not only galvanize the
NOO for family planning but also help them develop their institutional capa-
bilities. The appI:oach to assistance will thus not be just confined to the
dcveldpmentof projects per sein terms of their usefulness and excellence, but
as much relate it to the need fordevelopiag institutional capacities. The ex-
pertise from outside and.its utilization by the Foundation will reinforce this new
dimension in the Foundation's thinking.
The next few years are crucially important. T~ey will provide to the nation
the opportunity to identify a more relevant population policy, workable strategies
and demonstrable. programme possibilities. This will be a critical preparation
for a heightened and dedicated responsibility of' an encompassing kind!.
The nation asa whole needs to be fully involved in this work. The Foundation
ple<lges to be in the forefront to pursue with determination and dedication,
. with will and increasing confidence to looking for new and' better ways to
resolve this national dilemma.
J CKAVOORI
Executive Director

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Index of Projects

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Amount
Sanctioned
..,if. Development of Anti-Pregnancy Vaccine and
for developing adjuvant at CDRI Luckpow to potentiate
.h. . the Anti-pregnancy Vaccine .
A Clinico Pharmacological Evalution of Plant Products
used in Indigenous System of Medicine for Fertility
.1J. Regulation .
Mechanisms of Secretion of Choriono-gonadotropins in
Pregnant Monkeys and Human Placental tissue Cultures .
../4. Mechanisms of Implantation and Pre-implantatio~
.A. Events.
..
Antifertility Effects of Intranasal Administration of
-J,. Prostaglandins to Rhesus Monkes.
.
Development, Evaluation and Application of a Radio
Receptor Test for HcG/LH in Fertility Regulation.
j. Male Attti-Fertility Agents in Human and Sub-human
Primates.
~. Contraception for Males-Studies on Epididymis.
5,00;000
25,000
vlO. Village Level Health and Family Planning Worker (five
case studies).
.
vi 1. Integrated Ht!alth Care Delivery including Family Plan-
ning with Community Participation.
.
v12. District Development Demonstration Project in Madurai
. District .
..A3. A Pilot Project on Health Wejfare and Education with
Special Emphasis on Population Education.
3,00,000
1,00,000

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Principallnvestigatorl
Project Dil'ectorl
Dr G P Talwar-
Dr Nitya Nod
Dr A Jaga.DDadu Rao
Dr N R Moudgal
Dr Jayshree Sen Gupta
Dr S K -Manchanda
Dr C P Puri-
Dr T C Anand Kumar
Dr S M Shahani &
MrP Potdar
Dr K R Laumas and
Dr A Kasid
Dr (Mrs)Sudha-
Chatterjee
Dr Somnath Roy
Dr P Govindarajulu
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi and Central Drug Research Inst.
Lucknow.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education
& Research, Chandigarh.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi.
All-India Inslitute of Medical.Science, New
Delhi.
TN. Medical College, Bombay and All
India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi.
National Institutes of He,alth &.Family
Welfare, New Delhi:
P.ostgraduate Institute. of Basic Medjcal
Sciences, Madras.
Social Work & Research Centre, Tilonia
(Rajasthan).
Family Planning Foundation.
Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and
Family Planning, Ambathurai, Madurai.
Sher-i-Kashmir National Medical Institute
Trustl Srina~ar (1 &. K).

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Sl.
No.
~4. Action-cum-research Project on Different Aspects of
Medical TerminatioJl of Pregnancy Having a Bearing on
Family Planning.
III. Information, Edncation and Communication
.,{5. Population Education Through Agricultural Institutions-
Develop1ng Role .Definition and Role Commitments of
Agricltural Institutions in Population Education .
.1'16. Developing a_ Programme of Information, Dissemination
.17. and Motivation in Population and Family Planning .
Innovative Approach for the· Creation of Demand and
. Promotion of Community. Involvement and Participatwn
in Family Welfare Planning Programme. An experiment
with Mother's Club/Mahila Kalyan Mandals.
·18. Orientation Training of Mukhya Sevikas in Health and
Family Welfare.
'19. A Demonstration Project for Evolving an Effective Role
for GrassrOQt Child Welfare Workers in Family Planning
in an Urban/Slum/Rural Area.
·20. Atlas on th~ Ghild in India.
.
• 21. Developing the Role of Lo~al Women's Organisations in
Family Planning Acceptance by Improving the Status of
Women .
. 22. PrQvision of Population Education for AIHB Trainees in
Carpet Weaving Centres~
.23; Non-formal Education for Motivation i!1Family Planning:
A Demonstration Project in A Rural Area in UP.
IV. Family PlaDoing in the Organi~ Sector
h. Population and Women in the Orga~ised Sector.
Amount
Sanctioned
93,700
33,000
77,000
5,000
y25. Strategies for Family Planning in the Indian Industrial
. Sector.,
.

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Principal Investigator/
Project Director
Directorate of Health Services, Government
56
of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.
Dr (Miss) Amita Burdhan National Institute of Health and Family
and Dr D C Dube
Welfare, New Delhi.
Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and
Family Planning, MaduraL
Delhi Social Welfare Advisory Board
(D"SWAB).
JawaharlalNehru University, New Delhi.
Fami ly Planning Foundation.
School of Social Work, Kashi Vidyapeeth,
Varanasi.
Literacy House, Lucknow.
Prof eNS Nambudiri
and, Prof B R Sharma
Council for Social Development; Hislop
College, Nagpur; Christian Medical Associa-
tion of India; and School of Social Work
(M.S. University of Baroda).
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

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Si.
No.
V. Studies, Sorvey~ and Evaluation
v 26. Status Stftdy of Population Research in India· on Manage-
ment.
,/l.7. Status Study of Population Education as part of School
Education in India.
.
.,,/28. A Study of Population Policy and the Legal Framework.
ov19. Monographon India.
~o. Study of Population Poli cies in India •
Amount
Sanctioned
25,000
10,000
62,500
10,000
45,000
.fi2. Changing Family Org&nisatiot1 among Khasis and Oaros
-A Study.
~3. Motivation for Planned Parenthood-A Preliminary Study
of Muslim Families in a City.
J4. Developing a Programme of Research in Population and
Family Planning ftom "a Seciological and Behavioural
Point of View with Particular Reference to Urban,
Tribal and Rural Communities.
v'35.FamilyPlat1ning Innovation in India: An Anthropologi-
-.,16. cal Study.
Establishing a Mechanical Tabulation Research Cell for
Family Planning Programme of the Christian Medical
..A7. Association of India, Banglore .
Population Policy-2,000 A.D.: A Stud~ of the Relationship
between Population and Economic Development .
.JS. Determinants of Fertility Change in Tamil Nadu .
..A9. Developing Population Programmt6 for North-Eastern
Hill University (NEHU); Shillong.
-vW. Study on the Status of Women and Its Impact." on
Population Practices.
28,000
30,000
95,000
21,200
25,000
95,000

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Principal Investigator/
Project Director
Prof J K Satia
ProfR Maru
Dr (Mrs) Asha A Bhende International Institute of Population Studies,
82
(To be reassigned)
Bombay.
Dr Phul Chand
Institute of Constitutional arid 'Parliamentary
82
Studies, New Delhi.
Foundation, ESCAP &.
Foundation in collaboration with the
84
the Indian Association
Indian Association for Studies of Popuilltion.
for Study of Population.
Dr Ali Baqur
Centre for the~Study of Developing Societies,
Dr Ramashray ~Royand New Delhi,
Dr Rajni Kothari
Dr Ramashray Roy
Centre for the Study ,of Developing
(formerly Dr Prodipto Roy) Societies, New Delhi.
Dr Ali Bal:Iur
Dr M Koridanda Rao
North-Eastern ij:ill University, Shillong.
Dr Imtiaz Ahmed
Jawahadal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Dr M N Srinivas &
Commissioned by the Foundation.
Dr E A Ramaswamy (Rural);
Dr A R Desai (Urban);
Dr Roy Burman (Tribal).
Dr A K Danda
Commissioned by the Foundation.
Christian Medical A~sociation of India,
Bangalore.
Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and
Family Planning, Madurai.
North-Eastern Hill University.
The seminar will be organised by FPF with
the help of the Gandhigram Institute of
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SI.
No.
'41. Organisation for Change: A System Analysis of Family
Planning in Rural India Publication Grant) ..
Amount
Sanctioned
vt2. Functional Analysis of the Primary Health Centre.
of ~3. A Programme
Reviving and Revitalising Voluntary
Sterlization in three States-A Demonstration Project.
v44. Demonstration Project in Community Based Distribution
(CBD) of Contraceptives and Community Based Services
.
(CBS) A Planning Grant .
..;!5. Establishing a Private Outpatient Fertility Control Clinic--
in a Rural Area. -
,
50,000
4,00,000
30,000
11,50,700
../46. National Conference of Voluntary Organisations for
Evolving a Strategy of Participation in Family Planning.

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Principal Investigatorl
Project. Director
The Indian Institute of Management,
Banglore .
.Commissioned by Family PIil.Oning
Foundation.
Kasturba Medical
ManipaI.
College
Hospital,
Family Planning Foundation and Family
Planning Association of India.

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SI.
Amount
No.
Sanctioned
fir-Film on Population and Family Planning with Focus on
Women .
..A'3. Pilot Project on Training Rural Leaders in Population
and Development. I.
.
..A4. Communication for Social Marketing: A Methodology
for Developing Communication Appeals for Family Plan-
ning Programme (A Publication Grant) .
...As. Family Planning Communication for Young Rural
Married Couples .
./16. Analytical Case Study of an Innovative Programme in
Population and Family Planning (Closed).
J17. Functional Literacy and Family Life Planning Educa-
tion (Closed).
JI8. Population Education for Non-School Going Youths.
• (Closed).
""9. Publication of 'Demography India'-a
journal.
~. Publication of the Special Issues of Urdu and English
Quarterly Journals "Islam Aur Asri Jadid" and "Islam
and the Modern Age" with the Family Planning
. Theme.
vtt. Study Group on Sixth Five-Year Plan (with specific focus
on reviewing the population and family planning policy
and programme of the Plan).
IV. Family Planning in the Organised Sector
i'l2. Action Oriented Innovative Projects for Developing
Models in the Organised Industries .
./23. Comprehensive' Labour Welfare Scheme (including No
Birth Bonus Scheme).
V. Studi~s, Surveys and Evaluation
A4. Study of Natural Family Planning ~ethods.
4,500.
1,500

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Principal Investigator/
Project Director
A film producer.
113
Prof K M Sharma and . All India Panchayat Parishad, New Delhi.
113
Mr D K Sharma
Dr Labdhi Pat Raj
Bhandari
Mr R Jain and
Mr A Srivastava
Dr Y P ~ingh
Mr M P Dadhich
Centre for Development of Instructional
114
Technology (CENDIT), New Delhi.
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
115
Delhi.
Bikaner Adult Education Association,
115
Bikaner.
All India Panchayat Parishad.
lIS
Indian Association for the Study of Popu-
115
lation.
Islam and Modern Age Society, Jamia
116
Nagar, New Delhi.
Task Group under
Dr Malcolm
S Adiseshiah
Commissioned by Family Planning Founda-
116
tion.
Mr V IChacko
Dr (Miss) A George
United Planners' Association of South India .117
(UPASI).
Dr Amritananda Das and Commissioned by F~mily PlanningFounda-
Prof Sugata Das Gupta
tion.

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SI.
No.
VI. Marketing, Management and Administration
~1. Organisation of Simultaneous Eye-cum-Family
Camps and a Study of their Mutual Impact.
. v42. Family Planning Camps in Madras.
Planning
...43. Integrated Family Planning Services at the Pearl Clinic-
A Case Study.
VII. Conferences/Seminars/Workshops
~5. Symposium on "Recent Advances in Contraceptive
.
Technology".
fl. Symposium on Neuroendocrine Regulation of Fertility.
./47. Symposium on Chemistry, Biology and Immunology of
Gonadotropins.
.
j48. Symposium on Regulation of Growth and Differentiated
Function in Eukaroyote Cells.
v1l9. Vth International Congress on Hormonal Steroids.
-AO. An International Symposium on Recent Advances in Re-
production and Fertility Control.
.,,51. Symposium on "Non-Human Primates in Biomedical
Re·search" .
..152. VII Congress of the International Primatological Society.
./.>3. Winter School on Neuro-physiological and Neuro-
. chemical correlates of Behaviour and International Sym-
posium on Aggressive Behaviour.
.
.,64. International Symposium and Workshop in Biomedical
A5. Engineering.
IInd Conference of the Federation of Indian Societies of
Endocrinology .
~6. XXIII Annual Conference of the Association of Physiolo-
gists and Pharmacologists of India.
Amount
Sanctioned
69,000
35,000
50,000
4,000
20,000
20,000
15,000
75,000
25,000
15,000
20,000
20,000

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P,rincipalInvestigatorl
Project Direc tor
Mr TV Antony
Dr LRamachandran
State Bank of India employees, FPF and Lok
Kalyan Samiti, Badarpur. -
.
RouI;1d Tables, Madras and the Madras
Municipal Corporation and GTRH & FP,
Madurai
Dr Pai's Family Hospital; Bombay.
128
128
Dr N R Moudgal an~
Dr T C Anand Kumar
Dr S K Manchanda
Dr (Mrs) Sarda
Subramanyam
Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical
Sciences, Madras.

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Sl.
No .
....157. Xth Convention of the Indian College of Allergy and
Applied Immunology .
.;58. Dr B C Roy MeDllQrial Lecture.
Js9, Workshop on F'llJllilyPlanning Propagation Strategy for
Medical Practitioners .
.,.60. National Seminar on Physician and Population Change .
• 61. XXV Annual Conference of the Association of Physiolo-
gists ofIndia.
'
~62. Workshop on "Developing Integrated Material on Family
Planning Education".
.
~3. ~emina.rOnSex Education.
J64. The Third Annual Conference 'Of t1le Indian Association
for the Study of Population (lASP).
v65. Task on Indian Youth Population CoalitiOfl (I¥PC).
A. Seminar of Key Decision-Makers in the Sar~d€laya
.
Movemen.t in India and Zonal' Seminars for Grossroot
V£7. Level Sarvodaya Workers.
Seminar and Summer Institute in Family Planning for
Social Work Education.
~8. I~volvement· of Private Medical Practitioners in the·
National Family Programme.
~9. Asian Conference on Family as a Unit of Welfare in
. National P.JaRn~ ..
• 70. National Conference on Population Dynamics-aDd Rural
Development.
. Amount
Sanctioned
5,000
5,000
15,000
5,000,·
_10,000
50,000
5,000
50,000

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Principal Investigator!
Project Director
Dr N G Garg, General
Secy.
Dr.PNWam
The Indian College of Allergy and Applied
Immunology.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Educa-
tion and Research, Chandigarh.
.
Indian Medi~al Association, New Delhi.
Indian Associatioftllfor the Advancement of
Medical Education, New Delhi.
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
Indian CQuncil of Child Welfare,
New Delhi.
Indian Association for the Study of Popu-
lation, Delhi.
Indian Youth Population Coalition (IYPC).
Dr K N George and
a Dr S Pathak
Dr PC BhatIa
1,2~
Indian Medical Association, New Delhi.
129
Indian Coun~il of Social Sciences Research,
New I?elhi. Jointly funded, by the ICSSR,
UNICEF and the Family Planning Founda-
tion.
IASP.

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I. Biomedical Research

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Inspite . of extensive biomedical research being carried out a'll over the world
including India. and the knoW~ ~
aadanOaOili\\y ()f Ii number of
contraceptive methods, it has sti1.lnot made ita iftlPCld in_ eountry especially.
amongst the rural population. The Fouadation., .therefore. bas been actively sup-
portI~ BIomedical ae.d ether allied researches for developing and making avail-
able sate, accepta~, economiQQl aod feasible contreoeptive technology, which
will h~ve relevance to the present Indian conditions.' Researches for improving
the existing contraceptive technology and its a-daptation to the particular needs
or our couutf¥ are being Sllpported. The :f:oundationis also supporting basic
research in the. area or human repr0ducdoa. as a clear knowledge of some of
these biologicl.l processes is essential for the, application 'of .the knowledge con-
cerning different coatraceptive methods..
The Ford Foundation gaveaspeclalgcant. of Its 16 lakhs to the Family
Planning Foundation for estab1isni~ akesearch Award Scheme, for Career
'Dev~lopmei1t for 'R.esearch in the field oUlumaaReproduction and Contra-
ceptive'technology. With this the Fouooatioa has endeavoured to give a selec-
tive thrust to reproductive resear~hJn India, by supporting pr-omising areas of
research, through a pr6~ramme of Fellowship .awards to outstanding and pro-
mising scientists, keeping in view their level of seniority, expertise, and scienti-
fic and academic proficiency. The research projects approved for,their studies,
ho.cw~,att 'I1m~ t'hose "MUch have iInn}edHite.relevance to theirapplicabi.
M:Y Yn t'tre tndtan 'ftl1Ifitll.
-
.
this FQjeot flC:F-eseatS!& \\let:y ~R808Cell_
oCOntt:aceptivetechnology
in the world today. Its appaoachis based on the induction of antibodies
~~,"'8 against human chorionogonaidtropin (IfOO):whith isaneal'lyproduct of con-
ltlI&lIMlt" ••
1atltlft«mef 'the f~mJize4 ;egg. If a vaccine
_aVlt Wf~
••. 1liIe ~
If>r.~ ~Il 'be~~,
wbidlis·teversible and free'
it wiU_e .oiaii8.dvamagtJsmbmngamenable
to mass
use, mJt t'Clquimlg4:t.i@hty.raiMd't:*9m1Ilcd, -.4' tikeay tbbe ava~lable at low
~.

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Previous
Studies
The work on this'project started in; 1915 and has been making steady progress.
Through ..the last few years the project has also been supported by the Inter-
national DevelQpment Research Centre, aswell as the World Health Organisa-
tion.
Trials with the vaccine on animals as well as human females have brought out
the following results:
.
I) Animal trials originally conducted with the vaccine gave good results in
producing antibody titres against HcG, and further very little cross reaction
with LH was observed. On the basis of the methods used animal trials did
not show any toxicity.
..
ii) Phase I trials conducted on human females, who had .been tubectomized,
. or in whom hystetectomy had been done, tended to substantiate the above
results observed in animals. Good antibody; responses were observed,
without anyunfavourable side effects.
iii) However, when clinical trials were conducted on some normal human fema-
les, it was observed that there was a marked variability in the immunol-
gical responses produced in the respondents. Effe~tive .antibody concentra-
tioncould not be achieved in some women to prevent conception, while
good immunological response was observed in som.e others .
. iv) Studies conducted on baboons appeared to provide quite favourable and
effective results.
Current Status To achieve the above-mentioned desired results the task before the project is to
evolve ways and means to (a.) improve the threshold of antibody response; and
(b) evolve new strategies to combat the problem of individual variability in
immune response.
A. Improvement of Antibody Response
This requires the developmentofimmunopotentiating agents or adjuv~nts.The
arrangement has been made with CORI, Lucknow to synthesize a series of
muramyl dipeptides (MOP) compounds,. for which the Foundation has sanc-
tioned a grant of Rs 25;000 to CORI.However, the first preparation made by
CORI when tested in the laboratory has not shown the expected ~djuvant
activity. CORI has programmed the synthesis of new batches of MPO, as well
as some other derivatives and analogues of this compound. Another adjuvan~
lipopoly saccharides (LPS) has been isolated and is being tested for its' effects.
B. Studies on Individual Va,iabi~ity
There are genetic variations amongst individuals in terms of helper response
.to a given proteinic epitome .. Studies are b~ing conducted to find out whether
. using· a multi-carrier approach may he,lp overcome the individual deficiency
towards a single carrier and may then giveabetter':~ompositeresponse.
The
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hemoeyanin(KHC), are being investigated: Another carrier proposed to be
studied will be from the.influenza virus.
C. Molecular Topology offJHcG
Studies are being carried out to find out the merits and limitations oftbeC
terminal synthetic peptides of fJHcG. These studies are expected to provide
information on the portion of the molecule which.is important as an immuno-
dominant epitome, as well as the part of the molecule involved in biological
activities.
Future Studies Studies are going to be extended 'on the Jines mentioned above, including toxi-
cology studies in animals with any methods which may give better results. All
these studies are expected to take some time before the vaccine can be taken
up for general use in human females.
Rs 5,00,000 (The Institutional Development Rtsearch Centre, Canada is also
providing financial assistance to,' the project. Assistance from
,
, Rockefeller Foundation is also expected.)
+Rs' 25;OO~for Central Drug Research Institute,' Lucknow.
Co- Investi-
gators
A CHnico-Pharmacological Evaluation of Plant Products Used in Indigenous
System of Medicine for Fertility Regulation.
Prof Ranjit R'OyChaudhury
Prof V S Mathur and Prof A M Gupta
Inspite of the previous encouragement provided for studies on pl~nts tradition-
any used· for fertility control, majorit~ of such .studies have been ',mostly
limited to the' testing of extracts of such plants in animals. A few trials have
also:been carried out on; human beings., Such studies, however, have so far
drawn' "blank,. It' was, therefore, felt that to test their efficacy, such indigenous
products'Sllould be, administered in the manner prescribed in, theanoient litera-
ture, or practised indigenously; l:.his is both a departure froni the usual practice
of testing,indigenous products and has an innovative character.
This project ,is based on the rationale thatit would be more appropriate
to 'ScientifioaHy'evaluate plants and other indigenous products, ,reputed to
possess' certain, antifertility' properties, by using these in the manner prescribed
by those claiming their antifertility effects. The studies are to be carried out in
two1'hases-preclinical'studies -to be fu'st'cQndueted QDi~l.Diiln.taolsdeter~ne the

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toxicity; followed by controlled clinical trials on human females to be under-
taken only after the toxicity study results have been reviewed by experts.
Current Status The project started functioning w.e.f. January 1979. Detailed plans for toxico-
logy and other animal studies have been worked out, and the assisting staff
has been recruited. The project has taken up 7 plants/herbs/ayurvedic and
indigenous drugs'for such investigations. The Government of India, through
the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Sidha, has provided funds
for setting up 10 beds in the PGI Hospital, for the clinical trials, and action
has been initiated to establish those beds.
..
,.
The toxicology studies on two of the indigenous products have almost been
completed, and after their review by an "Ethics Committee" clinical trials can
be initiated. Animal studies with the rest of the products are going on.
lt is also been proposed that this project will undertake studies on the
plant "Banjhauri" which has been used by the tribal population of Sokhodeora
and is claimed by them to produce permanent sterility in women. The use of
. this plant for fertility control was evidenced during the tenure of the Founda-
tion's project on integrated health care carried out by Gram Nirman MandaI in
this area.
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
Title
Mechanisms of Secretion of Choriono-gonadotropins in Pregnant Monkeys and
Human Placental Tissue Cultures.
Fellow
Dr A Jagannadha Rao
(under the guidance of Prof N R Moudgal) .
Background
Previous studies have mainly been concentrated on the use of "steroids" given
orally, or by injection, for blocking ovulation· and thus bringing about contra-
ception. Although such a systemic use of steroids has mostly been observed to
be without much side effects still such a use which has to be extended over long
periods, changes the normal hormonal patterns of the female. On the other
hand, if implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus could be avoided
through some peripheral mechanism, this would bring about contraception with-
out producing any systemic changes. This project has been undertaken to
investig~te the mechanisms of' the secretion of choriono-gonadotropins from
the placenta, as this hormone is essential for the further maintenance of preg-
nancy. The studies. are to be undertaken in vivo in the pregnant female mon-
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Current Status The project started functioning in April 1979. Various techniques for assay-
ing the reproductive hormones have been finalized and estimations of cho-
rionogonadotropins and some other b~rmones in female pregnant mon-
keys, at different stages of pregnancy, carried out. Equipment and medi.a
required for "tissue culture" of human placental tissue have been obtained. It is
expected that in the next few months the .regulatory mechanisms for secretion
of chorionogonadotropins can thus be investigated, and then studies under-
taken for developing chemical methods for blocking this.
Title
Fellows
Mechanisms of Implantation and Pre-implantation Events .
Dr J ayshree SeDGupta and a Training Fellow
(under the guidance of Prof S K Manchanda)
Background This project has also been developed to study some of the mechanisms involved
in the implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus, through a study of the
steroidogenesis and other metabolic changes taking place in the fertilized ovum.
Current Status The Project started functioning in April 1978. Various enzymatic and metabolic
studies on the fertilized ovum, obtained from rats, mice, and rabbits; have been
carried out, and these are being extended to hamsters. It has been observed
that by the use of some anti estrogenic chemicals, certain hormonal, enzymatic
and metabolic changes in the blastocyst (fertilized ovum) are blocked, which
not only hinder the further development of the blastocyst, these also prevent
its implantation in the uterus. Further studie's ate being directed to determine
the mehanisms by which these changes in the fertilized ovum could be blocked,
so that by their use the implantation can be prevented. These may help in devis-
ing ways and means to interfere with these processes locally.
Department of Physiology, All India In~titute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Antifertility Effects of Intranasal Administration 'of Prostaglandins to Rhesus
Monkeys.

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Fen•• ·
Dr CP Purl
(under the guidance of Dr T C Anand Kumar)
Bat*gnMmd
Dr Anati:dKumar hasforcalohgtime been' carrying out studies "with the intra-
nasaltls~ of steroids for"producing antifertility effects. This project proposed
to undertake similar trials' in' monkeys, to stndy the" effects on repro-
duti\\Te processes with' the use of prostaglandins delivered through intranasal
sprays. The nasalroute for deliVery of ,prostaghtildihsbas-'been suggested, as
this would bring /;tbout quicker concentration of prostaglandins in the cerebro-
spinal fluid, thus producing more direct effects on the centml:nervous system./
Current. Status, The' project start~4 funotioningln' Apdll~&. aod>the.' Fellowship" for Dr, Puri
was initially sanctioned for a period of one year. During this year studies carried
out in monkeys had shown that prostaglandins delivered throughnllSal- sprays;
appear simultaneously in the cerebrospinal fluid, as well as in the blood, and •
preliminary evidenoe was pfovid~dthattb.is!helps:to,deareasethe
level of cir-
- culating Luteinising Hormone (LH) and also influences the secretion of proges-
terone from the corpUS luteum.·
The Fellowship of DrPuri was;therefore; ~Jrtended €Oranother two years in
. Apri11979. Since then the normal hormonal secreting patterns of female rhesus
monkeys have been worked out during diffe'rent months (seasonal variations).·
This will help in the bettednterpretation of the results of prostaglandin sprays,
which have now been undertaken;
+ Rs S3,OOOforthe first year Rs 1,20",000for the. next two years.
Department of Anatomy, All India Institute o'f Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Title
Development, Evaluation and Application.of a Radio Receptor Test for· HcG/
LH i~ Fertility Regulation.
Mr P Potdar
(under the guidance of Prof S M Shahani) .
and
Dr A Ka~id
(under the guidance of Prof K R Laumas)
Background
The project proposed to develop a radioreceptor (RR) test for human chorio-
nogonadotropins (HcG) which wiHenable th\\e'detectioo of very early pregnancy.
i.e., within a few days of the fertilisation of the ovum, instead of waiting for 4
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MTP act and-with.-tbe ,empha~is rOD ,bringing about r.equired abonions at avery
early stage (designated as menstrual regulation,ofpregnancy-'-MR), it is import-
. ant to be able. to distinguish,at this early stage whether pregnancy has occur ed,
, or .'only, menstruation ,bas ,been' delayed, so thatMR may not be carried out
uJlt)ecessarily. Thede.~lepmont of,this.test will also·help studies related to clini-
. cat endocrinoiogical\\\\!OXk, as. well as carrying out clinical trials with "steroid
implants" and the "antipregnancy vaccine".
CurreutSt"tus. The work . .on .the ,p.1"ojectstarted in September 1978. The receptor is being
.prepared .in.the laboratory.of,Pr,of, K R Laumas in Delhi, and the clinical
and other tests car.ied out,in the laboratory of Prof S M Shahani in Bombay.
Two ;batches of Receptors·, ,previou.slypreparedgave successful results when
"control" studies· were .carr.dQut.withthese. at Delhi.' However, when tests
were carried out with this Receptor at Bombay, this did not give very successful
results. Studies were, therefore, extended to find out whether the traMporta-
tion, or the storage of the Receptor in any way leads to its deterioration, so
that. st~s like ".ypbolisat·ion". could, improve. its effectiveness. Results· ,obtain-
ed with recently prepared Receptor have given better results.
Department of Endocrinology, TN Medical College, Bombay, and Department
of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of M¢dicaISciences, New Delhi.
Fellows
Dr (Mrs) Sudha Chatterjee
(under the guidance of Dr Somnath Roy)
Background
Previous studies for.male e,ootraception have mainly been directed for inhibiting
the formation' of sperm.,s,;through the use of steroids, or similarly acting sub-
.stances. These.have 'the drawback of 10w acceptability, as along with inhibiting
.sperJnatogeneBis thesealSQ' inhihitthe pr-oduction of testosterone, thus decreas-
ingJibido. The sperms {Qr~djn the testes do ~ot have the capacity to fertilize
the-ovum, and this fertilizing power is developed during their maturation while
stored in the epididymis. This project was, therefore, developed to study the
process of capacitance of sperms, taking place in the epididymis through the
infiu"nce ·of certain hormones and enzymes. Further,' it was' planned. to ..study
the clinical effects of the use of androgens alongwith anti-spermatogenic
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Current Status The studies, which 'were started in April 1979, are being carried out on the
following two lines:
,
(1) In male monkeys the hormonal pattern for the maturation of sperms in
the epididymis is being investigated, and the use of certain hormones and anti-
hormones, and other antifertility agents on the maturation of sperms investigat-
ed. So far investigative techniques have been established and animal studies
initiated.
(2)"Clinical trials are being initiated with the use of cyproterone acetate (an anti-
spermatogenic substance) in combination with an androgen, on 7 normal human
male subjects. Previous trials with cyproterone acetate had shown that although
it inhibits spermatogenesis it also decreases testosterone secretion. The normal
patterns of sperm formation and testosterone secretion in these subjects are
being worked out, before starting the use of drugs.
Background
This project (like Project No.7) in also directed to study the process of capacit-
ance of sperms in the epididymis. The mechanisms to be studied are hormonal
as well as 'biochemical which help in the c~pacitance process, with the objective
that if some of these maturation processses could be inhibited, these will result
in male contraception.
Current Status The Project started functioning in September 1978. Initial studies were conducted
on rats, and from the information thus obtained these have now been extended
to male monkeys. These have given leads on the mechanism of utilisation of
glycogen, glycolytic enzymes, and the lipids, which provide important source of
energy for sperm maturation. Their possible dependency on local hormones,
and other enzymatic and metabolic parameters, is now being investigated, in an
attempt to establish a mean of control ,of this process of capacitance.
Rs 3,00;000
Department of Endocrinolgy (Physiology), Postgaduate Institute of Basic Medical
Sciences, Madras.
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II. Health Related Programes

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The statement of policy !onthefamily I welfare programme, announced by the
GovemmentofIndia,.bas stres.scdtho strategyror increasil1gintegration of health,
family'welfare,sandnntrition:services ata11 Jeve~:and fur:ther. to secure general
integration of .the .family. welfare, !lpregramme ' with other national welfare pro-
grammes. The National Health; Policy ,has ,. emphasized the intimate link
.between' the family welfare programm6 and' the rural health 'Care scheme to be
complementary and deriving strength from~each other and thus constituting to'
. gether. a. signiti£antcstep·imtackling:probte.ms of·hmltb:and lpopulation explosion.
The association of: the ,people:thcmsolveScwith' these' schemes is an important
approach t()WRrds attainment·of.totaUuwthcare- and.£amily.\\welfare and plan-
nmg.
'
The Foundation has been: giWagffducJimp:Jlltance·,'to;rtms:,.:aspect of bring-
ing about 'impletnentation lQfJamily;: iplaDftin,; pregmmmes"through their integra-
tion"with ..comprehensive, health loare, ,deli-wry:' aDd ·'other. community welfare
programmes, to be undertaken' with the; activeilWOlvementof the community
itself. .Some-'projects have been,4Jl.itiated. t{).dovelop-expertmental models for
action-cum·resem'ch"'CUm~kaining JJ'l'ogrammes. of,heakh:care: delivery including
familyplanning.·which 'have a ·'SpccialinnovatWe character of;their own. In the
implemeutationofthese" some voluntary. social organisations,. privately operated
health clinics and hospitals, ; amI- certain "institutioDS,inten:sted in community
, development as a whole are ,being involved.
PROJECT NO.9
SoaialWor}q and.R.esearch.Centre(SWRC}" a ..fieldagency.involved in integrated
rural developurent programme, planned to work .out an effective family planning
programme by giving suitable training to the village dais and health workers.
Through a pla.nning grant by the Foundation, SWRC has interacted with some
experts .and it is hoped this will reiwltio. the designing of anew project.

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BackgrouDd
This is a project foridentifying and defining the role and function of community
health worker through developing a,number of case studies followed by a
Workshop. In the basic rethinking that is going on in India and other
developing countries, the need for' restructuring the health care system with a
view to make it more community oriented has been realised. The health
care system by and large continues to haye a high technology orientaion and an
equal narrow clinical approach. These have not helped to bring health care
services to the people.
In the ultimate analysis health should become people's own responsibility
particularly at the c9mmunity level. One of the mechanisms for such a purpose is
to identify a suitable community level worker who can undertake both the health
and family planning responsibilities in the context of a more responsive and
community oriented health care system. There have been a number of project
experiences in India which have experimented with developing an effective kind
of functionary at the grassroot level with varying degrees of success. Some of
these are: Jhamkhed project in Maharashtra; Titonia project near Ajmer in Rajas-
than; Casa Palghar project in Maharasthra; Raipur Rani near Chandigarh; and
Village Health Care Project in: Oddanchatram ia Tamil Nadu and others.
At a time when the Chinese bare-foot doctor was receiving a lot of attention, it
. was felt right in India there was tested experience in this area, particularly under
voluntary auspices, which would provide useful future directions in developing
forward looking approaches to the idea of developing community health worker.
This project was begun in September 1976 and consists of preparing process-
oriented case studies of the various project experiences, by the person in-charge
of the programme with the help of another outside individual with adequate
background and qualifications particularly with professional background
of a different kind. This should provide an effective and uS,efulcase study of
each experfence. There would also be an international case study of similar
experiences of different countries. These case studies w,ouldthen be discussed
in a Workshop in which the policy-makers would be invited so that some useful
directions may be identified from these studies for policy programme in the
country.
"
CUl'Jent Status A ,decision has been taken to revise and rewrite the case studies in the light
of important developments that have taken place in the country related to the
community health worker. The Government of India itself has taken decision
to introduce the functionary in the health care system. 1,30,000 CHWs are in
position in various Blocks in the country. They~have been in 'position for over a
year. Decision has been taken to revise and rewrite the case studies in the
light of these important developments relevant to community health worker idea.
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the work of the functionary on the basis of a year's functioning for possible use
for future policy. Inspite of certain debateable aspects of the idea, a positive
attitude about the functioning is developing. The Foundation thought it would
be a very good idea to also prepare a paper on the cotnmuity health worker in'the
official health care system. The comparative exper~ence of community health -
workers in two different situations may be _of great help to the grassroot
- -level functionary. Another reason for rewriting the new case studies would be to
redefine the focus on the basis of growing experience of idea within sub-
integrated health idea of a more forward looking sort. With case studies
revised in the above fashion, the Workshop may be meaningful. With
the informal interest shown by the Government in the case studies the Workshop
would have rural policy relevance and use.
Title
Integrated Health Care, Delivery including Family Planning with Community
Participation.
Background
Based on the experience gained from a pilot project (completed Project No. 7)
the Gram Nirman MandaI has undertaken a comprehensive project for the
people's participa\\ion in health and family welfare programmes, through the
joint endeavour of the different systems of medicine. The proposal envisages
developing integrated health care services for the whole of the Kawakol Com-
·munity Block, including family w~lfare and family planning as part of these
integrated services, to be "carried out with the active participation of the local
community. The knowledge available with different indigenous systems of
medicine locally operating, in addition to modern medicine, is to be utilized for
such an integrated health care delivery.
This programme is being carried out through the establishment of "Village,
Health Committees" in each village, which are responsible for the selection
of one male and one female .voluntary health worker in each village. The training
of these village health workers, however, is the responsibilit¥ of the Gram
Nirman MandaI, and this training programme includes preventive, promotive,
and rehabilitative health care, and health education, in addition to curative
services. The different types of health care delivery systems such as Allopathy,
Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Yoga, Naturopathy, etc., already in operation
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workers. Such anjo.tegra.ted type of health,care .delivery.for the· rural community
.is'llrobably ..bei»gattempted (or the .first time on this project. The Village
,Health.Workers'cwilLalso-have the faci1ityfor utilisation of the services of locally
av.ailable Practitioners of Integrated Medicine, themselves suitably trained .
.
Current Status ..The,pfojech.was.: putjnto ..operation·.with. effect from January 1979. The
detailed task a.oalyses ,and. job specifications fOf different categories of health
workers have been :defined,. and. their .. training programmes,. including training
manuals. based on their.job. ,specifications, 'worked out. The training manuals
have· been further improved .with-the .help .of some experts.
, The· VillJge Health,Committees have been .established and they have helped
in the selection of Vi1Jager.Health·, Volunteers. Locally. available Practitioners
of Integrated Medicine have been identified and operationalised.
An orientation training course for Practitioners of Integrated Medicine,.and
other staff of the Gram Nirman MandaI, was held at the All India Institute of
-Medical SeieDCeS; iNew.neJ.hi·in- November 1979. Experts drawn from different
speciality interests of medicine provided training on various aspects of health
care delivery and family planning methods and programmes. ,
The first training course for 50 Village Health Volunteers was held at
.,-R,ajgirimBihar, for a,pe.riod of ,foufiweeks. Following this these trained VHYs
have undertaken their responsibilities in the different villages. Previous to
attending the course they had carried out health surveys in their respective
villages. 'The~neJ{tiJ;anipg., course' for Vay s is likely to beheld in May' 1980.
It is further expected that in the next few months, after holding the third train-
ing course, trained VHYs would be put into operation in all the villages of the
entire Block.
TbcGandhigmam.Jnstitutecof aural.Health·and Family Planning has for some
~rs be.eninvolJle«( ininno¥ativefamily planning programmes. Its action
research: project promoting health and family planning in Athoor Block in
) Madurai District; cnwring a population of 1,20,000 is one such project. In this
~.project. ,besides :raising the health standards of the local population in the area,
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On the basis of the Athoor model the Institute. prepared an action research
project covering the entire Division ooDtainirig 10,Blocks, with a population of
10 lacs, for demonstrating its replicabiUty. The Institute is receiving its main
financial assistance from the Tamil Nadu Government and· Foundation's
support is primarily being used for research and managemeDt inputs. The
project basically attempts at integrated health care in and around the existing
system ora primary liealthcentre. It-is an attempt to. improv&·the. existing
srstem without making any radical chatlg~.
Current Stat1w The project was put into operation with effect. from· April· 1978. The Gandhi~
gram Jnstitute has recruited the required personnelfor the project, who have
been further oriented throug~ stair meetingS, etc. in theproeess, of planning pro-
grammes, specifications, review.and asses~ent.-()fthe p[ogre~ .of the project,
and development-of newt"ecords..This system .provides.: adequate information on
(i) Individual cases, (ii) Family,.-'iji~ ;Vil1ag~,(iv) ,Programmes, and {v) Workers.
Consolidation registers for the use of.supet:v;isors have been prepared. Diaries
and monthly report 'forms fOL different" eateg<lEies .of staff ,have also been
prepared.
'
. Under the multi-purpose . Health .. WOlikers scheme, as envisaged by the
Government of Tami~ Nadu, both-male and.. female WOIkers were to be put
into operation. So far only. female .workers !}ave been put in position from
September 1979. Besides these the, project has already provided orientation
training to traditional birth attendants, school teachers and Gramsevikas and
Mukhayasevikas. Out.of30 Madusangams, 10 have he en selected· to energise
under' the project ..and baselinedatacolle~ted which are being· analysed. It is
expected that male, multi~purpose health workers are likely to .be posted from
January ·1980. The process of evaluation,. monitoring, and supervision has
been worked out. Action committee,meetings are being organised at various
levels.
Rs 3,30,000 (in addition to Tamil Nadu Government's inputs)
The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health ·and ..Family Planning Ambathurai,
Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Title
A Pilot Project on' He-alth;::~lfaJeandl:Edueation,;yjth!Speeial,Emphasis on':.
Population Education.
.
Director
Background
Dr Farooq Abdullah
The main aim of the project. is to develop, a compJ:ehensive pr.ogramme of
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and to assess its impact,. both short and long-term, on popular attitudes and
behaviour. This is being visualised as adding -the social change dimension to
community health care. Ways of imparting comprehensive health education
as a built-in component of the activities of the hospital, is also to be studied.
The project will also collaborate with the Rahbar-e-Sehat programme of the
State Government.
Current Status The project was put into operation with effect from 1976, and completed 3
years of its tenure utilising the sanctioned budget of Rs 3 lakhs, in the latter
part of 1979. .
Review of the project's performance brought out the fact that the project,
as illlrlemented so far, had only partially tried toa.chieve its objectives,
as it did not undertake population education through the delivery of
community health. The project. so far' had mainly concentrated on providing
health care and family planning through the two health sub-cenfres established
in the rurall:\\reas. Some of the difficultiesand constraints experienced by the Trust
in introducing the subject of population education and family planning, keeping
in view the sensitivity of the area, Werebrought to the notice of the Founda-
tion. It was further felt that due to the pilot work already carried out on the
project, the Trust will now be in a better position to implement the objectives
of population education, and bring about effective family planning by educa-
tion and motivation through the community health care programme, for which
it was hoped toutiJise the Rehbar-i-Sehats also in the project area.
In the liglltof this the Trust submitted a proposal for extension of the pro-
ject for another 3 years. During this period of extension the project i'sto be
oriented to fulfil its entire objectives, by not only extending the community
health services into the villages (and not restricting the same to health sub-
centres only), but· also by including population education programmes for
the rural community-specially out of school youths who are going to enter
matrimony shortly, or who are recently. married-to be taken up as an inte-
grated activity with the health care delivery. Group educational activities will
also be organised in the rural settings, including the place of work of school
youths. The Foundation has initially extended the period of the project by
another year, with the proviso that further extension of project will depend
upon its mid-term review.
Budget
Rs 3,00,000+Rs 1,00,000 (extension for 1 year)
Action-cum-Research Project on Different Aspects of Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Having a Bearing on Family Planning.

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Background
This project has been undertaken in collaboration with the State Government
of UP and based in 30 of its hospitals in the State. The main objective is to
study the factors which. influence the acceptance of services pertaining to
MTP and to find out if the provision of proper equipment can improve their
level of acceptance. Three other dimensions of the study are: (1) to make
MTP an effective part of family planning services as part of evolving a. more
workable kind of management system, (2) understand the profiles of the
abortion seekers, and (3) find out the effectiveness of the programme on the
basis of work of part-time para-social workers or counsellors. Such information
would go a long way towards improving the response to locally available
measures for abortion.
Current Status The Foundation has supplied thirty Government hospitals in UP with standard
MTP equipment. MTP work in the different Centres went up in varying deg-
rees. Thereafter there was a decline in 1977 and 1978. The programme has
begun to pick up. The Government of UP was averse to any experimental
innovation for part of the programme, during the difficult period. They have
shown recently a willingness to introduce the experimental part of the project.
The same would be operationalized shortly.

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·111. Information, Education and
Communication

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From its inception the Foundation has considered Information, Education and
Communication to be avery significant ~spect of the work needed to be done
in the population field by the voluntary sector. Today, in the context of the
crisis faced by the family planning programme. and the avowed determination
of the nation to rehabilitate it OIi a purely voluntary basis, the area of IEC has
assumed considerable significance in the national mind and the assistance of the
voluntary sector has come to be widely recogtlised as a critical support. The
project conducted for the past two years by the Foundation, with the help of a
leading journalist has been both a Vital response to felt needs and a pioneering
thrust to recreate a climate of acceptance for an endangered cause.
In the spirit of building .a network of allies for population work the
Foundation bas moved to sensitise and involve with the issue a number of
institutions and levels of development functionaries. The aim of the informa-
tion, education and communication effort has been to carry it to its logical con.;
elusion of stimulating action in the field. The involvment of the agriculture
extension education and development machinery has been one major thrust
made by the Foundation this year. The linkage with child welfare work and
needs has been another significant contribution. Population education for non-
formal out-of-school youth in rural settings and the use of women's groups for
family planning education and. motivation work are other critical directions
that are being attempted to be developed.
Population Education through Agricultural institutions-Developing Role Defi-
nition and Role Commitments of Agriculture Institutions in Population Educa-
tion.
The problem can be visualised as one of introducing new but compatible roles
in agricultural institutions,. developing their commitment to those roles and integ-
rating these in their total role.
The plan will be implemented first on a pilot scale: a demonstr~tion project for
expanding the role of the present agricultural institutions to include population
education. If the project achieves significant results, it would become the precursor
of a large-scale use of agricultural institutions for population education with the
help of governmental, and possibly, international agencies. The role -of the
Foundation in this case becomes doubly important, because in addition to finan-
cing the actual demonstration it WQuld al~o be dev.eloping the methodology
involved.
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Methodology
The plan of action would involve:
a) Conducting a status study of the agricultural institutions in the country with
regard to their goals, resources, programmes and their interest in population
education;
.
b) locate entry and intervention points in this system for the population educa-
tion programme envisaged;
c) develop a concrete intervention plan of action;
d) implement this plan of action; first on a pilot scale using an appropriate agri-
culture institute as the base.
Current Status A research assistant was appointed to"this project in December 1979. A biblio-
graphy of the literature relevant to the study has been compiled. A questionnaire
has already'been prepared, which will be issued to the various agricultural
universities shortly. More data is being collected for developing the modules for
experimentation .
.Title
Developing a Programme of Information, Dissemination and Motivation in
Population and Family Planning.
Commissioned Family Planning Foundation.
by
Background
The project was taken 'up in the wake of the severe setback suffered by, the
family planning programme. The Communication Project was designed to re-
genenerate a commitment and concern about the population issue among criti-
cal levels of leadership, loCaland national, in order to help recreate an environ-
fO ment favourable family planning .
.1DJportance of This is a very timely, and relevant project aimed at rehabilitating FP in the eyes
.the Project of the people by first e~tablishing its import~ce in the minds of their leaders.
This is essential because a major reason for the prolonged setback to the pro-
gramme has been the absence of a stroJ:].genough public commitment to the
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front. By galvanising them to the cause of family planning, it is hoped that the
programme itself will receive much greater participation. by the general public.
Current Status The Communication project has taken up a' several pronged multi-tiered stra-
tegy to stimulate interest in the population issue. As it has evolved, its activity
has been divided into two distinct aspects: (i) direct promo,tional and communi-
cation work (ii) seeding and developing ideas for separate projects to be under-
taken by the Foundation. It selected four important ,categories with which to
work:
(1) The Mass Media.
(2) Legislators.
(3) Administrators involved in different development programmes.
,(4) Institutions and Voluntary Organisations.
The Mass
Media .
Through intensive interaction the media was made to 'respond in taking up the
population issue shelved after 1977. A very substantia !input to the total media
coverage-by the national press, radio and TV-has directly or indirectly, been
from the efforts of the Communication Project. A breakthrough on the initial
silence through an 'imaginativ~ approach of questionnaires, competitions and
surveys has been followed/by a series of serious reports and editorials that have
now over the past two years consistently kept the issue in media focus. A major
media event during the earlier phase of the Communication Project was an ex-
clusive interview with Mr Jayaprakash Narayan which secured the national
leader's unequivocal support to the family planning cause. The interview (in
both English and Hindi) was widely used by all,$tations of TV alld Radio and
excerpts by ,Films,Di.vision in its newsreel on the cinema circuit. Transcripts of
the interview were published and distributed by DAVP and ,other leading official
publications like Yojana. A set of communication'materials prepared by the
Project for distribution to politicians got additional mileage by similar extensive
'use in media and provided a prototype for some states, Gujarat for instance, to
, develop further materials.
Official recognition of the contribution made by this project has been consider-
able. Amongst other things, the Ministry of External' Affairs nominated the Pro-
ject Director to participate in an international diseussion on family planning on
Spanish TV. ,The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting selected the Project
Director as one of 12 invitees in India to present ~paper at the Round Table
on ComInunicaton and Development held by UNESCO Macbride Commission
in New Delhi.
Politieal
Leaders
Reaognising that political will is fundamentaLto the success of the family plan-
ning programe the Communication. Project initiated informal meetings with a
number of legislators at the national and state levels, and thus identified and
reinforced those willing to speak for the issue. It played a role in activ.ely assist-
ing in the formation of the( Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Problems

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of Population and Development and further, in providing assistance to prepare
and sensitise the Parliamentarians for their participation in the Parliamentarians
Conference in Colombt>. A communication kit called Symbol for Survival was
developed and circulated at the earlier meetings of this forum and subsequently,
"with the cooperation of the Health Ministry, to all members of Parliament
and state legislators in each of the states. Unfortunately, because of the fluc-
tuating political situation these initatives could not develop into more concrete
and sustained involvement.
Administrators The integration of population work into all developmental programmes of the
government though a stated commitment ha!\\ remained ignored over these past
years because developmental departments have been unwilling to take on a res-
ponsibility fraught with some risk in the prevailing climate. The Communication
Project established a rapport with many of the administrators handling social
programmes and through persistent interaction was able" to draw attention to
the lacunae arising in a number of such programmes from the inadequate atten-
"tion to population aspects. The Ministry of· Industry, the Ministry of Rural
Reconstruction, the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare have responded
in varying degrees. The concrete success resulting in very speific developments
is reported separately under the projects stimulated, but it may be noted that
there is enormous potential to take this response to still more meaningful levels
in the near future. To mention some of the outstarlding examples in passing:
the National Dairy Development Board is one national organisation with which
"the project ha~ been interacting and has generated some positive interest after
considerable sustained endeavour. A breakthrough in involving cooperative
rural structures of this kind in family planning effort would provide a tremendous
opportunity, as also a model for utilising existing social and commercial infra-
structures. Initiatives from: the Communication Project resulted in a meeting of
a number of UN organisations in Delhi to consider what they could do to bring
greater stress on population issues in their developmental work and has led to a
much more critical appreciation by UNICEF of its ownparkcular mandate for
this. The All India Handloom Board at its last meeting approved in principle
the entire paper submitted by the Project Director, who is also a member of
the Board, to consider the specific suggestions for promotion of women's parti-
cipation and tieup of family planning aCtivities with the handloom development
work. The All India Handicraft Board has, as a result of a series of meetings,
expressed willingness to collaborate in population education and family planning
motivation. The Project has contributed papers on the linkages between family
planning needs and adult education programmes that have contributed to the
thinking of the strategy in NAEP circles. There have been similar interactions
at the state level-in several states.
Institutions Realising that the message of planning needs to develop critic~l support with-
and Voluntary in influential institutions and grassroot organisations so that a network of allies

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OrganisatioDS is created, the Communication Project has been' working to stimulate interest in
certain selected bodies in the academic and voluntary fields. On the academic
front a three-week Communication Workshop organised at the National Institute
of Design, Ahmedabad, has helped to develop ideas for a range of creative com-
munication materials for family planning promotion, several of which are now
being taken up for production. The workshop further served to stimulate this
leading institution into reviewing its. own role vis-a-vis a vital national objective
and led to -its structuring a strong family component within a social communica-
tion slot it has brought into its visual communication syllabus. _The Foundation
has sponsored a cell for six months to develop this activity further and several
students will take up diploma work on this theme. The Indian Institute of Mass
Communication has been similiarlyapproached and has shown initial interest
which could concretise into a similar programme. The involvement of the Centre
for Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in the preparation of
certain communication materials on family planning has successfully built up an
interest in this department for population work which has fructified into a
separate project.
The Delhi Social Welfare Advisory Board in collaboration with the Project
called a series of meetings of voluntary organisations in Delhi to undertake
family planning work. A number of other voluntary organisations, particularly
women's organisations, have been contacted across the country and an interest
in family ptanning seeded through informal discussions which will result in
separate projects-some already in the pipeline as time goes on.
New Projects The Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and the Ministry of Agriculture (Exten-
for the Foun- sion Department) actively cooperated to devise and initiate an orientation train-
dation as an . ing programme for Mukyasevikas that would enable this grassroot functionary
ootcome of to play a more dynamic role in family planning. A demonstration project that
Commonica- will provide training to 200 Mukhyasevika:s from Tamil Nadu and Andhra
tion Project Pradesh has started in Gandhigram. One batch from each state .has already
undergone the training. The Ministry of Rural Reconstruction has been most
favourably impressed .by the course and is considering. ways of implementing
similar training in. all other states. It has also asked several of the northern
states to send the trainers of MUkhyasevikas for this orientation programme in
order to be able to replicate it.
_A Demonstration Project to provide sensitivity training and to reorganise the
approach of the Anganwadi worker, so. as to incorporate family planning con-
cerns in the Integrated. Child Development Service Scheme will shortly begin in
a resettlement colony outside Delhi. This hopes to develop a model for such
training and thus eventually the- means to strengthen the health and family
planning aspect, the latter a serious missed opportunity, in the ICDS projects
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The Centre for RegionalDevelopment, JNU has been commissioned by the
F~ily Plann:ing Foundation to develop an Atlas on the Child. This will provide
a unique publication to the country, being a pioneering effort in collating all
.pertinent existng data on children into easy visual terms and establishing where
possible the linkages between child welfare activities and family planning accep·
tance. It is hoped it will provide valuable documentation to policy makers and
create a· more critical awareness within the informed public. Work has been
'completed on developing a project that is hoped will commence shortly in Vara-
nasi district, Uttar Pradesh, that aims at developing population education mate-
rials and methodologies for out-of-school youth, in this case children working in
the carpet weaving training centres of AIHB, with a view to provide a model for
su~h work to be taken up by the entire range of training centres in the country.
A project to develop rural women's organisations as an instrument to improve
the status of women and create better access to family planning services is now
being developed with the help of the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction, Agricul-
ture and Social Welfare.
Rs 3,00,000
Family Planning Foundation
Title
Directors
Background
Innovative Approach for the Creation of Demand and Promc;>tion of Commu-
nity Involvement and Participation in Family Welfare Planning Programme.
An Experiment with Mother's Clubs, Mahila Kalyan Mandals.
Dr. (Miss) A Burdhan and Dr D C Dube
The outstanding success of Korea with family planning work through the Insti-
tutions of Mothers' Clubs provides an example that needs to be explored for its
relevance to India,parti~ularly as variants of this model have succeeded in
other Asian countries like Philippines and Indonesia. The attempt in this pro-
ject is to reconceptualise the model for the Indian context, in order to use it
as one more avenue for the promotion of the involvemen t and participation of
the people in family planning programmes. The project has three specific objec-
tives: (1) to create a local, voluntary movement of! mothers to encourage
family planning activities; (2) to identify, create, encourage and train' women
leaders for this activity; (3) to develop methodology and develop groups like
Mahila Mandals to promote and participate in such programmes. The project
is to, be in two phases-the first one of study and survey, and second of action
programme.
The initial project design prepared by NIHFW was for a demonstration project
to be carried out as a part of the Institution's ongoing activities within its field
practise area in Delhi. The Advisory Panel recommending the project design

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felt that it was not a suitable locale for developing the model, as it would prove
difficult for replicability afterwards. The Advisory Panel, recommended that
NIHFW develops a project programme ina backward area, where its role would
be more selective and local participation would have to be maximised. A plan-
ning grant of Rs 5,000 was approved for preparing a suitable design.
Current Statns NIHFW is now identifying a suitable area in Rajasthan or UP where the project
can be undertaken. Surveys of several potential project sites will be done
shortly.
Background The Mukhyasevikas, a pivotal functionary fo~ women's extension work in the
development infrastructure of rural India, are at present not being effectively
utilised for family planning motivational work. It is being increasingly recog-.
nised that family planning success, particularly at this juncture in the context of
the crisis of confidence in the community regarding family planning workers, hinges
on the extent to which 'other development functionaries with a ready rapport with
the community can assist in the task. It was felt that with appropriate training
that created an understanding of population and women's development concerns
and provided updl;lted knowledge of family planning techniques, as also modern
perspectives of women's status issues, the Mukhyasevikas could be galavanised
into a much J;Iloredynamic role. This Project was developed with the close
cooperation of the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and the Ministry of Agri-
culture (Extension). The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family
Planning which has the reputation of one of the most competent training institu-
tions in the country for family planning and health work was selected to under-
take the training. The curriculum and methodology for imparting the training
was drawn up in consultation with several leading experts in the field. The pro-
ject hopes to establish through the training of about 200 Mukhyasevikas from
the southern states, a model for imparting sensitivity and competence on these
issues to Mukhyasevikas in all the states.
Current Status During February-March 1980, Gandhigram conducted two separate sessions of
two week courses for batches of 20 Mukhyasavikas each from Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh respectively. The Director, Women's Programme, Ministry of
Rural Reconstruction, reviewed the training while in progcess. The Ministry of

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Rural Reconstruction, has been so favourably impressed by the eJtercise and the
response.it generated amongst the Mukeyasevikas, that it has indicated its desire
to explore the possibility of similar training in all other states. It has asked
several of the North Indian states to agree to send trainers of Mukhyasevikas
for a special orientation course to Gandhigram, which it has requested the
Foundation to undertake along side the training of the 200 Mukhyasevikas from
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The State Governments of Tamil Nadu and
.Andhra Pradesh are loolcing into the request to provide administrative backing to
the ideas evolved through this training programme. Courses for the remaining
batches will continue over the next couple of months.
Title
A Demonstration Project for Evolving an Effective Role for Grassroot Child
Welfare Workers in Family Planning in an Urban Slum/Rural Area.
Director
Miss Surinder Saini, Chairman, DSW AB
Background
The Integrated Child Development Services Scheme is the govemment;s major
thrust for child welfare and development work in an organised manner. 150
projects covering 10 million population are in operation across the country. The
lCDS is an effort to deliver at the door step a basic minimum package of health,
nutrition and education development services to young children .under the age
of .six beginning from the womb. But while the scheme stresses on integrated
approach, its present opera.tionalisation constitutes a major missed opportunity
for family planning work. The basic thrust of this project is to reconceptualize
the role of the Anganwadi worker so as to reflect the vital concern of family
planning to child health and welfare work, This· is to be achieved not through
quantitative addition to the work load, b~t through a qualitative change in the
Anganwadi workers thinking and a reorganisation of her daily routine in a
manner that this concern is incorporated without disruption of other functions.
This is a challenging task but having the potential for far reaching effects in
national child welfare work.
Current Status After the development of the project certain changes- have taken place with
regard to the administration and organisation of the Anganwadi programme in
Delhi. The thirty Anganwadis where the project was to be organised and
impemented have come directly under the jUrisdiction of the Delhi Adminis-
.. tration. The Fou,ndation after interacting with the Administration has
agreed to the idea of implementing the project under the new arrangement. The

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Budget
Institution
Administration had also suggested that the project be moved to another Colony
namely, Mongalpuri. where similar conditions exisffor a meaningful experiment.
The Foundation has accepted the suggestion. The project will soon· be opera-
tionalised in Mongalpuri.
Background
Children form 42% of the country's population. Their condition determines not
only the quality of life that nearly half the population can expect to enjoy, but
influences' the future that the nation can be expected to have as these childern
grow to be contributing citizens. A full understanding of child welfare needs
is vital to sound developmental poliCies which ~re interlinked with population
programmes. But before comprehensive programmes for child development
can be drawn up and implemented' what is urgently needed is a complete
background of the status of the Indian child as also knowledge of informational
gaps iri this field which bring to the fore the neglect of this sector. The present
project is a step in this direction. It aims to collate existing pettinent data on
children in regard to various important socio-economic indicators and to pre-
~ent it in visual terms to provide a comprehensive picture that is easily grasped.
Where possible the attempt would be to provide disaggregated district profiles
to pin-point the actuality of the condition in specific geographical areas. It is
hoped that this will provide valuable base material with important policy
implications, not only at the national and state levels, but as much for local
administration units to see what remedial thrusts are needed. At the same time
it should provide useful communication material to create more awareness in
informed circles leading to greater support for these issues.
Current Status The project has been entrusted to the Centre for Regional Development, JNU,
with Prof Moonis Raza and Dr Nangia directing the work. The project started
functioning in February 1980 when two Research Assistants and a cartogra-
pher were appointed. Presently ,sources of data and the material available in
these are being reviewed. At the end of the first phase the usable data will be
identified. A brain-storming session of experts to examine the material gathered
by the project in the first three months is scheduled in ~nd April-early May.

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Commissioned by the Family Planning Foundation at the Centre for Regional
Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
,
Title
Developing the Role of Local Women's Organisations in Family Planning
Acceptance by Improving the Status of Women.
Kackground
Despite the equality of status and opportunity-that the law offers Indian women,
research has documented the poor position they occupy in reality; The sex
differentials in development, as ithas taken place so far, are now clearly visible.
The assumption that general socio-economic development efforts uniforffiIy
benefit the poor is no longer valid and it is recognised that very specific woman-
focussed efforts wili have to be made to stem the deterioration in the status
of women. Strengthening the economic basis of the woman which prdvides
her with greater autonomy and decision-making powers in her own life,
alongside a conscientisation of women to their rights, is ,;,ncreasmglybeing recog-
nised as vital to actualising the woman's felt need for (amilyplanning which
cannot always be articulated in the traditional setting. This project proposes
to develop different models in the rural setting for bringing women together
with an aim to assisting them to improving their condition in tbc,important and
related fields of employment and fertility regulation. The long-term aim of the
project is to improve the status of women and to popularise the small family
norm as an essenti~l ingredient for this. In the short term, it aims to develop
..some of the different strategies that can be used through demonstration work
in several local settings, using existing infrastructure and resources for this
purpose assisted by whatever inputs or voluntary efforts further needed.
The project will be developed with the cooperation of the relevant ministries
involved in women's welfare and development and rural developm\\~nt work.
Current Status The areas where this work should be done and the organisations and indivi-
duals that can assist in it are being identified. A project proposal is being
developed.
Provision of Population Education for All India Handicraft Board Trainees in
Carpet Weaving Centres.

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Background
There are nearly 100,000 young boys and girls of ages between 12-18 years
currently undergoing training organised by the All India Handicraft Board in
different craft skills of which one major craft is carpet weaving, for which some
600 training centres .exist.in the country mostly concentrated in UP. Bihar
and Jammu and Kashmir. Each training centre handles 50 boys/girls. This
project proposes to develop the materials and methodology for introducing
population education within a framework of family life education to these
rural boys and girls largely left outside the formal education structure, in
order to provide basic information that will equip this youth to adopt responsible
parenthood when the time com~s. There is further· potential to subsequently
reach out to the families of the trainees with health measures· that include family
planning acceptance as an integral part of improving the quality of their lives.
This is an attempt to develop ways to use the AIHB trairiing inftastructure
already in position for the craft programme to be made sensitive to additionally
subserve the other important national objective of ·family planning promotion
work. But in order to accomplish this a suitable strategy and the specific
materials for use have to be developed which could provide a model to be
adopted with suitable modifications.
Current Status A demonstration project that will take up 10-12 training centres in Varanasi
district in order to develop within a short time-frame the materials and metho-
dology for use, demonstrate their suitability and evolve a flexible model of
action for replication in other centres has been developed by the Faculty of
Social Work, Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, It proposes to have an action-cum-
research experimental design with two groups. In one group it will evolve and
test the tools and techniques to be used through students and faculty members
of the Kashi Vidyapith; in the other it will train and assist the instructors from
the AIHB centres to take up the work. The project has been finalised and
approval for its funding IS being sought.
Institution School of Social Work, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.
PROJECTS NO. 23
Title
Non-formal Education for Motivation in Family Planning-A Demonstration
Project in a Rural Area in U.P.
Director
Dr B S Singh
Brief Details
The Foundation has sanctioned in October 1979 ~ planning grant of Rs 5,000
for Literacy House to develop a demonstration project in non-formal education
for motivating people to accept family planning in rural areas of U.P. The
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(0) identify a: developmental· block not far oft' from Lucknow where Literacy
House is located to minimise problems of logistics and economy.
b) get a socio~demographic profile of the area including family planning
services.
c) identify all available resources and prepare a proposal for a three~year
demonstration project based on the above. .
Current Status Literacy House has requested the Foundation to provide the expertise in social
sciences and deIflography necessary for designing the project.

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IV. Fami1y.Planning in the Organised
Sector

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The Foundation has considered from its very inception the organised sector
as an effective vehicle for introducing family planning as a welfflre measure in
a meaningful way. The Foundation has as part of this approach, commissioned
a revie~ of family planning in industry, This study has helped to evolve a
special strategy for the industrial sector within the overall programme and
policy of th~ Government of India.
Another project has for its focus women-women as workers themselves
or as wives of, workers-this is a part of an integrated health approach to
family planning.
One other project is based on the idea that it is possible to have family
planning with a different programme stance recognising the kinds of industry
that 'exist in the country. Around this principle a number of programme
models are being developed for assistance and ·support.
The fact that the organised sector in terms· of 'overall social change is
ahead in the modernisation process, makes them instruments of change includ-
ing attitudinal change in family planning. The Foundation is making use of
this critical aspect of the organised sector in family planning.
Two of these projects are preparatory or planning stuQies and would lend
themselves to the development of more projects of a forward looking kind
in the context of the industrial sector.
Title
Population and Women in the Organised Sector
Directors Family Planning Foundation is coordinating and organising the project.
Background
The grant is for carrying out five preparatory studies in different types of,
industrial situations, with a view to developing suitable project proposals for
family welfare progammes for women in the organised sector. The focus in
the project is on the woman both as a worker herself if she is working in the
industry or as a wife of a worker. This stance it was felt would provide a
more realistic approach to family planning in the industrial sector.
Current Status Fdur planning grants were ·assigned in April 1976, as under:
,) Prof K M Sharma of M.S. University (For construction labour' in New
Industrial Complex in Baroda).
ii) Dr Prodipto Roy of Council for Social Development? New Delhi (For the
Coffee Plantation in Coor~) ..

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iii) Dr T, Sf Wilkinson or' Hislop College, Nagpur (For industrial units in or
around Nagpur). '
iv) Dr H M Sharma of CMAI (For the Jagadhari-Yamunanagar Home-based
metal industry).
All the proposals including programme designs have been received. These are
being organised into four projects wit~in a broad strategy for purposes of
funding and support. The basic idea emanating from these have been includ-
ed in the perspective plan of the Foundation. Each of the projects is being
reviewed for developing into fulfledged projects for support by the Foundation.
Opportunities for co-funding with international organisations are also being
explored. '
Institutions
Council for Social Development, Hislop College, Christian Medical Association
of India and School of S~cial Work (M.S. University of Baroda). Commissoni-
ed by the Foundation,
Background
The study was started in May 1973 and has been completed and published
in 1977under the joint authorship of Prof C N S Nambridiri and Prof,B R
Sharma, both (at the time of the project period) of the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad. After critically examining 50 industries representa-
tive of the various kinds and categories of industries in the country, in terms of
their administrative, organisational and' other aspects, ,the study identifies ,a
special strategy for family planning for the industrial sector, 'within the existing
programme and policy of the government. As a sequel to this study; six .case
studies of successful programmes of family planning in the industrial
sector are now under preparation. These would also be published. This has
been undertaken by Dr J K Satia,Dr Nirmala Murthy and others in the staff
of the Institute of Management. The work is now' being expedited with the
help of the tiew head of the Population Division-Prof Maru. The case studies
will focus on the management aspects in family planning of the six industries.
Currentstatus
After the data was gathered arid in the course of writing of the report, there
were a number of change& in the staff of the Institute, including the main
author leaving the coqntry. The work has however been undertaken 'by the new
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the report is ready. This will be followed by a Workshop or Task Force
meeting based on the main study andthe case studie'l for policy implications for
family planning in the industrial sector.
Rs 2,22,000

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v. Studies, Sunr.eys and Evaluation

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In this category of projects the focus has been on three areas: (1) policy
oriented studies, (2) studies on and about fertility behaviour, (3) researches
and studies, projects which have a gap-filling value.
'
By way of illustrations the ~tudy· undertaken by DrPai Panandiker on incen-
tives and disincentives was an attempt to understand the policy implications of
the measure. Another study again by Dr Pai Panandiker on population projec-
tions and economic development ,has also policy implcations.
Asok Mitra's study is an attempt at understanding the population pheno-
mena and its qualitative aspects in a historical framework along with implica-
tions for population policy.
The study of family planning implementation is an attempt at under-
standing the feelings, attitudcs and experience of a critical period to see what
feed-back there is for reviving the family planning programme and also the
policy implications for the same. '
The fertility studies are of a pioneering kind. The first of the studies is a
review of literature on family and community with reference to the rural, urban
and tribal situation with the focus on understanding fertility as part of culture.
The study of urban women in slums, or another one on the Muslims, and still
another one on the Khasis and Garos, are efforts to understand fertility
.behaviour of special groups. The whole area is really new. The study on the,
wastage of children is an attempt that pirtpoints thecritic'al importance of the
child In the family planning programme. through analysis of secondary data,
an effort has been made to bring behavioural and sociological factors in under-
standing fertilit~ behaviour.
Title
Status Study of Poptdation Resear~h ,in India on Managemen~, Vol. IV.
Directors ProfessorJ K Satia and Professor Rishikesh Maru
Background
The literature on population research done in India had not been reviewed
when the Foundation came into existence. Its basic strength and limitations
were not known. There was a feit need that such a review be undertaken: The
Foundation commissioned firstly three studies on (1) demography; (2) beha-
vioural sciences; and (3) bio-medical sciences. All these studies were well
received particularly by the research community. There was also a suggestion
an to initiate a similar study on management, an area that was emerging as
important concern in population research and action. To fulfil this need the
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With each passing month, literature on population as related to management
is increasing both in terms of quantity on the one side and quality and relevance '
on the other.
Methodology
The study will be a survey of management literature having a 'bearing on
family planning. The report which had been unduly delayed because of the
changes in the staff of the institution and the several authors involved in this
single study leaving the institution, is now ready in a preliminary draft form.
The work is now being expedited. Professor Rishikesh Maru is completing the
\\work, undertaken earlier by Professor Satia.
Director
To be reassigned to a new project director. (Earlier it was assigned to Dr Asha
Bhende.
Background
This is a review and an assessment of the present status of population educa-
tion in schools, the available infrastructure for the purpose, the efforts made in
this direction by different institutions, and content of population education. The
study includes both population education and sex education.
Current Statns Though the study was begun in June 1975 the final report on the project was
inordinately delayed because of the serious illness of the author. Recently,
after discussions with the Project Director, it was decided to reassign the
project to a new project director, using as much of the work done bythe previous
director as necessary. This project provides an opportunity of updating the
status study and also to redesign it on the basis of suggestions and observations
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Background
The primary aim of the project is to explore the nature and extent of
legislative support to population policy, analyse lags between law and
policy and to examine various alternative policies.
a) examme the national population policy from various angles, namely political,
social and economic with reference to needs as well as means;
b) analyse the existing framework of law having a bearing, real or notional, on
population policy;
c) evaluate the legal ,framework with reference to explicitly stated aims of
legislation;
d) identity and analyse the intended as well as unintended consequences of the
legal framework;
e) analyse the administrative support available for implementation of the laws;
f) examine'the scope to frame laws to encourage family planning;
g) examine the, areas of conflict between different laws so as to idetl~ifythe
need to be attuned to population policy;
,
h) ,examine the gap between policy and legal framework so as to identify areas
needing legislative acti,:>n.
Current Status The project was begun in February 1973. Though the work was almost
complete and the report was received in 1976, it was thought appropriate to
update it in view of the several developments of a legal nature during the
emergency. For this an additional grant of Rs 52,000 was sanctioned. The
Project was, however, withheld as it was considered to be too early to under-
take a meaningful comprehensive study on this particular subject. It was later
decided to undertake a further restricted study on laws, executive orders,
schemes, etc. before and during the emergency. On its completion it was
considered appropriate to organise a seminar with particular reference to law.
The second phase of the study was also delayed due' to some difficulties
expressed by the experts to undertake research in its revised and extended
form. The whole project report was once'more subjected to further review and
it was, decided to revise it thoroughly and updated it minimally in terms of the
new ideas that have emerged in the field. An amount of Rs 10,000 was
.sanctioned instead of the earlier Rs 52,000. The findings of the study would be
suitably disseminated. The report would also be considered for publication.

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Director
Organised by the Foundation in collaboration with the Indian Association for
the Study of Population/and ESCAP.
Background
Objectives
This projec~ came up as a result of interaction between the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Family Planning Founda-
tion, for bringing out a Monograph on the Population of India. This is to be
prepared on the basis of a general design for all the countries in the region.
The Executive Director discussed the general approach of the project in October
1976 with the ESCAP., The study got under way in June 1978. The project is
being funded by the Foundation and the ESCAP.
The aim is to prepare on exhaustive study with developmental relevance: The
subject matter covered an the monograph include growth and distribution of
population, age and sex, literaqy and education, economic activities, household
and housing, mortality, marital status and fertility, family planning, prospects of
population growth and interaction of population trends with social and
economic background.
Current Status With a view to expedite the preparation of the Monograph, the Indian
Association for the Study of Population and the Fami lyPlanning Foundation
are working together. After the authors of various chapters were identified, a
meeting of the authors was called to design and delineate areas of study. All
the chapters (first draft) of ,the Monograph except the conclusion have been
prepared. All the chapters were carefully reviewed and commented upon by
the ESCAP staff and the Executive Director of the Foundation, Dr P B Desai
and Dr Ashish Bose of the IASP at Bangkok. This was done to rewrite the
lchapt~rs. The revised chapters are b~ingstudied once again to make the
suitable document for the UN. Thereafter the Monograph would be published
by the ESCAP after the UN gives the clearance.
Rs45,OOO
Institution
The ,project is a joint collaboration between the Foundation, ESCAP and the
Indian ~ssociation for the Study of Population.
PROJECI NO. 30'
Tide
Study of Population Policies in India.
Directors Dr Ramashray Roy, Dr Ali Baqur and Dr Rajni Kothari
Background The project "Study.of Population Policies in India" was sanctioned in September
1975. This is a detailed review of past population policy in India with a view

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to determine the relationship between the evaluation of Government policy on
population and family planning and trends in fertility behaviour and attitudes;
the type and extent of communication, down the political and administrative
heirarchy and the actual implementation of the policy at the lowest levels. The
study involves a comparative analysis of the states of Kerala and Karnataka.
Current Status The work on the first two phases, i.e. a) the policy process; and b) organisation
and communication, had been completed. The field strategy forthe third phase,
i.e. c) impleim.entation of policy is being modified, based on the field experience
of another project of the Foundation "Study of the Family Planning Implemen-
tation Programme." It is anticipated that the final report will be ready in about
six months.
Budget
Rs 2,70,000
Institution Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.
Title
Director
Study of the Family Planning Implementation Programme.
Dr Ramashray Roy (formerly Dr Prodip.to Roy was the Director)
Dr Ali Baqur
Background
The approach to this project is based on the assumption that the people best
suited to improve the functioning of a social system are those engaged in it-as
policy~makers, as implementers of policies and as receivers of the impact of
these policies. The project is a study of the implementation of the family plan-
ning programme during the period 1975-76, a period in which the programme
was characterised by a greater momentum and a larger emphasis on sterilisation
as the method of birth control. The study which began in December 1977, in-
volves two phases: 1) a cross sectional study in thtee States-U.P., Maharashtra
and Andhra Pradesh, and 2) an action bearing phase, which would 8ring toge-
ther for study and discussion, policy-makers, programmers and people from the
• coinmunity at large. .The findings of the first phase would be fed into the second
phase. The overall aim of this study is to learn practical lessons for future
policy and action.
CUrrent Status Both phases of the project have been completed and the final report is being
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Background
Importance'
One of the interests of the Foundation has been to promote the idea of viewing
the population problem from a regional perspective, recognising the fact that it
differs from region to region. To encourage the approach, the Foundation in-
teracted with the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) for developing a popula-
tion programme which could help in sensitizing the people of the area about .the
problem from their own perspective and approach. The population problem in
this region· is.not so much one of population growth as of stabilisation in relation to
resources. The proposal submitted by Dr MKondanda Rao was a pioneering
attempt in that direction and the study was begun in December 1977.
The above study is important from a regional stance, particularly from two points
of view: (1) it is an attempt to introduce an imaginative new;method in asensi-
tive area; and (2) it has an experimental value for developing regional approa-
ches to population and family planning:
Methodology
& Objectives
The primary data is being collected through questionnaire and schedule while
genealogical charts and case studies will be prepared for the collection of empiri-
cal data regarding the life styles and situations "in family organisation. The
proposal aims to study:
a) the changing family structures among two selected matrilineal groups of
'North East. India, namely, the Khasis and Garos of Meghalaya;
b) the impact of some aspects of social demography on the changing family life
among these two tribes; and
c) the extent of influence of factors such as birth rate, age at marriage and
family life on their standard of living, employment, l?ducation and housing.
These are basic aspects of family life and are being studied in' a flexible concep-
tual· framework that have relevance to the special population situation of the
area. This would help to enter into the area of population concerns indirectly
in an otherwise sensitive area.
Current Status There has been a stalemate with regard to the progress of the project. The
Research Investigator was taken seriously and critically ill. Therefore, the delay.
Discussions are currently going on with the Vice-Chancellor to expedite the
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,
Motivation for Planned Parenthood-A
in a City.
Preliminary Study of Muslim Families
This is study-cum-action project begun in June 1976, to identify the factors which
motivate some Muslim families to adopt a planned approach to parenthood and
restrict the size, of their families and others to have six or more children.
About thirty Muslim families belonging tothree different social groups have been
chosen for detailed investigation. This would be methodological study and would
provide the basis for a larger study.
Current Status Data gathering is in its final stages. The work on the project was delayed be-
cause of the fact that some of the families under study were dislocated during
and after emergency. Contacts with them have been re-established, the data
has been updated. The report is due shortly.
Title
Director
Developing a Programme of Research in Population and Family Planning from
a Sociological and Behavioural point of view with particular reference to Urban,
Tribal and Rural Communities.
Dr M N Srinivas and E A Ramaswamy (Rural)
Dr A R Desai (Urban)
.
Dr Roy Burman (Tribal)
Background
These were ,begun in January 1977, are three reviews of the existing basic
sociological literature which has a relevance to population and family planning.
The focus of review is on family and the community in their: respective setting.
The review would. also identify. lacunae and prepare a trend report. The three
reviews would provide some insights into the problems of family planning from
the behavioural and sociological point of view and help in generating research
interest among social behavioural scientists in population.
Current Status The rural study was assigned to Prof M N Srinivas and Dr E A Ramaswamy.
The report has been published' in the form of a book. It has been considered
favourably in the national and international sociological and population litera-

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ture. It has more importantly roused a fairly high degree of interest in popula-
!ion research among social scientists in, India. The study by Dr A R Desai
on the urban family and community is with the publisher and is expected to be
out very shortly. It is being reviewed for publication by experts. The draft
rJport of Dr Roy Burman on the tribal family and community is being reviewed
by experts for early publication.
Backgrol'md
This is a detailed anthropological study of family pJanning in a rural setting
with special reference to (a) value orientation vis-a-vis family plaening methods;
(b) the decision-making process; and (c) the role of moderni~ation in dteadop-
tion of family planning. It is based on a West Bengal village whose popufatiea
comprises\\~5 Hindu castes, Muslims and Tribals.
Current Status There has been inordinate delay in preparing the final report in part because of
the two transfers of the Project Director. The Project Director has been appro-
ached'to expedite the report.
Dr A K Danda has taken up the programme in his individual capacity, but with
the permission of the Anthoropological Survey of India.
~stablishing a Mechanical Tabulation Research Cell for Family Planning Pro-
gi'ames of the Christian Medical Association of India, Bangalore.
/
Backgronnd The Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) has over 350 hospitals
" . spread in the urban and rural areas. Some of these are in tribal and others in
backward areas. Under the family planning programme, the CMAI had launched
various activities, namely, free delivery-cum-sterilisation programmes, commu-

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nity health programme, etc. In addition, IUCD and MTP sentkes are also being
provided. The CMAI has also a good record system. The hospital Q&C cards
have valuable data on various methods of family planning including abortiOl'lSo.11
was felt that if the vast amount of data is properly analysed, it would provide
useful information for developing family planning programmes in a more mean-
ingful way. An institutional grant of Rs 95,000 was therefore sanctioned for
installing IBM equipment and to support and develop a research cell at the
CMAI, Bangalore. The study was begun in December 1978 and is essentially a
demographic and social analysis of acceptors. "The analysis would identify the
demographic and socio-economic profile of the acceptors. It would also identify
the most resistant and most favourable areas of action~ apart from determining
the incidence of complications, etc. The other important objective ofthis pro-
ject is the analysis of various inputs like integrated MCH, f~mily planning and
he3:1ihp: rogrammes in order to improve the management and delivery system.
While the data analysis was in progress; CMAI proposed a further in-depth
analysis of the socio-demographic characteristics of the acceptors of tubal
ligation, particularly as most of the information had already been collect-
ed by the tabulation research cell. Major emphasis of the in-depth study
would be to ascertain the relationship between infant mortality, fertility and
family planning acceptance. For this additional in-depth study, the Foundation
has sanctioned a further grant of Rs 21,200.
Current Statns The data analysis for the first phase of the programme has been completed
and further in-depth study of the tubal ligation has been completed. A prelimi-
nary report has been received. This would be revised in the light of the review
by experts. A report is expected by middle of 1980.
Population Policy-2000 A.D.-A Study of the Relationship between Population
and Economic Development.
Dr VA Pai Panandiker, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
Over the last few years there has been a considerable concern with the long-
term effects of the growth of India's population on economic development
and the quality of life for its masses. In particular, various scenarios have been
prepared which depict a high level of malnutrition and starvation deaths in the
country. However, there is dearth of policy oriented studies of a more direct

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kind, although some of the studies identify certain implications for population
policy. The proposed project which has a critical focus on population was
sanctioned in December 1917 and in it alternative population scenarios would
be worked out. These would identify if it would be possible to meet the mini-
mum needs of the people at an earlier period; also the implications for economic
growth and sustained policy support to bring about a reduction in fertility.
Importance
The study would have value for policy-makers. It would help them, ill~eralia,
in determining the normal variations in economic and population structure with
, the level·of development i11t-he different states. Such an exercise would be new
in the Indian context.
Methodology The study would attempt to answer some of the basic que~tions related to
& ObJ.ectives population and economic development, such as:
i) Is it feasible to bring about a more effective relationship between economic
development and population growth, especially of economic indicators on
population policy?
.
ii) What is the relationship between population growth and the ability of the
country to provide minimum needs to the people within the next 25 years?
iii) Whether a relationship 'can be established between higher incomes and the
reduction in the rate of population' growth?
'
iv) St.udy the factors designed to improve the quality of life, not only in terms
of the minimum needs, but the other items as well, for the population over
the next 25 years.
v) The study would also look into the aspects of internal security that may
have a bearing on the .question of population growth. By its very nature
the study will be highly policy-oriented and would attempt to develop alter-
native scenarios keeping in view the various basic objectives. A study on
these lines has not been undertaken so far. Therefore, an inter-disciplinary
conference will be called to prepare a position paper which tries to spell out
'the nature of the study. The study would be revised again at a conference
of administrators, policy-makers and academicians. The final study would
incorporate the suggestions emanating from this conference.
Current Status The Centre for Policy Research has completed the gathering of the data for
the study. The Foundation agreed to the extension of the study in view of the
author taking over as the Chairman of the Task Force on Population Dynamics
of the Planning Conimission. The final draft of the study is under completion
and should be sent for publication shortly.
It may be also mentioned parenthetically that the findings of the study even
before its completion have found their way into the planning process, parti-

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Budget
Institution
cularly through the work of the Tll$k Force of the Planning Commission on
Population Dynamics.
Rs 95,000
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
Background
Theprojeet aims at studying the inter-relati9nships of socio-economic variflbles,
inputs in the family planning programme and the Success of the programme,
in order to identify the factors responsible for regional differences in family
planning acceptance ..
Current Status Work on the project which was sanctioned in November 1972 has been complet- .
ed and an initial draft of the project has been received. The report is to be re-
viewed by the Institute on the basis of critical review of two e~perts. After this
is done the Gandhigram Institute _envisages a second phase of the project on
the economic value of children.
A detailed proposal on the second phase has been received. The Founda-
tion had agreed, in principle. to pay for the second phase to the extent of 50
per cent, provi ded, the Gandhigram Institute raises the balance from other·
sources. The second phase assistance will, however, be considered after the first
phase report is assessed for its relevance ~nd its usefulness. There has been an
inordinate delay in the submission 01 the phase. The data may need updating
for greater _relevance. The project proposal for the final second phase would,
therefore, need to be reconsidered with more caution and care. In any case the
. first phase would be useful by itself for its information value and may ,merit
dissemination selectively.
Title
Background
Developing Population Programmes for North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU),
Shillong.
The Foundation in its efforts to create tnore regional approaches to solving the
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as FPFrelt that if the resources of the Universities and research institutions are
tapped properly, they could playa meaningful, leading role in the furtherance
of the programme. The previous Vice~Chancenor of NEHU University had
expressed his willingness to undertake a project tj) evolve suitable population
strategy for this sensitive geographical area. The matter, however, could not
be pursued for some time due to the retirement of the previous Vice Chancellor.
Current Status The new Vice-Chancellor has also shown interest in the programme and a
concrete project proposal is being prepared in consultation with him. In a
recent discussion, the Vice-Chancellor has continued to show interest in the
project and has suggested when the uneasy situation in the North East improves,
the project can be activised. He felt from a long-term point of view, the univer-
sities should take the lead in developing appropriate attitude to population
development and resources in a given region. This is particularly true of the
North East.
PROJEcr NO. 40
Title
Study on the Status of Women and its Impact on Population Practices.
Director
This is a collaborative programme between the Foundation and the Gandhigram
Institute of Rural Health and Family Planning.
Background
The project was sanctioned in May 1972 and the idea arose from the need to
seek meaningful involvement in the International Women's Decade in a pro-
gramme relating to women, population and developtp.entparticularly as women
constitute about half of India's population and their role in population and
development is 'being recognized as a criti<:alone. Further nearly 9% of the
active labour force is composed of women. Their number, in 'teaching institutions
and health ,services is also significant. Besides, they occupy notable positions in
trade union organisations, various social institutions and political parties. They
could, therefore, be a powerful force for a nation's planned development and
progress. It is also true that the factors which improve the status of women,
like education, employment outside the house, etc. have a relevance to fertility
behaviour. Their role for the acceptance of family planning is as such a crucial
. factor. The Foundation 'would organise a Seminar based on a number of case
studies on women in the organised or working sector. It is also hoped that the
deliberations of the seminar would suggest ideas for policy and programmes not
only of,their position in the society, but also provide ideas for understanding
fertility in a more meaningful way. ,A Task Group consisting of senior officials

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of Government Departments'and autonomous institutions, economists, psycholo-
gists, labour leaders (all women) met under. the aegis of FPF and had made
certain suggestions for devoloping the project. The conceptual framework
for the study was designed on' basis of the ideas suggested by the Task
Gr<jup. The attempts to make the Task Group in an organising and study
agency even after much effort and time did 110t materialize. Thereafter three
institutions were approached for collaboration. One of them extended its
cooperation. There has been, therefore, substantial delay in the progress of the
project.
Current Status The Foundation has invited the Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family
Planning to undertake the study and later help in organising the seminar. The
Seminar would be organized towards the end of 1980 or beginning of 1981.
The Seminar will be organised by FPF with the help of the Gandhigram Institute
of Rural Health and Family Planning after the study by the latter.
Title
Organisation for Change-A Systems Analysis of Family Planning in RUld.l
India (Publication Grant).
The above study examines the Indian fa.mily planning programme in 1971 and
1972 as it is organised and implemented within the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare of Uttar Pradesh and within the five districts of Allahabad
Division. The study is based on a concern for the relationship between the
participants in the implementation of the prograriune-the villagers, the rural
PHC staff and the administrators-who constitute what the authors refer to as
the 'family planning system'. The book concludes that problems encountered in
the implementation of the programme are systemic in nature and intricately tied
up with the nature of the implementing agency and the wider institutional and
social context within which it functions.
Current Status The manuscript was examined by two expertS'in management and systems
analysis. Both of them were strongly in favour of publishing the work.
The Foundation is currently engaged in discussions with leading publishers to
finalise publication of the book.

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Details of Ongoing Projects
VI. Marketing, Management and Administration -

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VI. Marketing Management, and Administration
The Family Planning programmes in India are by and large centred around
hospitals and health institutions which, particularly in the semi-urban areas are
of great help in the delivery of health needs of the society. The sources are,
however, limited and the health services demands are not only great but are
also expanding. There is, therefore, a need for careful planning of health
services and maximisation of utilisation of human resources apart from improv-
ing the organisational efficiency through managenterit techniques. The support
of FalI\\ily Planning Foundation for programmes under this head in part are
intended to develop the organisational effectiveness and employee's prooucti-
vity. The projects supported with this stance by the Foundation are directed
towards experimenting with modern management concepts and marketing
techniques keeping in view the replication value and economy on expenditu,re.
The other stance in this category is to marketing and management them-
selves as innovative tools for improving the d,elivery of family planning services.
The stress goes beyond improving efficiency and organization to bring the
marketing. aspect-particularly community based distribution-into the mains-
tream of family planning effort.
Background
Viewed in broad historical terms,' Primary Health Centres in India were OrIgI-
nally created primarily to provide curative medical service, but an attempt wa&
made to make their functions gradually more comprehensive in terms of meeting
the health needs of the people. The project involves carrying out an in-depth
study of the two types of Primary Health Centres operating in Karnataka,
through field survey, analysis of secondary data and interviews, and the study
of differences in terms of their effectiveness within a historical framework and
their implications for family planning for organisation and management. As
part of this, it envisages also the study of the attitudes of, the staff,' organisa-
tional cohesioll, management capacity of the Doctor-in-charge, external influ-
ence and the cost of infrastructure.
Current Status The project was first undertaken by Dr N V R Ram. While in prbgress, he left the
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The project has been inordinately delayed. It was reassigned to Dr Sahani in
August 1976.
Title
Director
A Programme of Reviving .and Revitalising Voluntary Sterilisation in Three
States-A Demonstration Project.
I
Directed and operationalized by the Foundation.
Commis-
sioned by
Family. Planning Foundation.
Background
Although the tempo of the sterilisation programme increased significantly in
1976 /77, it suffered a severe setback soon after, putting the entire family plan- .
ning programme it seemed in reverse gear. Besides, by and large the upper and
middle classes are accepting the concept, but where it is most needed, namely in
the lower income groups, acceptance has been appallingly1low. There were some
attempts in certain States for reviving sterilisation programme. These, however,
were not characterised by adequate attention and preparation for the educative
process, medical care and the Post-operative care or suitable follow-up action.
Even one spoiled case would invite public reaction against the entire pro-
gramme. In view of the uncontrolled growth of our population adding approxi-
mately 13 million people every year, it is the responsibility and duty of not only
the Government Ibut also voluntary organisations to make every effort in reviv-
ing the family planning programme and prove that sterilisation particularly on a
volu ntary basis will have mass acceptance. Creation of a few success stories
particularly in the Northern belt will boost the morale of the staff and the
workers. This can be done only under the dedicated leadership of a person fully
conversant with the managenlent te~hniques and experience in family planning
programmes. A project design was developed as a demonstration programme
with emphasis on sterilisation purely on a voluntary basis. The programme
envisages holding of family planning camps in three States, namely Bihar, Delhi
and Gujarat with the total involvement; of the community, Government
officials at all levels, voluntary organisations and political leaders. Simultaneous-
lya processual study' of camp techniques, resource mobilisation and organisa-
tional dYt:lamics is envisaged particularly to find out motivational factors suit-
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Current Status At the time of preparing the project design, Mr T V Antony, IAS Officer
working with the Government of India, was expected to be on special leave for
a period of one year with a view to seek ,inolvement of a purposive kind
based on his experience in Tamil Nadu both in the rural and urban setting.
After his appointment as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, alternative arrangements had to be made. -The Foundation after consi-
dering various alternatives has taken upon itself the task of operationalizing the
project directly with' the assistance of suitable technical expertise. Initial inter-
action with Delhi, Gujarat and Bihar has begun. Because of the general
demoralization in the programme, the cooperation of the State Governments is
coming forth tardily. The attempts in this directioJ;l will be intensified. Also
interest of other states will be explored.
D~monstration Project in Community Based Distribution (CBD) ,of Contracep-
tives and Community Based Services (CBS).
Aims and
Objectives
The project is a result of the combined thinking ano planning of the Kasturba
Medical College Hospital (KMCH), Family Planning Foundation (FPF) and
Jan Mangal Sansthan (JS), JS being invited by the FPF to help in the formulation
of the project because of their management and marketing expertise. The
overall thrust of the, project is to bring- to the family planning, effort the strength
and genius of management and marketing approach. It aims at creating a
self-sustaining system for providing oral contraception to all eligible women at
risk >in South Kanara District of Karnataka, through community based distri-
bution of oral contraceptive pills, and also making available to them family
planning surgical services of menstrual regulation (MR). and medical termina-
tion of pregnancy (MTP), through the proper training of 'community based
medical practitioners. This demonstration project in South Kanara district
will cover an area' of 8400 sq. kms., divided into 306 ·viilages and 18 towns,
with an approximate population of 22,09,000.
The general aims and objectives of this project are to demonstrate the feasibi-
lity and effectiveness of creating a self-sustaining system. for distribution of oral
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bers of the community. It will also demonstrate the feasibility of providing to
the community safe, simple, economical and easily available surgical family plan-
ning services of MR and MTP through suitable training of locally available
practitioners. The emphasis in this programme is on eventually making it, in
terms of distribution cost, a financially viable proposition, which if successful
can be replicated in other parts of the country. To achieve this, the p~oposal
. envisages the use of marketing techniques, so that every woman is fully motivat-
ed to adopt the family planning measures and also to sustain her interest in
its continuous use.
Project
Proposal
A. Community Based Distribution of Oral Contraceptives (CBD). 301 distribution
'centres are proppsed to be established in the District within a period of two
years. Each distribution centre will be manged by a Distributor, who will be a·
mature woman belonging to the local community. 30 Supervisors, recruited
from the community, after undergoing training at the KMCH, will supervise
the functioning of Distributors. For each month's supply of contraceptive pills,
the acceptor will be charged Re I, out of which 60 p. will be kept by the Distri-
butor as her incentive money, and the remaining reimbursed to the central
office, which money, when tJte project is in full swing after about 3 years,
will be sufficient to provide for the services of the administrativ:e set-up includ-
ing Supervisors.
B. Community Based Family Planning Surgical Services (CBS). This is essentiallY
an extension of the. CBD project, in as much as it will provde termination of
pregnancy through surgery to women desiring it, especially in cases where
oral contraception has failed. The surgical procedures to be adopted will
depend upon the duration of the pregnancy.
If the pregnancy has not lasted for more than six weeks, the simple surgi-
cal procedure of MR will be used, which can be handled even in the rural
. situations, by practising physicians who have some background of surgical
training and obstetrical practice. They will be given suitable training by the
KMCH.
However, in cases where pregnancy is more advanced, MTP requires a: more
elaborate surgical procedure. This will be undertaken only by .those qualified
physicians who have been suitably trained for this purpose.
Current
Status
The Foundation initially provided a planning grant of Rs 30, 000 which helped
the development of the project design. The project has been approved in prin';
ciple by·t~e Foundation, with a total budget of Rs 11,50,700 with the proviso'
that the Foundation will be able to bear only part of these· expenses, and a
supporting grant from some international agency has to be obtained before the
project will be .put· into· operation.

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Brief Details This is a project for designing a rural fertility control clinic along the lines of
Dr D N Pai's highly successful urban experiment. The aim would be to provide
pregnancy -and FP services at a nominal charge. This would involve a low invest-
ment and is expected to yield a sufficient demand to make it selfsustaining after
a while.
Cunent Status The proposal on the rural clinic has been unduly delayed and is being ex-
pedited.

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VII. Conferences, Seminars and Workshops.

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National Conference of Voluntary Organisations for Evolving a Strategy of
Participation in Family Planning.
Family Planning Foundation (FPF) and Family Planning Association of India
(FPAI).
Brief Details The FPF and FPAI had jointly organised a conference of non-governmental
organisations with a view to galvanise them to take up family planning work in a
meaningful and effective manner. It was decided at this meeting that the FPF
and FPAI would set up a joint Cell to operationalise the policies for NGO action
laid down by the committee of the nine organisations which sponsored the
original conference.
Budget
Rs 1,18,000
Institutions Family Planning Foundation and Family Planning Association of India.

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Brief Details of
Completed/Closed Projects

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Commis-
sioned by
Biomedical Study Group.
Family Planning Foundation.
The Foundation had set up a Study Group for developing a strategy for biome-
dical research in the field of human reproduction and family planning, having
relevance to the present Indian conditions. This group ~oted that the presently
available contraceptive methods, which require continuous motivation for their
,~se, may not be safe and easily aceepta.&le,and that there is need to evolve a
b~
of contraceptive methods suitable for the different population groups.
It'felt an urgent need for undertaking research on a high priority basis, for
improving the exisiting and easily available contraceptive methods and to adapt
these to the needs of the social and cultural setting 9f, this country. As a result'
of the Gral1p's deUberatioQs a "Status Report" h~
prepared which, fn'
addition to providing available information andpeiMin~ut-gap&in- tfte-1l.veHable
~dge,
highlights the short-term and long-term studies which should be
undertaken for the development of more acceptable ,contraceptive techniques
relevant to Indian condi~iens.
,(
",
"
The Status Report 'ha&-beenLwideflcirculated and-is·.providio.g.,muchj,Jseful
informati2!!-..3I1dJleJp to-tlle "Family··PlanuingFoandation aud "1ht70ther
Governmental arid Non-GovernmentM--agen~iftitilltiRg
stl*ij8S aDd futnre
thrust ~eJield of biomedical. relltlu;lHl.
Mechanism of Action of Some Anti-fertility Agents on the Contractility of the
Fallopian Tubes.
Prof S K Guha, All India Institute of Medical ScieIlces,:New Delhi.
,.1
," 'J
,.
The studies were undertaken with a view to develop,~nlet~logy for, studying
tubal motility in intact animals, and then studying the effects of certain agents
which affect fertility by changing. tubal motility. Certain hormonal/chemical
agen~s wer~is~9,~t() ~!ter thi.s~metYj!~)t ,~ 4~pe~, ~J1at these studies may
help In theiuse of these ag8Rts &8 contraceptive agents:
\\

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.,I. ,l,!.:'
,'-\\
l1tle y
- ~\\
I.,
Fellow
Prostaglandin Involvement in the Regulation of Male and Female Fertility.
I
. D,$Amar Chattrr)ee. Raja Pearey Mohan College, Uttarpara, Hooghly .
\\.-.,,,'
,(
The project was undertaken to work o~L.ihe exact mechanisms of action of
prostaglandins. Studies undertak~ ~mcncated that prostaglandins result in
premature parturitition, possibly through their effects on progesterone secre-
tion. Som~ preliminary evidence was also provided on the possible involvement
of prostaglal1dins in influencing the fertilizing capacity of ,.sperms in the
epididymis. As the. worker left India, the project was closed; :.
Rs42,500
Dr Chander Prakash (under the guidance of Ranjit Roy Chaudhury), Post-
. gradu.ate
Institute
of Medical Education
.,
and Research,
Chandigarh.
~114ifeswe're und~rt~n on certain immunological aspects of reproduction,
keeping in view that the semen delivered into the female genital tract, al-
though having many immunological antigens in the form of proteins, does not
produce any immunological response in normal females. It W~Si proposed to
.identify such "inhibitors", which may be present in the semen. As the project
did'11ot-progr~s satisfac;~orily, it was closed.
Researc~ in the Methodology of Health Delivery.
Dr Jacob Chandy, Medical Department of the Church of South India.
The project aime.d to develop a mode1training programDle fora new category
of multi-purpose middle level worker ("Community Nurse"), who mediates
between the doctor. and the community. Seven such students were trained
under a specific training programme which ~as developed. With the Govern-

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ment's decision to train an equivalent category of middle level health worter
("Health Assistant"), this project's report would have an impact on. the
development of their training programmes.
Training-cum-Action in Pregnancy Counselling.
Late Mrs Mary Clubwala Jadhav, Dr T Janardhanan and Dr Rajasekharan,
Guild of Service (Central), Madras ..
The basic thrust of the project was to identify local women living in slum
areas and tr~in them into effective pregnancy counsellors and !hus use them for
family planning and MTP advice. An evaluation of the project brought Qut
the fact that a general awareness and motivation for family planning resulted
in the eligible women '3.S a result of such counselling; this gradually led to
increased adoption of family planning measures including MTP and steriIisatic:m.
The project has a potential for replication in other slum areas.
Action Research Project.on Community Action for a Programme QfIntegrated
Health and Family Planning.
Mr Tripurari Sharan, Gram Nirman MandaI, Sokhodeora, Bihar.
This pilot project aimed to find out the extent to which voluntary organisations
could assume the responsibility for organising health and family planning pro~
grammes, and to assess the improvement in family plann~acceptanee when
these services are integrated. with the health care activities .. The project had
one of its innovative dimensions the identification of voluntary health workers
from the local community. A suitable methodolgy was developed for health
programme administration through organising a voluntary village level' health
structure, with the active involvement of the village comm.unities. A package
. progrmme consisting of MCH, family planning and envionfi.lentalsanitation,
etc. was worked out.
Based on the experiences gained from this pilot project the Gram Nirman
MandaI has now undertaken a comprehensive project (described under ongoing
Projec t No. 11)
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Total Health Care Including Family Planning Through a Voluntary Hospital.
Dr Tarun Banerjee, Amiya Banerjee Charitable Trust, Calcutta.
The project attempted to provide comprehensive health care services through a
voluntary hospital in a semi-urban area, and to assess the improvement in accept-
ance of family planning as a result of this. It is expected that with the initial
experience gained through this project, the activities of the centre may be
extended to other· adjoining communities, tqrough the training and use of the
community based health workers.
Rs 1,50,000,(plus Rs 36,000 for consultancy services)
Developing Effective Maternal and Child Health Services in Rural Areas in
India.
Dr Vijay Kumar, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh.
It was proposed to develop a model for the selection and training of para-
medical and other auxiliary health personnel for providing comprehensive health
care and family planning services. The project to be designed will take into
account the cultural beliefs of the community, and also will be based on ex-
periences gained from other similar programmes. Through a planning grant
the worker has visited some other programmes and interacted with some ex-
perts. A preliminary project has been developed, based on survey and initial
testing of ideas. It is hoped that a comprehensive project will be soon worked
,out.
Int~grating Family Planning and Health Care Through Community Welfare
Centre for Women and Children.
Dr (Miss) Parin Vakharia
It was proposed to develop a demonstration project in a Muslim slum area of
Hyderabad for providing, the local community comprehensive welfare program-
mes of health, educational and occupational training facilities, alongwith family
planning, through motivation for smaller families. Through a.planning grant
asurvey has been carried out and it is hoped a comprehesive project will be
soon worked out.

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Initiating a Programme of Integrated Health and Maximising the Participation
of Voluntary Organisations.
This project was withdrawn as the Population Council of India closed
down.
PAR VATI, a 20-minute documentary stressing on the importance of family plan-
ning and the status of women in the context of social changes at the village level
was completed in- 1978. It won the national award for the best promotional filth
that year. PARV ATI has been presented to the Government ofIndia and it
. will be widely distributed and exhibited on normal cinema circuits in the coirlingT
mo,nths.
Prof K M Sharma of the M S· University, Baroda acted as the Consultant and
Mr 0 K Sharma as the Chief Or~aniser.
This project to develop a training programme for young rural leaders was under-
taken by the All India Panchayat PaHshad with Prof K M Sharma of the M S
liniversity, School of Social Work, Baroda acting as Consultant. A n~m~rof

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institutional and peripatetic training camps for young male c.mDMlllity ka40rs
were held, though after considerable delay. A report has been received on the
wrk. On xeview, it was.fOOnd to be of li~ ~'U" aiW S0 Will be selectivelyl
disseminated.
Title
Communication for Social Marketing: Methodology for Developing Communi-
cation Appeals for Family. Planning Programme (A Publication Grant).
With the help of a subsidy from the Foundation this doctoral thesis dealing with
the social marketing approach for developing family plann.i1lg,~~s. was
published. It has been very well received as one of the first boob of its kind
in India.
The first phase of this project conducted an in-depth sociolo~ical study of a
village community inU.P. to understand its attitudes to fami~l'lanniftg-. Based
on the study, in the second phase, a family planning media prototype was deve-
lopeEl'-a 20 minut~ black and whit~ fib using the locally popular folk musical-
form. This film has been completed and now will be comparatively evaluated
aloogside PAR VATI, the other film made by the Foundation, and some other
Government-made documentaries •
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Budget
blstilut:ioa
Analytical Case Study of an Innovative Pf~mme in Population and Family
Planning.
Dr Y.P Singh
A descriptive and analytical case study of the now famous Jamkhed project-the
Aroles won the Magsaysay Award last year-was prepared and presented
as a paper in the ~eminar on Population Education and Rural Development held
ne in ISangafore in 1978".
study is now bein& ampftfied and wnt be included in
a series of detailed studi'es of five dift"erent wortflwl'u1eprojects with a pop~lation
stance in the country-currently being prepared by the Foundation.
Rs 4,500
Ja4iAn Agt;ie\\lltural Researeh hs1iitutle. DdJIi~
Funl;tionaJ Literacy and.Family Life Pfanning.Edw;ation..
Mr M P Dadhich
Rs 1.500
Bikaner Ad'Uit EciueatioD. Assoeiation, Bikaaer.
Title
Budget
Institution
Population EdUcation f.ornon-8elleof Gaing Youtli.
Rs 1,55.000
All India Panchayat Parishad.
Publication of "Demogc:aphy India'" a bi-annual journal.
Dr P:B Desai
Recogaising:the.ne-ed for a surious. farom to present research; findings and
ideas emerging from studies. mlpopulation. family planning and related fields.
the Foundation assisted the IDdian Association for the Study ..of Population
(IASP). which· is the only ovganisaUon in· India for population research and
development, to bring Ollt a joorBal, The lItS8i6tance£or this project has nearly
C<>JIle to an end. An. existing institutiO~ bas beft< str.tt'lgtbeJwd1 to expand its

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Budget
Institution
role. It is hoped that the IASP will now make the journa. a self-supporting
and commercially viable enterprise. The Foundation is following up to ensure'
that thIs activity is sustained.
'
Rs 1,25,000
Indian Association for the Study of Population.
Budget
Institution
As a result of interaction with the !slant and the Modern Age Society, a Task
Force of leading Muslim intellectuals and scholars was appointed to see what
could be done to motivate the Muslim religious leaders and community to an
acceptance of a small family norm. Special numbers on family planning of several
Urdu and English journals were brought out and a number of Muslims involved
in writing articles on this theme.
Study Group ~n Sixth Five-Year Plan (with specific focus on reviewing the
population and family planning policy and programme of the Plan).
Sponsored by Family Planning Foundation.
An inter-disciplinary study group of experts chaired by Dr Malcolm S Adise-
shiah critically examined the Draft Five-Year Plan for 1978-83 for its sensitivity
and relevance to the critical population issue. The report prepared by this
group was presented to the then Prime Minister. Its observations and recom-
mendations drew wide publicity in the media and were circulated (in English
and Hindi) to political leaders, planners and administrators. The report can
claim to have in part stimulated the Planning Commission to include an entire
chapter on Population Policy and Outlook in its revised document. One recom-
mendation of the group:' to study in depth the need and relevance of a Popu-
lation Commission for India for galvanising population efforts and developing

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suitable and effective population policies, is presently being examined by a
sub-group chaired by Dr Adiseshiah.
Action Oriented Innovative Projects for Developing Models in the Organised
Industries.
This study aimed to develop flexible and workable stratagies for promoting
family planning in specific industries and the communities around these.
The reports based on three specific orbanisations have been received. The
Foundation is interacting with these organisations for developing programmes,
and also using the models and approaches for programmes elsewhere.
Budget
Institution
Comprehensive Labour Welfare Scheme (including No Birth Bonus Scheme)
Mr V I Chacko and Dr (Miss) A George
The UPASI experimenl to study the impact of deferred incentives through the
No British Bonus Scheme (NBBS) on fertility was supported and evaluated with-
the support of the Foundation. The Evaluation report has been received and is
currently being reviewed before a discussion is taken on disseminating its
findings.
Rs 2,50,000 (Rs 2,00,000 for Project and Rs 50,000 for Evaluation).
United P·lanters' Association of South India (UPASI).

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Study of Natural Family Planning Methods.
Dr Amritananda Das aad Prof S\\l&ala Daslupta
This is a case study of a project propagating the rhythm-cum-temperature
method of birth control in a Calcutta slum by Mother Teresa's organisation-
Nirmal Hriday. The report has been reoeived and circulated. The Foundation
"is considering recommissioning, the study with two aims in mind-(I) to update
the informati'fnr on the sUbject, and (2) to improve some of the data which were
considered inadequate in the previous study.
Budget
Iustitution
E\\lQJaation af Gujarat State MassWe V~etomy Campaign.
Dr D V N Sharma
This is a critical apalysis of the mass vasectomy campaign organised by the
Government of Gujarat in 1971 and 1972. The cyclostyled report has been
widely disseminated among planners, field workers, supervisors and reserchers
on the family planning programme.
The study was aimed at identifying the content, methods and programmes of
f70i'utatiOft education' suitabfe for' conege going students. The revised report is
being reviewed for swtable pwblication and dissemination.

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The report was published in book form about two years ago. Being one of the
first books of its kind on the subject it has aroused some interest.
Sex Differentiation in Parental Attitudes towards Female Cbildt"en as Indicated
through Child Rearing Practices.
Mrs Tara Ali Baig
This study was a review of the literature on children more-specifically on the
. difference in treatment meted out to female children in the Indian family context.
The report of the study has been received and its findings could be utiIised for
developing. further studies and prdgrammes.
Dr V A Pai Panandiker
The report of the study was published in 1'978lIt'lder the title, Family Planning
Under the Emergency: It has aroused wide interest and been critically reviewed
both in the professional and lay press.
Publication of the Journal on the Family Planning Activities o( the Christian
Medical Association of India (CMAI).
Dr (Mrs) H M Sharma
The Foundation had helped the CMAI to bring out a special bulletin covering
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in family planning. The report has been widely distributed to mission hospitals
and non-Christian private hospital~, and family planning clinics. Technical
aspects of the report have aho been published in the CMAI Journal.
. Rs 5,000
This is a survey of the status of population and family planning in the schools
of social work, with specific reference to teaching, field work and research.
The report has been mimeographed and circulated among the schools of social
work, social welfare agencies and social workers. The report has considerable
impact on social work education.
These are three status reviews of research in different areas of population, name-
ly, the behavioural, demographic-and biomedical aspects. An three have been
published in book form and widely welcomed as basic reference material for
population re~earch.
The Foundation is considering recommissioning the studies in view of the
fact that ,each volume is now about five yeats old and there lias been much new
literature since then.
Status Study of the Family, Planning Component in the Ur1?an Community
Development Programme and its Implications for the family Planning Pro-
. gramme in Jndia.
Undertaken directly by the Foundation (Prof J C Kavoori)
The study has been combined with a survey on the literature on environment

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and human settlements. A preliminary draft has been completed. It is being
critically reviewed by; experts befote steps are taken for dissemination of its
findings for research and action.
The Correlates of Muslim Fertility in an Urban Setting-A Case Study of
Kanpur City (A Publication Grant).
This study focuses on the dynamics of fertility behaviour among Muslims in
an urban environment. The report has been published in a book form and
aroused considerable interest among demographers, socia] scientists and family
planning officials. The book has also resulted in articles which have been pub-
lished in technical journals.
This study focuses on the need to improve the quality of the Indian population,
if not as a precondition to, at least simultaneously with effective control
measures. The report has been published in two volumes and received world
wide attention and reviews. The book has been published under the auspices of
the ICSSR.
A Diachronic Study of Changes in Contraceptive and Fertility Behaviour
in a Tamil Nadu Village and its Eight Harijan Hamlets during the Decades
1956-76.
Prof A Aiyappan
This was an in-depth micro-level study of the process of change in general

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and dlaBge a€ertiltty behaviour in particular over time. The report has been
receiv.ed.and is beil\\g reviewed by experts. Am"angemeats are being made for
its 'publication
Population and Poverty in the Indian Slums.
The project was undertaken directly by the Family Plal11'lingFoundation.
This is a methodological study of the fertility behaviour of sixty poor women
living in slums in six cities/towns of Northern India. Twelve of these women
~ aft8.tysed in greater' deptb for the preparation of detailed case· studies.
The report of the 'Study is ready in manuscript form. It is being revised for
publication and dissemination.
Brief Details
The Foundation has supported a Dumber of projects/programmes in observance
of World Population Year (1974). The main idea was to sensitise voluntary
organisations, academic/research/professional institutions and the mass media
for their meaningful fole in the population crisis. This helped various organisa-
tions for seeking a more releVAnt role in population and family planning. The
programmes supported by FPF ace indicated below:
.
(a) Publications
i) Population and Development in India, 1947-2000 by Dr Ashish Bose
Dr P B Desai, Dr Asok Mitra and Dr J N Sharma (Rs 50,000).
ii) Special Publication of the CMAI (Rll 7,500).
iii) Special Population Issue of YWCA (Rs 2,500).
iv) Sp~cial Bulletin of the Population Council of India (Rs 5,500).
v) Studies in Family Planning in India by Dr (Mrs) Kamala Gopal Rao
(Rs 5,0(0).
vi) Voluntary Efforts in Family Planning by Mrs Kamala Mankekar
(Rs 10;000).
(bj Conferences and Seminars
i) National Convention of the Panchayat Parishad. convened by the AIPP
at Lucknow (Rs 5,0(0) .

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ii) Legislators and Family Planning, convened by the Institute of Consti-
. tutional and Parliamentary Studies (Rs 2,125).
iii) Seminar in connection with World Population Year Dr (Miss) A George,
Kerala University (Rs 5000).
•;
iv) All India Congress of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians Dr (Mrs) A
Dass (Rs 5,000).
An Across the Board Survey of UNICEF's Il)volvement in Population Activities
in India.
The report contained a number of proposals and programmes and also sugges-
tions for developing new components. Both UNICEF and the Department of
Social WaIf'are of the Government of India have used it in their deliberations.
In the interaction now going on with the UNICEF on !iev.eralideas, the present
report will be utilized.
PopUlation and Women: A Programme based ·for the International Women's
Decade.
International Women's Year has brought. up a number of ideas for new
policies and programmes. Considering that women represent almost half of
the population in the country and also the importance of th~ir role in the fields
of family planning, the Foundation decided in March 1976 to support a study
to review broadly the literature on IWY and also various programmes on status
of women. Apart from the review of the present and past programmes, the
survey would suggest innovative and meaningful projects with development and
population interest, based on the experience of the past programmes and the
existing literature.
Current Status The report is being re-written in the light of the many developments that have
taken place since the Interational Women's Conference at Mexico in 1975. It
will go beyond the implications or the Conference .. Because of the illness of
Col P N Luthra, t~e finalisation of the report was delayed considerably.
Rs 5,000

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Cot. Luthra, who is a l"etire~UAS officer and.p~rsonally incAarge of IWY, was
requested to· undertake the study on behalf of the Poundation. Necessary
technical and secretarial support was provided. The· Study ,was commissioned
by the Foundation.
. :'
VI. Marketing, Management and' Administration
PROJECf NO. 41
Organisation of Simultaneous Eye-dum-Family Planning CamPs "and a study of"
their Mutual Impact.
' ' ~'.!
The programme was organisedcollectively ,by the;~tate'Bank. of India,.4mp··'
loyees, Family Planning Foundation imd Lok Kalyan Samiti, Badarpur.
, The data co)lectedduring the camps were an~lysed' but somewha,t inconclusive
,~beCa'usem, ostly oldecroen and women came for sterilisation.
'
Budget
. Rs' 5,000 ,
PROJECf NO. 42
Family Planning Camps in Madras.
Mr T V Antony and Dr L Ramachandran
The F01indation supported: 'the' Corporation of Madras 'and local voluntarY"
organisations to conduct sterilisation camps using modern management skills.
The Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Planning did an on-the-'
spot evaluation of the camps.
,.
')
The report of the Institute has been received and identifies important factors
, for the success of the camps. It is being revised fol' wider dissemination .
.,
Integrated Family Planning Services at the Pearl Clinie-"'ACa.se ~tudy.
This is a management oriented case study of Dr DN Pai's ~earlClinic in
Bom.bay which has. attracted wide attention for its innovative an.d 'effective
organisation and mana~ement of abortioll and F~ ~ervices. The 'study report
b..asb, een 'cyclostyled and will now be suitably, dis~emmjH~t~~;<: ~. :
Rs 5,000

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.-
List of Completed Sem\\uars,
Conferences, Workshops,

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VU. List of Completed Seminars, Conferences, Workshops
Financed by the Fonndation
From the very inception the Foundation has supported -Conferences, Seminars
and Workshops. The majority of these were national, state or regional and others
.international. Support to these over the years has been to professional and aca-
demiC;associations and non-governmental organisations with population research
or action component or interest.
In the earlier years support by and large was of a general kind but in recent
years there has emerged a more selective policy for supporting the confere~ce
and seminars and on a more limited sc;ale. The assistance-now goes for the travel
of the ynunger scientists particularly for scientific. conferences and seminars, for
publication grants and for writing technical papers for the conferences.

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Sl.
Title of the
No.
project
Amormt
Sanctioned
1. XXVI International Congress
of Physiological Sciences
2. Symposium, on "Recent Ad-
vances in Contraceptive Tech-
nology". '
3. Symposium on "Neuroendocrine
Regulation of Fertility".
4. Symposium on '~Chemistry,
Biology and Immunology of
Gonadotropins" .
5. Symposium on "Regulation of
Growth and Differentiated
Function in Eukaroyote Cells".
6. Vth International Congress on
Hormonal Steroids.
7. International Symposium on
"Recent Advances in Repro-
duction and Fertility Control".
8. Symposium on "Non-Hu~an
'Primates in Biomedical' Re-
search".
9. VII Congress of the Interna-
tional Primatological Society.
10. Winter School on "Neuro-
physiological and Neuro~chemi-
cal correlates of Behaviour" and
International Symposium on
"Aggressive Behaviour".
11. International Symposium and c
Workshop on Biomedical Engi-
neering.
12. fInd Conference of the Fede-
ration of Indian Societies of
Endocrinology.
13. XXIII Aunual Conference of
the Association of Physi0logists
and Pharmacologists of India.
14. Xth Convention of the Indian
College of Allergy and Applied
50,000
4,000
20,000 -
20,000
15,000
75,000
25,000
15,000
20,000
20,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
Principal Investigator!
Project Director
7P~f it Moud8aJ
Prof G P Talwar
Dr N R Moudgal and
Dr T C Anand Kumar
Dr S K Manchanda
Dr (Mrs) Sharda Subra-
manyam

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SI.
Title of the
No.
Project
Amount Principal Investigator/
Sanctioned
Project Director
Immunology
15. Dr B C Roy Memorial Lecture
16. Workshop on "Family Planning
Propagation Strategy for Medical
Practitioners" .
17. National Seminar on Physician
and Population Change.
18. XXV Annual Conference of
the Ass~ciation of Physiologists
and ·Pharmacologists of Indig.
19. Workshop on "Developing Inte-
grated Material on Family
Planning Education".
20. Seminar on Sex Education.
21. Third Annuar Conference of the
Indian Association for the Study
of Population (IASP).
22. Task Group on Indian Youth
Population Coalition (IYPt).
23. Seminar on Key Decision-
Makers in the Sarvodaya
Movement in India and Zonal
Seminars for Grassroot Level
Sarvodaya Workers.
24. Seminar and Summer Institute
in Family Planning for Social
Work Education.
25. Involvement of Private Medi-
cal Practitioners in the National
Family Planning Programme.
26. Asian Conference on Family as
a Unit of Welfare in National
Planning.
27. National Conference on Popu-
lation Dynamics and Rural
Development.
5,000
35,000
5,000
15,000
10,000
50,000
Dr Ranjit Roy Choudhury
Dr N G Garg, General
Secy., Indian Medical
Association
DrP N Wahi
Mrs Tara Ali Baig
Dr P B Desai
Dr K N Georgeo·and
Dr S H Pathak

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Accounts

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A F FERGUSON & CO.
CHARTJ;RED ACCOUNTANTS
Post Box No. 24, New Delhi
The Governing Board
Family Planning Foundation
New Delhi
We have audited the attached Balance & Sheet of the Family Planning Foundation
as on December 31, 1979, and the Income & Expenditure account for the year
ended on that date with the books and records submitted to us and have found it
in accordance therewith.
We have obtained all the inf()rmation and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit and, in our
opinion, the Balance Sheet and the Income '&Expebditure account set forth a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation as on December 31, 1979
and of the excess of income over expenditure for the year then end.ed respec-
tively, according to the best of our information and explanations given to us and
as per the books and records submitted to us.
A F FERGUSON" CO.
CHARTERED ACCOUN. TANT,S

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Previous
Year
Rs.
12,35,489
1.24,04,534
40,52,844
15,47,134
68,04,556
18,69,753
5,51.233
9~,25,S42
6,300
Society Fund
Grants and Donations as on
December 31, 1978
Add: Received during 1979
Less: Disbursements
Upto 31-12-1978
During 1979
55,99,978
J3,24,2RO'
SnrplQS Fund
Balance as on 31.12.1978
Add: Amount transferred
duri~ the year
Sundry Creditors
IneODleand ExPeDdlture AecoWlt
Excess of Income over ex~ndi-
ture for the year as per annexed
income and expeaditure account
Less: Transferred to Society's
surplus fund account
24,10,986
3,79.048
1,24,04,534
1,88,591
1,25,93,125
69,24.258
56,68,867
84,68,901
6,200
Note
Grants
The entire actual disbursements have been shown as grants and deducted from the total
grants/donations received although audited accounts from grantees for Rs 13,10,449-
Previous Year Rs 15,03,063-have yet to be received.

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· Previous
Year
Rs
1,49,526
10,575
3,172
2,188
14,613
1,012
10,910
9,200
39,800
62,023
12,628
9,321
21,086
13,392
16,155
13,134
3,953
2,008
54,390
8,844
16,017
16,000
14,836
1,025
2,000
7,931
5,51,233
Salaries and Allowances
Salaries
Dearness Allowance
City Compensatory Allowance
Washing and other Allowances
Secretarial Assistance
Contributions to Provident Fund and Family
Pension Fund
Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
Grauity
Medical Expenses
Honorarium and Consultant Fee
Rent
Office Accommodation
Composition Fee
Residental Accommodation (Directors &. Secy.
& Treasurer)-
Net after adjusting a recovery of Rs 3,600
from the Exec. Dir. (Previous Year Rs 3,600)
House Renot Subsidy (Stuff)
Travel ExpeJises
Executive Director
Other Staff
Consultants
Conveyance Expenses
Maintenance of Executive Director's Car including
Rs 388 Insurance-Previous'Year Rs 514
Repairs and Maintenance
Office
Residence
Electricity and Water
Postage, Telegrams and Telephones
Library (Books and Periodicals)
Printing and Stationery
Printin. and Publications
Meetings, Entertainments and Staff Welfare Expenses
General Expenses
Audit Fee
Depreciation
Excess of Income over Expenditure for the year
carried over to Balance Sheet
1,59,871
12,575
3,773
590
66,000
10,240
48,072
1,76,809
300
15,817
1,092
788
11,918
9,250
,47,788
31,694
23,008
1,02,490
13,391
17,702
14,606
3,289
17,895
10,J25
57,482
10,079
13,102
10,653
17,727
3,394
2,000
12,910
3,79,048
10,17,147
1. The Executive Director's remuneration for the year amounted to Rs 63,924 (Previous
Year Rs 63,914). In addition he is provided with a car and driver by the Foundation,
for official and personal uses, and a r.ecoveryof Rs 150 per month is being made
for personal use.
2. All grants received/disbursed during the year are reflected directly in the Balance-
Sheet':""seenote on Balance Sheet.

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Previous
Year
Rs
10,68.415
5.506
8.913
Interest
On Fixed Deposit
On Savings Bank Account
Profit on sale of Motor Car
10.19.600
__ 7~,5_47 10.27.147
NEW DELHI
As per our report of even date attached.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

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Particuklrs
Motor Car
Furniture, Fixture
and Equipment
TOTAL
Previous Year
SCHEDULE OF FIXED ASSETS ANNEXED TO AND FORMING PART OF THE
BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31, 1979
Cost
Depreciation
As at
1.1.1979
Additions
during
the year
Sales Adjust-
ment during
the year
Total Upto
as on 1.1.79
31.12.79
On Sales
during
the yoar
For
the
year
15,174
15,174
506
2,934
Total
Upto
31.12.~9
3,440
Written Down Value
As on
As on
31.12.79 31.12.78
11,734
14,668
85,466
1,00,640
96,619
22,138
22,138
27,358
23,337
1,07,604
1,22,778
1,00.640
29,462
19,968"
40,480 18,443
9,976 39,438
12,910 41,878
7,931 29,968
68.166
79,900
70,672
'6,004
70,672

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FINANCIAL REVIEW AS ON 31.12.1979
(Figures in lakhs of rupees)
STATEMENT
Upto
.31.12.1978
During
1979
Income
A. Donations
B. Grants by Ford Foundation
(General)
C. Grant by Ford Foundation
(Biomedical Project)
D. Interest
E. Total Income (A+B+C+D)
Grants Sanctioned
Disbursements
F. Project Grants
i) Disbursed
ii) Committed against grants
already sanctioned upto
31.12.1979 but not yet
disbursed.
G. Expenditure on Estab-
lishment
H. Total Disbursement (F+G)
Uncommitted Funds (E-H) as on
31.12.i979
83.17
24.13
16.75
47.28
171.33
56.00
23.67
1.88
10.27
12.15
13.24
6,$6
85.05
24.13
16.75
57.S5
183.48
121.55*
69.24
52.31
121.5S·
31.23
151,78
31.70

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Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co Ltd
Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co Ltd
(Royalty on a Book by Dr Ensminger)
Shri. Ambica Mills
Atic Industries Ltd.
Rs.
1,26,842
1,749
10,000)
50,000
1,88,591
Received in late December 1979 in
response to the Chairman's appeal.

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DETAILS OF DONATIONS RECEIVED DURING 1980
(as on March 31, 1980)
AHMEDABAD REGION
Lalbhai Group (Late Mr Kasturbhai Lalbhai)
Shri Abica Mills
The Ahmedabad Electricity Co Ltd
CALCUTTA REGION
Bida Group of Industries
Phillips Carbon Black Ltd
Indian Oxygen Ltd
Brooke Bond India Ltd
Guest Keen Williams Ltd
Tribeni Tissues Ltd
Metal Box India Ltd
DELHI REGION
Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co Ltd
MADRAS REGION
Lakshmi Mills Co Ltd
South India Shipping Corporation Ltd
Receipts
Rs.
5,00,000
10.000
15,00,000
50,000
15,000
5,000
5,000
2,000
25,000
25,000
BOMBAY REGION
Tats Group of Industries
Tata Oil Mills Co Ltd
Tata Chemicals Ltd
Tata Hydro Elec Power Supply Co Ltd
Tala Finlay Ltd (Calcutta)
TELCO
Rallis India Ltd
The Swadesbi Mills Co Ltd
The Indian Tube Co Ltd (Calcutta)
The Ahmedabad-Advance Mills Ltd
Tata Iron & Steel Co Ltd
Forbes Group
Forbes Forbes Campbell & Co Ltd
Gokak Patel Volkart Ltd
IVP Limited
1,00,000
1,00,000
2,00,000
1,00,000
5,00,000
1,00,000
25,000
1,00,000
5,00,000
1,OO~OOO
20,000
20,000
20,000 .
Promises
Rs.
75,000
1,00,000

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Good1all NoroIao PaInts Led
Pacit Asia Ltd (Madras)
Mr Yogindra N Mafatlal
Indian .Dyestuff Industries Ltd.
Mihir Textiles Ltd
Hoecbes Dyes &. Chemicals Ltd
The Associated Cement Co Ltd
The Standard Mills
Larsen &. Toubro Ltd
Associated Bearing Co Ltd
Kamani Eng Corporotion Ltd
eeat Tyres of India Ltd
Bombay Sllburban Electric Supply Co Ltd
Colour-Chem Ltd
Indian Organic Chemicals Ltd
Mahindra &. Mahindra
Glaxo Laboratories (I) Ltd
20.000
20.000
15.000
15.000
15.000
2.00.000
1.00.000
1.00,000
1.00.000
50.000
25.000
25,000
20,000
10,000
10,000 I
46,71,000

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Year of
Sanctum
Original
SANCTIONS
Additional
Total
DISBURSEMENTS
Upto
31-12-78
During
1979
Total
AUDIT
Acconnted
To be
Accounted
(i)
(ii)
(Hi)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
-<vii)
(viii)
(ix)
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
22,15,568
4,19,798
16.42.500
6,90,057
10,79,500
13,29,192
16,43,544
18,52,400
5,95,000
3,35,000
87,500
85,064
1,20,000
28,70,568
7,54,798
17,30,000
7,75,121
10,79,500
13,29,192
17,63,544
18,52,400
24,96,418
4,76,402
10,77,665
3,81,035
4,25,294
3,14,132
4,29.032
3Q,208
1,40,000
1,04.950
1,64,632
3,55,309
1,76,133
3,19,944
24,104
25,35,626
6,16,402
1J,82,615
5,45,667
7,80,603
4,90,265
7,48,976
24,104
24,46,915
5,34,480
9,56,756
4,92.125
4,07,063
3,06,265
4,53,101
17,104
88,711
81,922
2,25,859
53.542
3,73,540
1,84,000
2,95,875
7,000
1,09,3Z,559
12.2z,564
1,21,55,123 55,99,978 13,24,280
69j4,258
56,13.809
13,10,449
Note:
Total grants sanctioned during the year 1979 ambt
additional grants for the ongoing projects).
.to Rs 21,03,464 (Rs 18.52,400 shown above plus Rs 2,51,064 sanctioned as

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ESTABLISHMENT AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES DURING 1979
AND BUDGET FOR 1980
Budget·
1978
in lakh3
(i)
Accounts Heads
(ii)
For the year 1979
Expenditure Budget
in
in
in
Rs. lakhs lakhs
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Budget [or 1980
in
in
Rs. lakhs
(vi) (vii)
3.56
0.48
0.76
0.10
0.22
0.22
0.18
0.10
0.•02
5.63
1. Pay and Allowances
, Staff Salaries
Dearness Allowance
City Compensatory
Allowance
House Rent/Subsidy
Gratuity
Conveyance expenses
Medical Reimbursement
Contributory P F.
Secretarial Assistance
and Staff Welfare
Executiue Director's
Car Maintenance
1,60,172
12,575
3,773
70,225
788
13,981
11,918
16,909
2,575
17,314
3,10,230
3.10
3.66
2. Office Establishment
Rent
Composition Fee
Repairs and Maintenan~
Electricity and Water
66,000
10,240
14,606
10,125
.1,00,971 ' 1.01 0.95
3. Other Expenses-Establishment
Stationary
13,102
of Printing and Publication
Reports
.
10,653
Postage, Telegrams and
Telephones
57,482
General Expenses
3,394
Equipment and Furniture 22,137
1,06,768
1.07
1.04
4. Library
5. Travel FPF Staff,
Adv. .panels/Council
and Consultants
6. Honorarium/Consulation
fee
7. Meeting & Entertainment
8. Audit Fee
10,079
79,482
23,008
9,250
15,153
2,000
6,56,941
0.10
0.10
' C>.79 0.25
0.23
0.25
0.09
0.18
0.15
0.12
0.02 0.02
6.56 6.57
2,34,720
18,864
5,652
- -1,14,912
24,960
19,560
22,812
5,844
17,000
4,64,324 4.64
78,000
7,680
10,000
11,320
1,07,000 1.07
16,000
16,000
55,000
2,000
20,000
1,09,000 1.09
12,000 0.12
60,000 0.60
30,000 0.30
18,000 0.18
12,000 0.12
2,500 O.oJ
8,14,824 8.15
\\
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List of Publications

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Sl.
No.
1. Status Study on Population Research in India
(i) Vol. I
Behavioural Sciences
(ii) Vol. II
: Demography
(iii) Vol. III
: Bio-Medical
2. Population in India's Development by the year 2000 A.D.
3. Voluntary Efforts in Family Planning A Brief History
4. Studies in Family Planning: India
5. Strategy for Family Planning in the Indian Industrial Sector
8. India's Population: Aspects of Quality and Control (two
volumes)
9. Family Planning under the Emergency
Policy Implications of Incentives and Disincentives
10. Family Planning Communication: A Critique of the
Indian Programme-
11. Contraceptive Pharmacology (Dr B C Roy Memorial
Lectures) (under print)
12.' Communication for Social Marketing: A Methodology for
Deveioping Communication Appeals for Family Planning
Programme
13. Family Planning among Muslims in' India
Not yet
fixed
35

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Prof Udai Pareek &
Dr TVRao
Mr SPlain
Prof 0 P Talwar
Dr Asok Mitra
Prof Ashish Bose
Prof P B Desai &
Prof 1N Sharma (IASP}
Mrs Kamla Mankekar
Dr (MIs) Kamala Gopal RllO-e
Prof C N S Nambudiri &
Prof Baldev R Sharma
Dr MN ·Srinivas &
Dr E A Ramaswamy
Dr Surjit Kaur
Dr V A Pai Panandiker
R N Bishnoi
o P Sharma.
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
Sumanta Banerjee
Dr Ranjit Roy Chowdhury
. POI, Chandigarh
Prof L R Bhandari,
Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad
Dr ME Khan
Operations Research Group, Baroda
Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.,
New Delhi
-do-
-do-
Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi .
Abhinav Publications, New Delhi
Abhinav Publications, New Delhi
Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Sterling Publishers
AB/9 Safdarjang Enclave.,New Delhi-16
Abhina\\l' Publications
E-37 Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Radiant Putilishers,
E-155 Kalkaji, New Delhi-llOO19
Radiant Publishers,
E-155 Kalkaji, New Delhi-ll0019
Yet to be identified .'
The Macmillan Company of India Ltd.,
New Delhi
Manohar BOOKService
2 Ansari Road, Daryaganj,
New Delhi-2

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15. Gonadotropins and Gonadal Function (proceedings of a
. Conference held in 1973)
16. Regulation of Growth and Differentiated Function in
Eukaryote Cells
.
17. Use of Non-Human Primate in Bio-Medical Research
18. Neurcendocrine Regulation of Fertility
19. "Demogra.phy India" (Biannual Issue Journal)
USt59
20
20. XXIII Annual Conference of the Association of the
Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India
21. International Symposium and Workshop on Biomedical
Engineering
22. Second AilDual Conference of the Federation of the Indian
Societies of Endocdnology
23. An Across th~ Board Study of UNICEF's Involvement in
Popidation Activities in India
24. Social Development Aspects of Social Education
25. The Indian College of Allergy and Applied Immunology
Xth Convention
28. The Mechanism of Action of Some Anti-Fertility Agents
on the Contractility of the Fallopian Tube
\\
.

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Dr K R Laumas,' All India ID.stitute
of Medical SCiences, New Delhi
Dr N R Moudgal
Ankur Publishing House,'New D~lhi
Prof M R N Prasad &
Prof T C Anand Kumar
ProfT C Anand Kumar
Indian Association for the '
Study of Population (IASP)
Indian National Science Academy,
New Delhi
S. Karger, Basel USA
Hindustan Publishing Corpn. (India),
New D~lhi
DrK N George
Association of School of
Social Work in India
Dr (Mrs) A Dass
Dr J Behan and
ProfS KOuha
Indian Institute of Technology and All
India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi
Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow and K. Go's Medical College,
Lucknow
Family Planning Foundation
Indian 'College of Allergy and Applied
Immunology Me,dical College, New Delhi
All, India Instiiute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi
Indian Council for Child Welfare,
New Delhi
Centre for Biomedical Engineering, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences and
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

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Sf.
,No.-
29. Family As a UnitQf Welfare in National Planning
Proceedings of the Regional Asian CQnf~ence held in
New Delhi-l7-21 October 1972.
30. Abstracts-Symposium lectures Fifth International Congress
on HOl'monalStet!Oids New Delhi"':"28 October-4 Novembet; ,
1978.
31. Proceedings of Family Planning Programme Strategy for'
Medic.J Practitioners-Workshop Seminar,.
32. Contraceptiv:e Technology: Relevant to Inllia,n
Conditions.

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Status report by a
Biomedical Study Group
Indian Council of Social Sciences
Research, Delhi
Congress Secretariat Vth International
Congress on Hormonal Steroids-'-All
India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi
Indian Medical Association, IMA House,
Indraprastha House, New Delhi
Family Planning Foundation