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PFI Annual Report 1972A |
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Akashdeep Building (5th Floor)
Barakhmba. Road ,
New Delhi 110001
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Mr. J.R.D. Tata
Dr. Bharat Ram
Jl.irJ..C. Kavoori
Col.Dipak Bhatia
Mr. S.P. Godrej
Mr. A.N. Haksar
Mr. H.V.R. Iengar
Mr. Jaykrishna Harivalla~hdas
Mr. T.S. Krishna
Mr. R.N. Madhok
Mr. Bhaskar Mitter
L~dy Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Dr. K.N. Rao
Dr. L.M. Singhvi
Dr. K. L. Wig
Col.B.H. Zaidi
Chairman
Vice Chairman
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Professor S.N. Ranade
Dr. G.P. Talwar
Dr. T.R. Tewari
Dr. (Mrs.) H. Dhillon
Professor J.C. Kavoori
Commodore C. Mehta
Dr. Sunil Misra
Executive Director
Secretary
Programme Supervisor
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With each passing year the problem of human
proliferation becomes increasingly critical and precipitous.
The events in the 60s and the 70s have shown that there is
a widespread awareness for the need for family planning with
no matching will for action. Goupled with this is the
awareness to improve the quality of life with,its emphasis
on the human rights and moral responsibility of people to
help each other. Deep is the malady and deeper must go the
remedy. The solution to the problem inter alia lies in
creating social and marital conditions that arc basically
responsible towards the idea of contr01ling births.
It is with this background that leading industrialists
like Mr. J.R.D. Tata and Dr. Bharrtt Ram decided two years
ago to establish the Foundation as a voluntary non-governmental
society with the knowledge and informal approval of Shri
K.K. Shah the then Minister for Health and Family Planning
and with the blessings of our Prime Minister Smt. ~ndira
Gandhi.
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The past one year and a quarter has been a period
of learning and self education for the Foundation. With
no similar or approximate models in the Indian setting to
emulate, this has been both an exciting and a rewarding
task. In the process of devoloping capabilities for
organising and running the Foundation, certain approaches
and methods have beon put into operation and somo problems
have been faced. These could be called teething troubles
of a new organisation. More than these some achievements
have been made.
The Foundation, we believe is coming of age and
we feel that it will be helpful to others as well as
ourselves to present, reflect and comment on what we have
learnt and what we are doing now. Indeed if our work and
experience can help to draw attention t'o the much larger
needs in controlling the population growth, we feel that
the contribution of the Foundation, howsoever sriall would
be worthwhile.
The greatest limiting factor in playing a more
effective role has been our financial resources. The
Governing Board had decided to approve a budgot of Rs_ 20
lakhs to be spent on innovative projects upto the end of
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1973. This is only the beginning. We hope our attempts
would be more awbitious ~nd in tune with the growing needs
of the field.
With the purpose of playing an innovative role in
population and family planning in the country, the
Foundation apart from raising finances had set before it
the following five tasks:
i) Identifying important and critical areas in
population and family planning along with
developing meaningful projects and programmes
for support based on sound and forward looking
criteria.
ii) Identifying actual and potential capabilities
in population and family planning research
and other work among institutions and indivi-
duals and establishing liaison with them for
developing projects for financing them.
iii)Developing operational and functional excellence
through expeditious and flexible action combined
with making effective use of the best technical
talent available in the country.
iv) Keeping close liaison with the Government
especially with the Ministry of Health and
Family Planning with a view to ensure that
the supportive role of the Foundation becomes
tr~ly meaningful.
v) Developing senstivity towards the changing
and challenging population problem in India
and abroad for their feed back value to the
Foundation.
It is a matter of gratification that the Foundation
has met with considerable success as would be seen from the
types of programmes it has supported.
The staff of the Foundation consists of an Executive
Director, a Secretary/Treasurer, a Programme Supervisor and
a small complement of secretarial staff. The Foundation,
however, makes extensive use of experts and consultants
about 40 in number, from various fields of population and
family planning for its work, especially in evaluating
projects and in developing approach papers for programme
planning for the Foundation. This, arrangement has proved
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effective and economical; we pay the experts honoraria
whenever their services are sought. This has not only
helped in getting the best expertise to the Foundation
but also created a broad base of support and appreciation
in the scientific community.
Apart from the above mentioned administrative set-up,
we have an Advisory Council and an Advisory Panel. The
former advises the Governing Board on all matters of genera~
policy and the lattur reviews and evaluates all projects
and makes recommendations concerning the same to the
Executive Director. The Advisory Council which met ~n
January 1973 at tho instance of the Governing Board,
revised the earlier criteria and the priorities as given
in appendix 'A'. This was done with a view to have a more
selective approach to the financing policy in view of the
paucity of funds.
The AdVisory Panel met five times during the period
and evaluated several projects for financing. Tho Governing
Board delegated authority to take action on those projects
whose support is less than Rupees One lakh to the Executive
Coumittee consisting of the local members of the Governing
Board. This has added to the flexible and expeditious
functioning of the Foundation.
While in principle there is no bar for any organisation
or individual approaching the Foundation for assistance, the
modus operandi for examining applications has been by and
large quite different. Keeping the criteria and priorities
in mind, capabilities for certain areas of concern are
identified in institutions and/or individuals. Thereafter
the staff takes the initiative to contact the institutions.
Out of the interaction is born often a project proposal.
Thereafter the project is processed for financial assistance.
It is first examined by the Foundation staff and with its
comments it is sont to one or two experts in.the field.
Tho assessment of the project proposal then is put before
the Advisory Panel which evaluates the same either to
recommend its acceptance or rejection or suggests modifica-
tions to the Executive Director. The Executive Director
in turn places the project proposal before the Governing
Board or the Executive Committee as tho case may be.
For developing programme ideas which lead to concrete
projects sometimes informal task forces, not more than
six, are constituted consisting of experts in the field.
This process results/not only practical ideas for programme
planning but also basic approach for ueveloping ideas for
financial assistance.
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The experts associated in the work of the Foundation
are from every part of Indie, both governmental and non-
governmental.
out of Rs. 20 lakhs al10ted for tho years 1972
and 1973, a sum of Rs.12,15,675 has ~lready been sanctioned
for 21 projects indicated in appendix 'B'.
Thero has be on a conscious offort to see that each
of the projects is either innovative or a gap-filling
or has some implications for population policy and is
an attempt at new thrusts for programme planning.
Two of the commissioned projects are likely to
throw up new ideas for the programme. The project on
'EvolVing a Strategy on Family Planning' being under-
taken by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahcedabad,
is likely to help in developing models and practice for
various types of industries in family planning. It may
also help to evolve a national strategy in family planning
based on what may he called the sectoral approach to
family planning work. There ~re a number of identifiable
sectors of a meaningful kind in the country. The recently
approved projects on initiating population education
activities in the universities and colleges based on
involving and ac'tivising the students theosolv0s might
give to their n worthwhile developmental involvement.
Three projects on Integrqi~d Hoalth Care with
strategic inputs of family planning, have potentialities
of high replication. Although the Integrated Health Care
is part of the general policy of the government, there
has boen no experiment or demonstration with a volun~ary
clinic cr hospital as the focus. Each of the three projects
has its own individu~l emphasis or variation within the
broad approach on strategy •. The project near Calcutta is
in an agro-industrial community with Muslims·constituting
the majority of tho population; tho one is Sokhodeora
(in rural Bihar) is in ono of the most backward areas
in the country with the project under Gram Dan leadership
and the third project is in tho slums of Patna under
a highly motivatod social welfare women's group. Each
of the projects .endoavours to operationally harmonise
local initiative and community involvement with technical
skills needed for a demonstration.
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As part of the financing programme, the Foundation
has been able to interact with some of the organisations
and institutions purposefully. For example Sarvodaya
Movement is coming into f~mily planning in a really
serious way because of the Foundation being abLe to
finance its first seminar of national leaders of the
movement. By financing a study of the Population Policy
and Legal Framework, the Foundation has helped the
Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies to
start developing interest and capability in an entirely
new and important area. This is basically gap-filling
of an avant-garde character.
The above mentioned d~8cription is a rough idea
of the kind of projects that are being supported. Appendix
'c' gives brief details of all the projects financed
and initiated by the Foundation.
The list of the approved projects given in appendix
'c' would show that the Foundation has been appropriately
selective on the basis of suggested priorities, and also
is endeavouring to performing a gap-filling role. The
table on the next page shows tho distribution of the
projects and programmes on the basis of certain broad
typologies.
While in most cases, from the time an application
is received, it takes nearly three months to take a
decision on helping a project, there is sometimes delay
due to several reasons. For example, an agency may be good
from the point of viewLits int&rest and ~nvolvement in
family planning but it may not have the capabilities for
preparing a proposal that meets the standards required
for a demonstration of an experiment. We ar~ now providing.
funds for acquiring technical help in proparing a proposal
in such cases. Even after the project has been sanctioned,
there would be need for ensuring the appointment of
appropriate technical staff and see that monitoring of
the right type j~ assured. The Foundation would need to
develop quickly monitoring abilities of a high order.
Another problem ie identifying the right type of
expert for the project. In soma CRses it becomes difficult
to do so. An expert, although identified may be too busy
to be available in time. The search for more experts is
continuing and also estab1ishing working relationship
With them.
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S.
No.
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RAM M E S
PROGRAMME/RESEARCH AREAS -Act"i'On.--.' ---'8 T'U die e -T"'T.rain- 'Conferences!: -Ad hoc!
PUbli- , To-
Resea- 'BaSiC?, Evaluatory/'Statusl ing 'Seminars/ : Planirlng 'cation' tal
rch 'Criti-' Exploratory 'Review ,
'Workshops Preplratory'
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.."L'etc,.
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Grants'
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Demographic Research
Behavioural/Sociological
Research
Bio-Medical (Reproductive Physio-
logy and Fertility (Control)
Researoh.
4. Integrated Health Case
3
5. Population Education/Functional
Literacy/Family Life Planning 2
Education/Communication/Preg-
nancy Counselling. -
6. Family Planning programme in
the Or'ganisedsector.
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7. Involvement of Voluntary Agen-
cies/Institutional Development
8. Futuristic/Developmentally
oriented/Policy Making S+'udies/
Legislation or Legal Framework.
9. Evaluation
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*Note: The status studies mentioned at 1,2 and 3 are part of the one comprehensive project
specially commissioned by the Foundation, i.e. "Status study of Fbpulationand Family
Planning Research in India.
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As mentioned earlier in the report, this past year
has been a period of learning as well as SO[1e significant
achievements. Same of the achievements are indicated here
briefly:-
1.
The Foundation has developed capability in not only
evolving meaningful progra'~les in keeping with tho policy
diroctions of the ~dvisory Council and the Governing Board
but also identified~itable individuals ane institutional
capabilities in tho country and has established working
rolationship with them. This is going to be a continuous
process. Some of the projocts that arc.being financod
have clear possibili ties of making SO~leimpact on the
thinking and programme development in family planning.
2.
The Foundation has been able to project an indigenous
image of its work and methods by not only making use mostly
of n~tional sources of support but also involving tho best
avai~ble scientific talent and capabilities of voluntary
organisations in the country.
3.
Rela tionship with the Government of India a,nd the
various departments concerned with population and family
planning have been purposefully oultivated. Their help
at various levels has been SOUGht in most of the work of
the Foundation. Informal advice as well as technical
help has been received all through the yoar.
4.
The manner and method of functjoning of tho Foundation
has been considered as an efficiont and expeditious. The
process of developing programmes and their ovaluation have
their value for replication elsewhere.
While there is some satisfaction and sense of
achievement about tho work done so far, severalchalleng0s
lio ahead. A few of those are identifiable. While the feed
back material will have to wait till some of our proj~cts
have yielded lessons for information and direction, apart
from developing still closer relationship wii;h the Government,
an appropriate mechanism for influencing the programme and
policies of the Government is necessary. Within the Governmon~
thore seems tQ be going at tho moment an honest exorcise
of self-examination of about abs~rbing innovative policy
implications based on research. Tho Foundation would need
to work Closely with the Government in this matter.
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The need for more finances is there more urgently
than ever. This is going to be a continuing challenge
for the Foundation. Even if a large degreeZselectivityLof
is exercised in financing, some of the worthwhile projects
will involve c·onsiderable expendi ture. Their number would
increase for feed back value.
The challenges to the Foundation are born out of
a desire to grow into a more effective organisation. With
flexibility, imagination, dedication and the will to serve
the nation in arresting the population growth, the problems
can be surmounted sooner than we think.
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CRITERJA AND PRIORITIE.S FOR THE PROGH.lI11HES
The projects accepted for financial support while having meaningful
-relationship to the present family planning programmes, should be:
(i) Developmentally
(ii) Innovetive
(iii) Replicative
(iv) Economical
(v) Gap filling
oriented.
BearinG in mind the above criteria, the following priorities are
recommended:
(i) Critical studies both short term and long term that have bearing
on the quality of family planning work and its related aspects like
(a) Population Education (b) Family Life Education and Li~eracy (c)
Prevailing assumptions of.family planning (d) Concepts regarding
future population policy (e) Motivations for fertility Control etc.
(ii) Identifyil~ and upgrading research capabilities in the social and
natural sciences of individuals and organisations and bringing them
into active relationship with the family planning work.
(iii) Evaluation of important projects including administration espec-
ially for their feed back value.
(iv) Studies in family planning and population as an instance in policy
making and policy implementation.
(v) Funding of certain family planning institutions and their core
staff as resources become available.
(vi) Training",of personnel of various categories working in the field
of family planning.
(vii) Projects that develop effective commw1ication research on methods
and media in socio economic and linguistic groups, their comparative
effectiveness and place in the total system.
(viii) Training in counselling on medical te~~ination of pregnancy.
(ix) Studies based on systems approach to family planning.
(x) Studies with focus on disaggragative aspects of family planning
programmes.
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(xi) Instituting fellowships, national avlarcls,identifying outstanding
talent in India and outside and bringing them .into the main stream of
family planning effort in the C01.U1try.
(xiii) In view of the limited funds for the current year the FOlmda t :.onf s
financial support in the essential but costly endeavour on Integrated
-Heal-thm'OD:8uros should be limi tGd to:
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(b) planning and designing integrated projects for which
financial support vIil1 be from othor sources;
Innovative integrated projects in priority baclDWard areas
which should be phased and financed by the Foundation. \\
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Ci.
No.
Ra.
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Evaluation of the GujaratState 44,000
Massive VasectomY Compaign ~
Demography, India - Quarterly
Journal
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Developing Integrated Material ~ 7,750
on Family life Planning
Education.
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Seminar ~f Key Decision Makers'} 10, 000
in SarvOdaya Movement on
Family Planning.
FJ
v/
Recent Advances in the Chemistry, 20, 000
Biology and Immunilogy of
Gonadotropins.
Determinants of Fertility Beha-~ 91,250
viour in Tamil Nadu.
Action Research Project on ~ 1,39,000
Initiating Community Action
in Launching a Programmf.' of
Integrated Health & Family
Planning.
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Action cum Research in Preg-( 99,675
nancy Counselling.
Developing Services of an'''Il
Urban Clinic to Act as a
Nucleus for Providing Inte-
grated Health and Family
Planning Services.
1,50,000
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Providing Total Heal th Care /
to a Population of 20,000,
Inhabiting Southern Suburbs
of Calcutta.
1,50,000
Evaluation study of the
special programme
activity.
A technical publication
in the field of
Demography.
Workshop on Family Lifo
Education, for agricul-
turists, women and out
of school youth.
Seminar related to
Involvement of a
voluntary organisation
of national standing in
the field of F.P.
International symposium
on biomedical aspects
of fertility control.
Exploratory study with
implications for evolvi-
ng suitable policies.
Action Research in
Integrated Health;
mobilisation of commu-
nity resources and
support.
Pregnancy Counselling by
volunteers; Medical Ter-
mina tion of Pregnancy.
Action Research Projeo~
in Integrated Health
with empbasis on develop-
ing a system for providirot;
health services tr-..I'oug'
a voluntary dispensaI~.
Integrated Health demo-
nstration project deve-
loping a system to
provide health-:are
through a voluntary
clinic.
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Study of Population Policy and 62,500,,1 Review of all the legal
Legal Framework.
provisions and social
legislations; having a bearing
on population policy;
critical study.
12. Survey of Family Planning "v
Education in the Carriculum
of the Schools of Social
6,500/ Explorary/preparatory study
for introducing family
planning education at the
Work in India.
post-graduate leveL
13t1 XXVI International Pbysiolo~'" 50,000
gical Congress.
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Evaluation of the Practicl9r</
of N~tural Methods of Co~~-
ception in the slums of
Bio-medical aspects of
reproduction and fertility
control.
Calcutta.
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Status Study of Family Planning
in the Urban Community Develop-
ment Centres.
5,000../ A status study for evolving
projects in Family Planning
in the urban setting.
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Population Etlucation for Out of! 5,000
School Adoloscents.
Population Education.
Planning grant given for ,
preparing an action research
Al
i Integrated Health Programme C(\\' 5,000
Maximising ~.rticipation of
the Voluntary Agencies.
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Support for Technical Staff
45,000
For Taking up Research Progra-
project.
Planning grant given for
preparing the des:'gn; for
the time being, decision
has been postponed
mmes.
SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMISSIONED BY THE
/' FOUNDATION IN THREE IMPORTANT AREAS.
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L Evolving Sectoral Strategies 2,05,000
for Family Planning Programme
in the Industries. Sponsored
through Indian Institute./
of Management, Ahmedabad. ,
\\/Family Planning probTammes
in diffe:cent types of indus-
tries evolving strategies
for programme organisation
and implementation.
2. Status Study of Population
50,000 . Status study/reView of
and Family Planning Research
research.
in India. Sponsored through /'
selected experts.
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Population Education in a Uni-
versity, Sponsored through
Mr. Pradip DalaL
40,000 \\/An experiment in starting
Population Club for Univer-
sity youth in Delhi University.
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Brief description of projects and programmes financed by the
~QQdation indicated in broad categories.
1,..//
Evol ving Sectoral s_trategies for Family Pla!ming Prog:rammes in
Industries. Dr. Samuel Pa1ll, Indian Insti~ute of Management,
PJrnodabad (Rs. 2,00loool-)
There are reporiedly more than 12,300 industries in the country
with 50 or more WOl~~GrS in each unit. The nwnber of workers employed by
these industries - private and public sector - has been cstir~~ted to
39~86 lakhs.The industial sector has ita own social and institutional
character. Its occupational and motivational structure is different in
many ways from other institutions and. organisations. It has its own
behavioural and interactional patterns, its own problems and strengths.
rn fact its 01~ ethos.
It was considered worthwhile to Gxplore and 'identify through a
study, a stratee,'Yof strategies for tackling family planning in the industries.
It is hoped that this would be a significcmt contribution to the family
plam1ing endeavour in the country. The main purpose of this study was
'Yolook at the current situation in the industries from the point of vim'l
of i~entifyinG its various features that have relevance to fanuly planning
so that an overall strategy for industries and practical lilodelsfor various
kinds of industries, could be evolved.
The project has be-on assigned to the Indian Institute of lfanagement,
Ahmedabad and. a plan..l'lignrgant of Rs. 5,000/- '.'1apsrovided for prepaJ;ing the
study design and other preparatory work. The design has boen received by
the Foundation and, after neceDsary discussions and processing, woula be
placed bofore the Governing Board for final approval.
Status Study of Population and Family Planning Research in India.
Sponsored. through selected everts namely P:coi. Udai Pur"oak, Prof.
G.P. ':f.lalwaanrd Y.tr. S.P. Jain R.? ~9.Q90'';':'"''
Although population research in the country has boen going on for
~uite some time, this has been, by nnd large, unevon and has bp.on t.p.ken up
._.oroon felt needs of the Government of India from time to til:loor o~ st::"'ay
~ndividual initiativo. ~nere is no evidence of a basic approach to popu-
lation and family plunninc r080arch as a part of popula tion polic;~rin the
?ountry. A Status Study of the l?opulntionbnmily P·lar>.l1iRn'g:)soarch, . Lami
~t was hoped, would hnve the c,dvantage of gotting a real picture of research
and its utility. Tho study would focus more on research havint; practical
ideas and not on fundmnontal research which may bo usoful in the Ions l.Th'1..
The entire populntion nnd family planning research for the purpose
the study was d.ivided in to ~ three catagories namely (a) behavioural and
sOc~.o 1ogicnl, (b) demographic and (c) bio-medicalI resonrch. Each of these
category of topics wera assigned to ane expert. A sum of Rs. 50,000/- has
been allot0d for this study.
Prepara tory vlOrk has already started and it is hoped thn t the study
---- report would be finalised by June, 1973.
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Populo.tioD Educo.tion for Univorsit
}tt. Prndi Dnlnl New Delhi (Rs.'40
So fo.r only 0. few lUliversities in India have been peripherally
involved in population research throllgh activity of individual TIembcrs of the
acndeuic community or trrrougn departments. The students themselves have,
however, not been viewed as a potential sourco of effecting cho.nge and also
as targets of populo.tion education. The project endeavol(rs to develop
population nctivities with and through the students themselves including
starting 'population clubs'. They may provido L.lodols1'0':' n8ti')n-,';k;t
repliention.
Action Hesearell Proje~t on Initiation of Community Action for Launchi~ \\
a PrograL!illoef Intc~rated
onsored by Gram
Nirman Mandal, Sokhodeora
The project pertains to the ()rgo.nisingof a progrnmmc of inte€,Tated
health care and education with strntegic faL.lilyp1811ning inputs in a cluster
of Gro.m Dan villages under the Sarvodaya movement. It· ,also envisages the
activising tho Gram Dan village councils to take up leadership in organising
this progranEle~ Under the proposed programme efforts would be made to train
male and female voluntee:cs to provide MCH and other basic health services to
the people. In addition a health insurance scheme would also be launched in
the o.rea. Under this ~ scheme, tho individuals would be encouraged to pay
some specified nffiountand would be given treatment at the hospital for
themselves and tho meabers of their family. The project would basically
demonstrate tho fensibility of integrated henlth care through local initiative
in a b3c~mrd l~ral area.
5. Developing Services of
/' Inte ated Health Care
of vlomen Patna, Bihar
The proposed project deals with the provision of Integrated Health and
Modical Sorvices including Family Planning in ~ slum population of 25000 through
.,;8 voluntary clinic. Tho proposed projoct is basically a programme for develop-
;~~>ingthe sorvices of an urban cli~ic to act as a nucleus for all honlth
~~,\\activities on the one'hand, and development of a methodology for providing theso
~Thfacilitios to the people on tho othera Side by side, efforts would also bo
'mado to ovolve a po.cknge of health programmos which uould be conveniently
prOVided by the clinic staff. The project WQuld be the first indovoloping
intograted health and medicnl cnra through cOLffilunitiynvolvement as part of
a scientif:i:c•'.deuonatrat:lon· in a. slum;
The projGct pertains to the organisation of a total health care prograrrul1o
for a population of 20,000 through Q voluntal7 hospital l~m by Amiya Dobi
C~~ritablo Trust of Co.lc~tta. The population is predominantly Muslim and ngro-
industrial in character. This hospital has boen functioning in tha aroa fo~
the last four years and caters to both the out-door and in-door patients. Tho
sorvices for termination of pregnancy and storliso.tion are also prOVided. The
hospital now envisages to make tho prograTIllic~oOnmunity based and for that
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skills. It would bo an exporimental prograrrmo with the [min objoctivc
~of dove~oping a system f?r pro~iding to~nl ho~lt~ cnreto a4per~-urbnn
populatlon of low oconomlC StCLUS. Besldes, It lS n dCDons~ratlon
projoct to shoH trw.t intogration of family planning \\ii th othor health
sorvices cnn bring about o.n improvomc:nt in the nGcoptnnco of beth tlw
progrnnmos by tho cOillflunity.
Health for H3ximising the
S onsored h Po ulation Council
Tho project invisages e\\To~ving a r.lOthodolc'b"fJur orgnnlslng proc;rc:.ElllO:3
as well as for developing 0. package of hoalth progrDmmoswhicll could be
provided throug.~ those orgr.misCltions in [l rural aron. The nain c::lphcsio
of tho projoct is to supplorD.cmtGovernmontt s prografi1.meby genring all t.he
available voluntary rOSOUl'COiSn a given area. The planning gro,nt was giv
to the p:;pulD.tion CC)lmcil of India for designing the progrc~ElI:lacnd fi!l:ilL_,~'
othor details. Tho dosign with sono modifico.tions hns beon approvoc bYe.,
Advisory Panel. !/[ocmwhiletho F01Ll1dationdecidud to assign n lower priori"J
to l'osoarch on IntugrC'.ted Hoc.lth Care bocause ot 1ls financial lini to.tior s •
~It was, thercforD, decidod to defer consideration of the main project •
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8. /Evaluntion of the Gu;jr[\\t
~ 0 oration Resoarch Grou
During the poriod Novouber 15, 1971 to Jo.nuo.ry 15, 1972 more than 23C,~'O('
vClsoctouies Hore porforncd inthc Gujrnt State. Tho succoss of the Co.upW~8
nainly attributed tc: tho part playod by various GovornIJc:mto.lagencies nnd
Panchnyats and nlso to tho high incontives offerod. It 'vas fol t thnt [\\
roalistic appraisal of these prograouos was essential ill viow of the inc~
sing iuport~mce being given to no.le ste:r:liz1:\\tion on a m.ass scnle. The stll,i:
of the organisCltionnl structure and perception of tho progrm:JI:1oby tho v",ri:'-",
categories of workers has boen completed. T'ne second phase nnmely the 3t:).(l~
of the o.cceptors, non-acceptors nnd loaders is being cClrriod out presently.
The study inter-alia is expected to throw importnllt information on the
organisntional style of the intensivG compaign.str.cltogy.
1I.DULT IIDUi;ATIOlT AI']) POPULATION
P,nUCATION
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Pro arntion of Into ated Material on
Sponsored by Literacy House, Lucknow
The purposo of this workshop w[~sto develop and propare int:J(?,ratcd
educnt±onnl na torin.l on populo.tion oduc~t:i:o. n in Hindi nnd groups like
agriculturistBr wonen Clndout-of-school youth as part of adult oducntion
progran~e. The material was jointly prepared by tho artist$, \\v.ritors,
visualizors Clndexperts during [1 15 dnys workshop. It was orgcmis0d in thu
month of Novenbr- ~
A nl!Ubor of postors, booklets and athol' [~tori21
hc.vo nlrea.dy boon p~.
.SOUJ. of. thea1ate :~lOClltD
:h.:::.vc Qhown
k.aen.:i<:trto'J.!-ost in tho J.::L~~.-:ror'lise
:tri'~statcs
for thoir c.dult
oducc.t1on prograouoa.
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10. /Survey of :F'anilyPlarming
~ of Social Work in India. S)onsored
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of Social Hork Hadras Delhi
The pL~pose of this study is to conduct a baseline survey of family
pla~~ip~ content in social work training - both inclass teaching and
field - and Glso employment 09Po~tunities related to the field for the
aulun~llieof the Schools of Social Work.
Tileproposed study would cover both undel-graduate as \\vell as post-
graduate schools of social work, mlJubering about 20. This study may lead
to an action programme for experimenting with family planning education
in the schools of social work. The present proposal is basically in the
nature of a preparato7 study for the bigger experimental project. The
FOWldation, for tho present is co~mitted to financing only the prepa~atory
study. The experimental projects would also be considered for-financing
depending on their merit.
Determinants of Fertility Behaviour in Tamil Uadu. SEollsored by
Gandhi "Tam Insti i-uteof Rural Health and Family Plalmiu«, Madurai f
Tamil Nadu Ini tiall a "rant of Rs. ql 250 for the first nhase and
later a matchin rant.
~le project pertains to the 3f~lysis of the det~rminants of fertility
'behaviour in 'l'aJllIiTladu. It would be conducted in two staGes. In the
first stage, aillninistrativerecords at the district and block levels would
be studied to find out the relationship between the acceptcnce of family
planning in different r-::p:ionasnd various measureG of the socio-economic
development. In the se~and stage a field study would be L~~dertaken to
find out if the cost-benefit framework can also be applied to th~ n~~ber
of childern that a couple vTould like to have. The study is expected to
be completed within a period of four years.
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The Governing.Board sanctioned a grant for the first phase amounting
to Rs. 91,250/-. It has also agreed to prOVide matching Grant for the
second phase provided the institute is also jm able to raise an equal
amount from other sources. The revised and detailed design is awaited from
the Gandhigram Institute. The study would beLa pioneering kind in so Lof
far as policy planninG and programme development for a whole state 1Il0uld
be based on important social and demographic facts.
Training-clun-Action in Pregnancy Counsellin. A Demonstration
Project. Sponsored by Guild of Service Central ~~dras famil
~adu (Rs. 99,6757-).
, 1,h th the legalisation of abortion, there is reason to believe that
hOb~itals and clinics would have jncreased worklcaa \\vith the termination
?f pregnancy ~ases. Besides,I:lanyof them may not ha'Te necessary facili t-
~es for the same. It is also likely that women, in the absence of
proper blowledge, may take recourse to repeated abortions at the risk of
their health. This may also lead to an apathetic attit~tde towards the
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use of contraceptive. The imperative need, therefore, is to educate
women. Under the proposed project, counselling on pregnancy, termination
• of pregnancy and use of :ontracepti~es. vlould be provi~ed by tr3i~ed women
counsellors~ on an experlmental ~SlS In some selecteQ slums of ~adras.
The proposed project pertains -;;0 training, action and evaluation of the
programme. Its basic 3im is to develop a training methodology for
pregnancy counselling and a system for organising such programlnes. The
programme pIarming v1Oul0.be wi thin the provisions of the law.
13. Study of the P.2l?ulationPolicy and Legal Framework. SJ2onsored by
.- /' The Institute of Consti tutional and. Parlie.mentary Studies, New Delhi
V @s. 62,5007-2.
India is on the threshold of commissioning law i: as a eh,ange Clgent
in effectuating social policies, as relatod to population control. Popu-
lation and legal fraramvork in a given society interact and. sometimes the
demographic factors have a conditioning effoct on it~ Often, the logisla-
tive procedure results in un-intended conseq~ences, since some of these,
though not explicitly related, also have some impact on the problems of
popuJ,ation.
Under the proposed project efforts "lOuld be made to study the
inter-action and the relationship behleen the population policy and logal
£r!lJIlswork.; •
The project has two parts. TI1e first part would consist of library
research. In the second stage, field interviews with the selected persons
would be carried out to ascertain their views on specific problems and
topics of interest.
Seminar of Leaders of the Sarvodaya Mov8ment to Explore Their Role
in the Family Planning Progra1llIne.Sponsored by Gandhian Institute of
Studies, Varanasi (Rs. 10,000).
In a moeting of the lenders of 3arvodaya Seva Sangh held at Bang:11oro
under the Chairmanship of ShrUaiPrn~9sh Narayan, it was decided to
criticallJr look at the role of their movement in family planning. The
l!Ia'minafrunded by the Fourria.tion was oI.'ganisedto enable Sal'',TodnyMaovement
to:
~no seminar was held from 15th to 17th December, 197~ at Varanasi
and a comprehensive report has been brought out. Ve~ shortly, tho Sarvodaya
workers plan to have regional seminars for training thoir youth and other
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mmuni ty leaders. The seminal' has helped in involvint; an impo.ctant
;oup in fomily planning. In varying degrees sevoral of the Sarvodaya
programn183 of social devolopmont and wolfa:'o arc being ndoptod to
family planning work.
15.~ In-ternotionol Symposium on IReuentAdvnnces in tho Chemistr-.:r::,
.~ Biology and Immunology on Gonadotro lins. Sponsored by tho. Indh'E:
Instttuto of Science Banryalone. To be or~nised in October 1973...)/
(Rs. 20,000 -.
Gonadotrol,ins are the sex regula ting hormones. Presently only c.
few investigators in India are pursuing research in this area. An
internationol symposium in the count:cy 1-TOuldhelp to focus attention 0:1
this import::mt field of renvostigation. 'J.Tnc FoundC\\tion is one of tho
several agencies prOViding funds for this symposium. Tho crant would
help in stimulating the younger scientists in India in getting inter,.:c3Ut
in this i~portant area.
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This is an international conforence which will be held in India
for the first time •. Since family planning and population control arc
of utmost impnrtanco to the ovorall objectives of the conference, iJI·fO
special sessions would be held in t is conference on theso topics.
Indian and foreign Scientists of 8utstanding morit would be invited to
participate in it. The Foundation has acreed to give a sum of lis. 50,DOO
and the remaining expenses will be met by the sponsor from other sourcos.
- India.
:for the
The JO}J.rnalis a technical one and provides form'! for professionaJ
demographers. The first issue of the Journal was published in tho
month of Octobor 1972 and vms very favourably commented upon by demo~;ro,ph'
in the country and also by the dolegatos to tho Asian Conference on
~opulation in Tok.fo. It is probably the only ,journal ot its kind publishod.
~n Asia. It is hoped that the Jonrnal \\\\Touldattain so:l.f-sufficioncy,
after one year.
J. GRANTS FOR PLA:NNING AND PRELIHINA..T?YST1JDr:SS.
StUdy of the Programme of Natural Methods of Family Plannine in
Solected Slums of Calcutta. S onsored b Institute of Studios
1aronasi Rs. 5 000 •
A programme ofeducntion and motivation for familJ'-planning is
being carried out in the selected slwns of Cnlcutta, under the loadorshir
of Mother Therasa and her colleaguos. It is 0. family planning pro[;rammo
based.on oducation, especially for practising tho safe period. The
pract~cc is very simple. Boch women Wi10 is motivated to prevent pro€:nru:c:,·
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is supplied wit•h a thermometer who keeps record of her temperature.
During
the days of ovulation, when the tomperature rise~ • women is asked to
avoid cohabitation. Tho progro.mme it is reported,has met improssive kind
of success in that nearly 2000 couplos have beon protected with only 25
failures in ~10 yoars.
It is considered advisable to co.rry out an evo.luation of the education
and motivation prograrrmo as well as tho impact of tho thythrn methods with
a vimol to find out its r;Jplico.tion/possibilitics. An 8ssessncnt study has
thorofore, been assignou. to tho Gandhian Institute of Studies, Varanasi.
~~e work has begcw. and a report is o.waited.
Status Study of the Fnmily Planning on the Urban Community Development
(Rs. 5,000).
Thore are 20 urban co~nDnity devolopment pr.ogrammes orgunisgd
qy the Govt. of Indio. in &S many cities in the COlUltry. Their progra~~e, in
addition to other activities, also includos family planning education and
motivation. Recently, evnluation of thuso projects was clone by tho
\\,.G9.~l~r~a~lJ~j.Jj;e of Resonrch and Training in Public Cooperation and the
findings are likely to have relevance to family planning \\'lOrk. It was
considered advisable to alwlyse the dnte for its progranrrliiemplicntions. A
decisio!l to allot this to a suitable ngoncy or individual would soon be
taken.
and Population Education Fel: Out of School
onsol'ed b' All India Pnncha- at Parishad Now Delhi
The pre-marriage group of boys and. girls forms a very big bulk of
population \\,n10 aro still vo~7 much outside the purview of tho family plalli1ing
programme. They would be entering the marriage and reproductivG phase
shortly. A population education prograwno for such group can pay high
dividends on a longmrm basis. The proposed project b~vieages an
Gxporimental programme in which the focus would be on training and
organisational methods for tho progrmnrne.
The grant is for preparing tho dosign as well as conducting the
baseline survey for the purpose.
~ilKPort for Dovoloping Professional and Tochnical C3pabilities As
a Part of Institutional Devclonment. Grant to the Po ulation Council
of India Now Delhi Rs. 45 000 - •
To help Population Council of India,the Foundation has given an
ad hoc one-time-grant of Rs. 45,000/- to enable it to appoint research staff
for developing projects/progTan~e. Tho prograw~lo proposed, howevor, would
be considered for financial assistance on the basis of merit.
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The Advisory Council rocOl~illlendGtdh.2t there wns n renl need for
3ssessing tho offectiveness of the existing communicntion progrs.nunosand
providirlg g~idclincs for improving it. A 8irrilnr viow NOS oxpressed in
the arLY1ualmeoting of tho Foundo.tion. The Foundo tion IS S taff m~rf:ngc~dtvlO
meetings of experts clro.wnfrom difforent fields, ona portoinil"-eto moss,
commu..'1itcioo,n and tho othor dcc.ling ,-Ii tll tho infornal communicn tion. A
sum of 1:1s.4 lakh8 ~ for thcsoproj,:;cts ovur ~ pel'iod ofhlO yenrs ,,,as
proposed. A numbor projects wore o,lso Sl.l[:gc;stocl. Programmo rclnted to
corn2unication has, however, be on postponed for the timo being.
With 0 view "to bringing individuals of outstanding research promise
into the moin stream of"f3mily planning and ensur~_ng their long term
camni tment to the field.,a fellowship schome has beon prepared. 'l'hisvmuld,
it is hoped, croato a peol of YO~Ulg scientists who could be utilised for
further exponsion and improvement of rosearch progra~Jne. The monthly
remuneration for eoch fellO\\",Has rocornaendod to bo of Rs. 1,000/- per
month with an annuol contingency grant of Rs. 3,000/-. The ideo. has boen
approved in principl$ but tho projGc~ has not yet beon ~ut into oporation.