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GOVERNING BOARD
The Governing Board is headed by Dr Bharat Ram who succeeded
the late Mr]RD Tata as Chairman in 1993. The Board determines
the policies and programme strategies of the Foundation including
priorities for funding. The other members of the Board, all distin-
guished in their respective fields of interest, are:
Dr B K Anand
Dr (Mrs) Banoo] Coyaji
Begum Bilkees Latif
Ms]ustice Leila Seth
Dr V A Pai Panandiker
Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Dr D P Singh
Mr Hari Shankar Singhania
Mr B G Verghese
Mrs Avabai B Wadia
Mr A R Nanda
(Ex-officio as Secretary
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
Mr Ratan N Tata
Mr] C Pant
Mr B G Deshmukh
Mr] amshyd N Godrej
Mr Saleem I Shervani
Dr K Srinivasan- Executive Director
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Chairman's Statement
It is my pleasure to
welcome you to the
Annual General
Meeting of the
Foundation.
The provisional
population results of
Census 2001 were
the sex ratios among children and stagnation of
growth rate in some of the large Hindi speaking
states of the north in the country. We have to chart
the Foundation's activities in this context.
The Foundation's activities during the past year can
broadly be categorized into eight areas as follows:
A. Training
released on March 26, 200 1. The population of
India as on March 1,200 1 is placed at 1027million,
higher than what was estimated even a few years
back. India has joined the billionaire league after
China and is expected to overtake China by 2045.
The growth rate continues to remain high inspite
of our long standing family planning programmes.
The growth rates are especially high in the large
north Indian states. There are however substantial
improvements in the literacy rates of males and
females in all the states.
In order to empower NGOs working in the areas
ofRCH and Family Planning, a Training Resource
Development Centre (TRDC) was set up at the
Foundation in 1998with the financial assistance from
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to train the
personnel working in NGOs in Delhi. This course
became quite popular. The training methodology
consists of lectures, group discussions, role-play,
case studies and field visits etc. given over a five-
day schedule. 611 candidates from 305 NGOs have
been trained in 29 training programmes.
The most alarming finding is the sharp decline in
the sex ratio among children in the 0-6 age group
as against an overall increase in the sex ratio. While
the overall sex ratio increased from 927 in 1991 to
933 in 2001, the sex ratio in the 0-6 age group
decreased from 945 in 1999 to 927 in 2001. Very
low sex ratios among children have been observed
in the states of Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab
and in the union territory of Chandigarh. Wide
spread prevalence of female foeticide has been
found to be a major contributing factor for
the declining sex ratios among children in these
states.
On the whole, the Census 2001 gives a mixed
picture ofthe country with rapid rise in the literacy
levels,improvement in overall sex ratio, decline in
As an extension of this Training and Resource
Development Centre, the Foundation has also
started training NGO personnel in Behaviour
Change Communication.
The three-day
programme also caters to the requirement of those
working in the area of Reproductive and Child
Health. The training is conducted by in-house
faculty.
Encouraged by the success of Trail}ing and
Resource Development Centre (TRDC) set up at
its Head Office in Delhi, with the support of Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, to train NGO's
personnel involved in RCH related activities, the
PFI decided to establish Regional Training and
Resource Development Centres (RTRDCs) to
provide training to the staff ofNGOs to build their
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capacity in management and implementation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Population and
RCH programmes.
Development Issues, Reproductive and Child
Health Programmes, Gender Inequality, Family
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The centres are being set up in collaboration with local
NGOs having infrastructure for training. PFJ has
extended funding and technical expertise to the
Planning Methods, Communicable Diseases and
its Prevention, Water and Sanitation, Food and
Nutrition, and Literacy and Education, for
NGOs. The RTRDCs will be responsible for Panchayat Raj members.
imparting training to master trainers who in turn will
train smaller NGO functionaries on RCH issues. For Service .Providers, the modules covered
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subjectslike Counselling, Reproductive and Child
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Three centres at Bangalore, Cuttack and Indore Health Services, Promotion of Family Planning
have already started conducting training Methods, Unmet Needs, and Communicable
programmes and four others at Kanpur, Patna, Diseases and Its Prevention.
Jamshedpur and Udaipur have been finalised,
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MOUs signed and the NGOs concerned are likely In collaboration with three Non - Governmental
to start the training soon.
Organisations, who are working with Panchayati
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Raj Institutions,the Foundation conducted training
It has been realised by the Foundation that inspite programmes for their Master Trainers using the
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. ofthe training being given to NGO personnel, the
. NGOs are not able to achieve the desired results
video programmes.
because of lack of management skills of their staff. The training programmes were organised in
With this is in mind, the Foundation has, in collaboration with Diocesan Social Work Centre
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collaboration with Indian Institute of Health in Lucknow, Sri Bhubaneshwari Mahila Ashram,
Management Research (IIHMR),Jaipur, decided Anjanisain in Uttaranchal and GNK Plan, District
to provide training in management to selected Maharajganj in Uttaranchal.
managerial staff oflarge scale NGOs in Rajasthan
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who would have already received RCH training
Another training programme is proposed to be
conducted in coordination with State Innovations
through the Regional Training and Resource
Development Centre in Rajasthan being set up by in Family Planning Services Project Agency
the Foundation. There will be four workshops in (SIFPSA) for 8 districts, namely Agra, Aligarh,
all on a pilot basis.
Allahabad, Bareilly, Firozabad, Saharanpur,
Sultanpur and Varanasi. IGNOU has agreed to
B. Empowerment of Panchayati telecast the programme through Gyan Darshan.
Raj Institutions
The nine modules were telecast from Lucknow
Through TV
Doordarshan (channel 16)on Thursdays from 7th
June 2001 under the title "Pragati Ka Dwar
Our project to empower PanchayatiRajInstitutions PanchayatiRaj."The Foundation has also received
on the Issues of Population, Health and Social a confinnation for re-telecast of the nine modules
Development through Mass Media from DD-l.
Communication (T.V.) in Uttar Pradesh and
Karnataka has made considerable progress.
For Karnataka, the Foundation has off~redto heip
in the preparationoftrainingmodules and for studio
The Foundation has prepared 14teaching modules facility and telecasting to Institute for Social and
in-house - nine for panchayati raj members and Economic Change (lSEC).They are also trying to
five for service providers. The training modules, mobilise additionalfunds for the project from State
witha durationof25 minuteseach, in Hindi covered Health Department and the India Population
subjects like Roles and Responsibilities of Project-IX.
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Through Radio
The project to use Community Radio for
empowering the community on the Issues of
Population, Health and Social Development in
Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka has evoked good
response from the community.
The radio programme, Ujala was launched in
March 2001 from All India Radio Obra. The 30
minute programme is broadcast every Thursday
at 7.30 p.m. The format of the programme is
Nautanki which is a musical with a narrative line.
Decentralisation, awareness about women's
education and marriage of girls after 18, precautions
during pregnancy and safe delivery etc are some
of the subjects so far covered by the radio
programme. Banwasi Seva Ashram, the NGO
working in Sonbhadra District with whom we have
collaborated, has provided good feed-back about
the programme which is also apparent from the fact
that a large number of letters are received by AIR
Obra.
stations viz., Madikeri, Hassan, Chitradurga,
Hospet, Karwar, Bijapurand Raichur on Tuesdays
with effectfrom 3rdJuly 2001.
To mark the completion of the project
"Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in
Haryana", a day's workshop was organised on
January 22,2001 at Chandigarh. The workshop
was inaugurated by the Financial Commissioner
and Secretary, Women and Child Development,
Haryana, Ms Promilla Issar. Prof Sampat Singh,
Finance Minister, Haryana gave the valedictory
address and presented certificates to the
Implementing Agencies.
Mr T D Jogpal, State Election Commissioner,
Haryana and Mr Hardeep Kumar, Director
(Panchayats),Haryana addressed the participants
who included chairpersons of Zila Parishads and
district officialsfrom various districts of Haryana.
Mr P P Haldhar, Under Secretary, Union Ministry
of Rural Development and Ms Shubhra Singh,
lAS, Deputy Secretary, Union Ministry of Health
and FamilyWelfare also spoke on the occasion
The radio programme, Kusumale went on air in Dr Richard H Young, Senior Advisor, Child
November 2000 from AIR Bangalore. The Rights, UNICEF and Mr Tapas K Datta, Project
magazine progritmme contains interviews,skitsand
information related to health and social
development issues specially focused to the tribal
community. A total of 52 episodes, each of 30
minute duration in Kannada, are to be broadcast.
Officer, UNICEF also attended the workshop.
The project involved training of about 63,000
members of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Health
and Population Stabilisationissues. These include
314members of 19Zila Parishads, 2426members
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in BanjaraHillsamong the Soligas,AIR Bangalore 6017Gram Panchayats.
C. has done a mail survey covering a sample of 500
State Level Conferences
households after the completion of one fourth of
the total episodes by Audience Research Unit of
Bangalore. A house-to-house survey covering a
sample of 1000households has been planned after
the completion of the series, Kusumale.
The Foundation organised a two-day State Level
Conference on "Health, Development and
Population Stabilisation issues in Uttaranchal" at
Dehradun on May 22-23,2001. The Cbnference
In order to encourage listeners' interest, AIR
Bangalore has started asking question at the end of
each episode. Correct answers are given cash prizes.
was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of
Uttaranchal, Mr Nityanand Swamy. Political
leaders ofthe State,administrators,socialscientists,
representativesof dedicated institutionsand NGOs
Kusumale is being re-broadcast in "Mishra concerned with the issuesdeliberated for two days
Madhurya" programme on C.B.S. and seven F.M. to work out a concerted plan of action.
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The Foundation had identified constraints in five prevent unwanted births, provide adequate spacing
dimensions that came in the way of rapid
development of the State from the point of view of
Reproductive and Child Health and Population
Stabilisation programmes. These were political,
bureaucratic, economic, social and health that
impede development of the State. A background
paper was prepared on each of these topics by a
renowned scholar in the field familiar with the State
of Uttaranchal which was presented at the
beginning of each session for stimulating
discussion and arriving at possible solutions to
overcome the barriers.
At the end of the Conference, a number of
recommendations were made which were
submitted to the government ofUttaranchal. It was
decided to organise district level conferences of a
similar nature through local NGOs with
participation of local government officials. The
exercise would ensure that population stabilisation
and health and development issues would get
widely disseminated.
The Foundation will organise a two-day state level
conference on Health, Development and Population
Stabilisation Issues in Maharashtra on October 4-
5,2001 at Pune. Demographers, economists, social
scientists, administrators and political leaders
interested in the development of the state of
Maharashtra would discuss various constraints and
the remedial measures relating to the programmes
and population stabilisation and related health and
developmental issues.
between births and improve the reproductive
and child health of the population in the district.
The district will serve as a nodel district for the
state.
E. JRD Tata Memorial Oration
and JRD Tata Awards
The sixth JRD Tata Memorial Oration was
delivered by Mr K C Pant, Deputy Chairman,
Planning Commission and Vice-Chairman,
National Commission on Population at a function
organised by PFI on November 3, 2000 at India
Habitat Centre.
He spoke on 'National Population Policy 2000-
Role of the National Commission on Population'
Mr Pant said the size of India's population in the
next two decades would be determined mainly by
adolescents and adults, who, he hoped, would be
more literate,aware and able to make better use of
the opportunities that would arise. "If their felt
needs for health and contraceptive care are met,
there will be a steeper decline in mortality and
fertility helping the country to achieve the
replacement level of fertilityearlier", he said.
The secondJRD Tata awards on Population and
Reproductive Health programmes were given
away by the Union Health and Family Welfare
Minister, Dr C P Thakur at a function onJanuary
3,2001.
Tamil Nadu received the award for best state. The
D. New Projects: Major Ones
awards for best performing districts were given to
Chennai in Tamil Nadu in the large population
The Foundation has chosen Dewas district in category, Alappuzha in Kerala andJorhat in Assam
Madhya Pradesh for a Total Integration Project.
ill collaboration with Ranbaxy Community Health
.Care Society which has a pharmaceutical unit in
Dewas, the Foundation has decided to implement
a total integrated package of Reproductive, Child
Health and Family Planning services in the district
over a period of five years.
The purpose of the project is to accelerate the pace
in medium and small size population category
respectively.
The awards presentation was preceded by a
seminar in the morning where the representatives
of Tamil Nadu and selected districts shared their
experience of successful performance. The Union
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare,
Mr A Raja inaugurated the seminar by lighting a
of decline in infant and maternal mortality rates, lamp.
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Tamil Nadu Minister for Health, Mr Arcot N
Veeraswamy received the award on behalf of Tamil
Nadu. The Mayor of Chennai Mr M K Stalin
received the award for his district. Mrs C S Sujatha,
President, Zila Parishad, Alappuzha received the
award for her district. Dr R K Dutta, Additional
Chief Medical and Health Officer,Jorhat received
the award on behalf ofJorhat.
The awards for the best districts in the 'not so good
performing states' were given to Dehra Dun in
Uttaranchal, Purbi Singhbhum inJharkhand and
Cuttack in Orissa.
Dr B KJoshi, former Vice-Chancellor, Kumaun
University, Dehra Dun received the award on behalf
ofDehradun district. Mr PradeepJena, Collector,
Cuttack and Ms Urmila Sethi, President, Zila
Parishad, Cuttack received the award for their
district.
The best performing state received a rolling trophy
and a cash award of Rs 10 lakhs. Each of the best
performing district received a rolling shield and a
cash award of Rs 2 lakhs and each of the best
performing district in the poor performing states
received a memento and Rs 2lakhs.
G. Passing of 91st Constitu-
tional Amendment Bill
One of the Foundation's main concerns, as all of
you may recall, has been the constitutional
amendment bill to freeze the number of seats in
Parliament at the 1971 level. We have been
pursuing the issue vigorously. I had written to
members of Parliament drawing their attention to
the adverse political and social implications of
increasing the number of seats in the Parliament
and state assemblies on the basis of unplanned
population growth in certain states. Dr K Srinivasan,
Executive Director, has also been pursuing the
matter vigorously in all fronts to get the
Constitutional Amendment through.
I am glad to inform you that the Parliament has
passed the 91st Constitutional Amendment 2000
extending the freeze on the number of seats in Lok
Sabha and state assemblies till 2026. The bill
permits to deal with anomalies resulting from
uneven population growth. While the number of
constituencies will remain constant, the border will
be redrawn so that all constituencies in a given state
have roughly the same population count.
F. Publications
The Amendment was a part of government's
commitment to help in the stabilisation of
A book 'Population Development Nexus in India - population by 2026.The year of 2026 was chosen
Challengesfor the New Millennium', edited by Dr because by that time according to the National
K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI and Dr PopulationPolicy,the population stabilisationtarget
Michael Vlassoff, the then UNFPA Country would have been met
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Representative, India, was released by the Union
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr C P
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Budget and Expenditure
Thakur on January 3, 2001 atJRD Tata Awards It would be seen from the annexed accounts for
presentation function.
the FmancialYearended March 31,2001that during
The book is a compilation of selected papers the year the Foundation had:
presented at the "Millennium Conference on
Population, Development and Environment
Nexus", jointly organised by Population
Foundation of India, Indian Association for the
i. Earned interest including inceqtive of Rs
119.63Iakhson its investments;
ii. Received a rental iIicome of Rs 275.28Iakhs;
Study ofPopulation and UNFPA in February 2000.
Hi. Disbursed project grants (including on
Four issues of Focus,the quarterly bulletin of PFI
projects funded by outside agencies) of Rs
were brought out.
275.45 lakhs;
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Activities During the Year
The following are some of the important activities
undertaken by the Foundation during the last one
year:
Mr K C Pant Delivers JRD Tata
Memorial Oration
The sixth JRD Tata Memorial Oration was
delivered by Mr K C Pant, Deputy Chairman,
Planning Commission and Vice-Chairman,
National Commission on Population at a function
organised by PFI on November 3, 2000 at India
Habitat Centre.
Speaking on 'National Population Policy 2000 -
Role of the National Commission on Population',
Mr Pant said the size ofIndia's population in the
next two decades would be determined mainly
by adolescents and adults, who, he hoped,
would be more literate, aware and able to make
better use of the opportunities that would arise.
"If their felt needs for health and contraceptive
care are met, there will be a steeper decline in
mortality and fertility helping the country to
achieve the replacement level of fertility earlier",
he said.
Addressing a cross section of audience, consisting
of members of the PFI Governing Board and
Advisory Council, government officials,
representatives of UN and other international
agencies and NGOs, Mr Pant said the National
Population Policy affirms the commitment of
Government towards voluntary and informed
choice of citizens in availing of reproductive health
care services. While continuing the target free
approach to family planning, the
Policy lays down a number of socio-
demographic goals for 2010.
JRD Tata Awards on
Population Presented
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The second JRD Tata awards on
Population and Reproductive Health
programmes were given away by the
Union Health and Family Welfare
Minister,Dr C P Thakur at a function
organised by PFI onJanuary 3, 2ool.
Tamil Nadu received the award for
Deputy Chainnan, Planning Commission, Mr K C Pant at the SixthJRD
Tata Memorial Oration. Others are (from left) : Executive Director, PFI,
Dr K Srinivasan, Chainnan, PFI, Dr Bharat Ram and Vice-Chainnan, PFI,
Mr Hari Shankar Singhania.
best performing state. The awardsfor
best performing districts were given
to Chennai in Tamil Nadu in the large
population category, Alappuzha in
Kerala and Jorhat in Assam for
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The best performing districts were selected on the Workshop Marks Completion
basis of eight indicators: proportion of births of of Training of Panchayat
order 3 and above, percentage of girls marrying Members in Haryana
less than 18 years of age, percentage of eligible
couples with unmet need for family planning, To mark the completion of the project:
percentage of cun-entlymarried women using family Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in
planning methods, percentage of children with Haryana, a day's workshop was organised on
complete immunisation, percentage of mothers with January 22,2001atHotel MountView, Chandigarh.
safe delivery, percentage of pregnant women with The workshop was inaugurated by the Financial
full ante-natal care, percentage of currently married Commissioner and Secretary, Women and Child
women with knowledge of AIDS.
Development, Haryana, Ms Promilla Issar. Prof
With a view to encourage better performance
among the poor performing states in the country,
best performing district from each of the three poor
Sampat Singh,Finance Minister,Haryana gave the
valedictoryaddress and presented certificatesto the
Implementing Agencies.
performing states was selected for an award for the
first time. The state level analysis found that Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa are the three poor
performing states. The awards for best performing
districts in these states were given to Dehradun,
Uttaranchal (formerly in U.P.), Purbi Singhbhum
in Bihar and Cuttack in Orissa.
Mr T D Jogpal, State Election Commissioner,
Haryana and Mr Hardeep Kumar, Director
(Panchayats), Haryana addressed the participants
who included chairpersons of Zila Parishads and
district officials from various districts of Haryana.
Mr P P Haldhar, Under Secretary, Union Ministry
of Rural Development and Ms Shubhra Singh,
The awards were judged by an Awards Committee lAS, Deputy Secretary, Union Ministry of Health
consisting of distinguished persons from different and Family Welfare also spoke on the occasion.
disciplines. Ms Justice Leila Seth, former Chief
Justice of Himachal Pradesh, Member of Law
Commission and a member of the Governing
Board ofPFI, chaired the Committee.
Dr Richard H Young, Senior Advisor, Child
Rights, UNICEF and Mr Tapas K Datta, Project
Officer, UNICEF also participated in the
workshop.
cPopulation Development Nexus'
Released
The project involved training of about 63,000
members of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Health
A book 'PopulationDevelopmentNexus in India - and Population Stabilisationissues. These include
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ChallengesfOTthe New Millennium', edited by Dr 314members of 19Zila Parishads, 2426members
K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI and Dr of 114Panchayat Samitis and 60363 members of
Michael Vlassoff, the then UNFPA Country 6017Gram Panchayats.
Representative; India, was released by the Union
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr C P
Thakur on January 3, 2001 atJRD Tata Awards
Presentationfunction.
Certificates were given by Prof Sampat Singh to
seven Implementing Agencies for helping in
providing training to the Panchayat members.
Thesewere: CCS HaryanaAgricultural University,
The book is a compilation of selected papers Hisarj MD University, Rohtakj Family Planning
presented at the Millennium Conference on Association of India, Yamunanagarj Utthan
Population, Development and Environment Nexus, Institute of Development Studies, Yamunanagar;
jointly organised by Population Foundation of Family Planning Association of India, New Delhi
India, Indian Association for the Study of and Family ~lanning Association of India,
Population and UNFPA in February 2000.
Panchkula.
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Seminar on Census Results
A seminar was organised by Population Foundation
ofIndia in collaboration with Indian Association
non-governmental organisations, voluntary
organisations and others on issues of social
development. The fair was inaugurated by Mrs
Asha Das, Secretary, Ministry of Social]ustice and
for the Study of Population on "2001 Census Environment on May 15, 2001.
Results: Implications for Research, Policies and
Programmes" at India International Centre on April
25, 2001. The seminar was held to critically
examine the implications of the 2001 Census results
from the point of view of their impact on past
programmes and policy implications for the future.
.Dr K V enkatasu~ramanian, member, Planning
Commission inaugurated the seminar.
The PFI stall was formally inaugurated by Ms Rathi
Vinay]ha, Chairperson and Managing Director,
ITPO who was accompanied by Mrs Asha Das.
The PFI stall displayed the recent activities of PFI
through a number of thoughtfully designed panels
and publications. The population clock showing
the population of various states and the video films
attracted a large crowd.
Besides the inaugural and valedictory sessions,
there were three sessions on Population Growth and'
Distribution, Gender Inequality and Levels of
Literacy and Education.
Dr K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI, Mr] K
Conference on Health
Population Stabilisation
Makes Recommendations
Uttaranchal
and
Issues
for
Bhantia, Registrar General and Census
Commissioner, India, Dr P N Mari Bhat and Dr S
Gulati of Institute of Economic Growth were among
those who made presentations. A number of
recommendations were made at the end of the
seminar.
Population Foundation of India organised a two-
day State Level Conference on "Health,
Development and Population Stabilisation issues
in Uttaranchal" at Dehradun on May 22-23,2001 at
Hotel Madhuban. The Conference was
inaugurated by the Chief Minister ofUttaranchal,
.Dr Francois ~arah, UNFP A Country
Representative, India gave the valedictory address.
He said it was necessary to understand how the
South was developing at a faster pace than the
North. It was important to document the dynamics
of South and find out how the North was lagging
Mr Nityanand Swamy. Political leaders of the State,
administrators, social scientists, representatives of
dedicated institutions and NGOs concerned with
the issues deliberated for two days to work out a
concerted plan of action.
The Chief Minister released a Wall Chart on
behind. He stressed the need to find ways to
sustain literacy in neo-literary areas as experience
has shown that people could easily fall back to
illiteracy in the absence of continuous effort.
Population and Development: Uttaranchal : 200 1
and District Profile ofUttaranchal specially brought
out by the Foundation.
The Foundation had identified five constraints that
PFI Participates in Social
Development Fair
came in the way of rapid development of the State
from the point of view of Reproductive and Child
Health and Population Stabilisation prbgrammes.
.Population Foundation of India participated in the
Social Development Fair held at Pragati Maidan
from May 15to 21, 2001. Organised by India Trade
Promotion Organisation (ITPO) every year, the
main objective of the fair, fifth in the annual series,
was to integrate efforts of government departments,
These are political, bureaucratic, economic, social
and health that impede development of the State.
A background paper had geen prepared on each
of these topics by a renowned scholar in the field
familiar with the State of Uttaranchal which was
presented at the beginning of each session for
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Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Nityanand Swamy releasing the Wall Chart at the inauguration of State Level Conference
on "Health, Development and Population Stabilisation Issues in Uttaranchal" at Dehradun. Others are (from left) : Executive
Director, PFI, Dr K Srinivasan and Member, PFI Governing Board,Justice Leila Seth.
stimulating discussion and arriving at possible Director of PEl, Dr K Srinivasan which are as
solutions to overcome the barriers.
follows:
The Conference brought in sharp focus the grim
realities in Uttaranchal in relation to gender
issues, growth of population, political, economic,
social and bureaucratic structure of the State. The
service facilities are poor and the administrative
structure is disjointed and without direction. The
Human Development Index is lowest in some
regions like Himalayan regions which is highly
(fi~sected, undulating, rugged and earthquake
prone with cold climate and poor quality soils.
Uttaranchal shows diversities in development
with pockets of development in regions of under
development.
- Two high level Committees be set up to
develop policies regarding Population
Stabilization and related developmental
issues, and Health, Education and Gender.
- Adopt Village levelneed based planning for
health communicators, households, villages
and Panchayats.
- Set up a legislative council on tI:e basis of
fixed number of members for each district
or geographical area to remove disparitiesin
densityof population widelyprevalent in the
State.
At the concluding session of the Conference, the
recommendations were listed out by the Executive
- Strengthen and empower Panchayati Raj
Institutions.
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- Create employment opportunities within It was decided that district level conferences of a
Uttaranchal to reduce out-migration from the similar nature would be organized through local
State and reduce dependence on 'money
order economy'.
- Train indigenous Registered Medical
Practitioners in RCH and deploy them along
with regular Health Staff with clearly defined
responsibilities.
- Reduce the economic inequity that apparently
exists between the Hill districts and the
Plains.
- Address the problem of declining sex ratio
in age 0-6 years.
- Improve the health infrastructure in the State,
especially in remote mountainous terrain.
- Consider possibility of introducing Mobile
Health Care to cater to scattered rural
populations.
NGOs with local government participation. It was
felt that this exercise would ensure that population
stabilization, health and development issues would
get widely disseminated.
Training in Communication
As a part of Training and Resource Development
Centre, Population Foundation of India started a
training programme to train NGO personnel in
Behavioural Change Communication. The three-
day training programme caters to the requirement
of NGO personnel working in the area of
reproductive and child health.
The training programme includes sessions on
Behavioural Change Communication and
Reproductive and Child Health, Advocacy and
Mobilisation of Community through Print and
Electronic Media, Developing Communication
- Improve the manpower utilization within the
Health Care Systems to maximize gains in
the midst of resource constraints.
- Train up a cadre of villagevolunteerstrained
in Reproductive and Child Health under
control ofvillage Panchayat.
Skills,Counselling and Approaching Masses etc.
Interactive sessionsare followed by role-play.The
programme also includes a field visit.The faculty
for the programme is in-house. The first training
programme was held inJune 2001. Four training
programmes have been held till September 2001.
- Rework the population/ANMjPHC ratio
keeping in mind distance or some unusal
conditions peculiar to Uttaranchal.
- Promote homejherbal remedies at the
household level.
- Recommend districtlevelconferences-being
organised.
In his valedictory address, Mr J C Pant, former
Secretary, Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare and a member of PFI Governing Board,
.said the conference has evoked good response from
the Uttaranchal government as is evident from the
presence of the Chief Minister and the Finance
New Projects
Total Integrated Programme
(TIP) for Dewas District,
Madhya Pradesh
StateslikeU.P, Bihar,Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
and Orissa have high Population growth, high
fertility,high maternal and infant mortality levels
and poor reproductive and child health conditions.
The states also have poor status of women and
continuing low literacy levels though there are
substantialimprovementsin the literacypart during
the past 10years.
The Foundation has decided to take one districtin
Minister at the conference. He said significant
points have emerged from the conference. The
message of the conference must reach every block
in Uttaranchal.
each of the above states and implement in
partnership with other likeminded agencies a total
integratedpackage ofreproductive,childhealth and
familyplanning servicesin the districtover a period
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of five years. The purpose of such a Total
Integrated Prog.ramme is to accelerate the pace of
decline in infant and maternal mortality rates,
prevent unwanted births, provide adequate spacing
between births and improve the reproductive and
child health of the population in the district. Such
a district will eventually serve as a model district
for the state as well as for other agencies that wish
to implement a similar programme.
to maternal mortality, infant mortality,
morbidity and fertility.
Service Delivery
- Target groups in the project, i.e. eligible
couple, people affected with RTljSTls,
pregnant women, post-natal mother, infants
and children and adolescents will be
identified.
Population Foundation of India has collaborated
with Ranbaxy Community Health Care Society in
implementing total integrity programme in the
district of Dewas in Madhya Pradesh where
Ranbaxy has a pharmaceutical unit with a small
social development cell.
The objectives of this project are to reduce the infant
and maternal mortality rate in the district by half
within the next five years, to increase contraceptive
prevalence to 65%and to reduce the total fertility
rate to 2.1 within the same period. All the unmet
- PFI and Ranbaxy will identify resources
required. to meet the outlined objectives
additional feasible inputs equally.
- Accessibility of regular, affordable and high
quality reproductive health services will be
increased in collaboration with existing
governmental and non-governmental outlet"
along with service centres equipped with
adequate facilities.
Demand Generation
needs of the couples for spacing the limitation of
children will be met under this programme and
the couples would be offered a choice of family
planning method with easy accessibility,
afford ability and of good quality.
The levels of intervention will be at district level
and block level.
- Dissemination of effective messages on family
planning, health and nutrition needs of
pregnant and lactating women, child care,
family planning methods, adolescent health,
gender equality etc by involving male
members, health workers, and grassroot level
organisations (e.g. Panchayats) who will
The partners and stakeholders in the project will
ensure community participation.
be the Madhya Pradesh government, Zila Panchayat
- Adequate emphasis will be laid on women's
and Gram Panchayats, Dewas Municipality, District
empowerment by evolving strategies
Planning Committee, MGM Medical College,
focussed on increasing literacy rate,
Indore, Ranbaxy Community Health Care Society,
Population Foundation of India, Other local NGOs, .
decreasing age at marriage, and income
generation.
Corporate Sector and Cooperatives.
The methodology of the project will consist of
- Effective BCC campaigns will be evolved
to reach the target groups. The campaign
Need Assessment
will focus on creating an environment
An initial assessment will be made of the prevailing
situation in the district in terms of the availability
conducive to planned family and, creating
a demand for family planning and RCH
services.
of facilities, services, personnel and the auxiliary
services of education, communication and
information.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Total Q.1ality Management will be done at district
Baseline Survey will be made to level by a core team. Involving members from
determine the various health indicators related government health team, implementing agencies,
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PFI and Ranbaxy. This team will assess progress its Head Office in Delhi, with the support of Ministry
of the project from time to time in terms of of Health and Family Welfare, to train NGO's
improvement in indicators and suggest necessary personnel involved in RCH related activities, the
changes.
PFI had decided to establish Regional Training
Training on Management for
NGOs
, It has been observ~d by PFI during the training of
and Resource Development Centres (RTRDCs) to
provide training to the staff ofNGOs to build their
capacity in management and implementation of
RCH programmes.
NGO personnel on RCH that inspite of being
equipped with technical skills, the programmes
conducted by NGOs do not achieve the desired
results due to poor management skills of NGO
personnel. The grassroots level NGOs in most
cases are only able to employ managerial staffwho
do not have proper management skills. It was felt
that management training given to these managers
will help generate a cadre of skilled functionaries
at the hrrassrootslevel and facilitate implementation
of programmes,
The main objective of the project is capacity
building of management staff of grassroots level
, NGOs so asto bring about an improvement in their
. skills pertaining'to - need assessment and
programme planning, programme implementation,
programme management, staffmanagement, team
building, problem solving and decision making
skills, and resource generation and management.
The centres are being set up in collaboration with
local NGOs having infrastructure for training. PFI
has extended funding and technical expertise to
the NGOs. The RTRDCs will be responsible for
imparting training to master trainers who in turn
will train smaller NGO functionaries on RCH
issues. The Foundation has so far established
RTRDCs at the following places:
Regions
Bangalore
(Karnataka)
Cuttack (Orissa)
Coordinating
MYRADA
NGO
National Institute of
Applied Human Research
Development
Indore (MP)
Bharatiya Grameen Mahila
Sangh
Kanpur (UP)
St. Catherine Hospital
The project will be on a pilot basis for the State of
Rajasthan where PFI is also planning to launch
Regional level TRDC for RCH. The idea is to
train selected management representatives of the
same NGOs who would have received RCH
training to improve the overall impact of the
programme. Indian Institute of Health
Management Research (llHMR) will conduct the
training. There will be a total of four workshops,
, each workshopwillhave 25 participants.Both mid-
term and end-line evaluation will be carried out.
Each workshop will be for six days.
Patna (Bihar)
J amshedpur
(Jharkhand)
ADITHI
Alternative for India
Development
Udaipur
(Rajasthan)
Population Research Centre
The RTRDC at Bangalore came into being in
October 2000 in collaboration with MYRADA.
Five training programmes have so far been
conducted for trainers using RC~ module
developed in Kannada.
Regional Training and Resource'
Development Centres
Regional Training Resource Development Centre
at Cuttack in collaboration with NIAHRD was
established in October 2000. Since its inception,
Encouraged by the success of Training and one training course for master trainers followed by
Resource Development Centre (TRDC) set up at four regular courses of five days' duration have been
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conducted. 10RCH based modules and a module
on Disaster Management have been incorporated
in the course curriculum.
For the Regional Training Resource Development
Centre at Indore, PFI has collaborated with
Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh, a local NGO
working at Indore. The first training course for
master trainers was conducted in January in the
presence ofPFI faculty. They have developed RCH
module keeping in view the needs oflocal trainers.
Trained master trainers now have taken up the
responsibility of training local NGOs trainers from
Indore, Zabua, Khargaon, Hoshangabad, Dewas
and Rajgarh districts. In total, four training
programmes h~e so far been completed.
St Catherine's Hospital, Kanpur, a UP based NGO,
ADITHI of Patna, Alternative for India
Development, Jamshedpur and Population
Research Centre of Udaipur have been selectedas
NGOs. PFI would establish RTRDCs in
collaboration with these NGOs. The NGOs are
busy in staff recruitment, identification of local
based NGOs and selection of resource persons.
Thereafter, they would develop a reproductive
health module to be used during the training.
Empowerment of the
Community on the Issues of
Population, Health and Social
Development through
Community Radio in Uttar
Pradesh and Karnataka
With a view to empower the community on the
issues of Population, Health and Social
Development, Community Radio projects have
been taken up in Uttar Pradesh and Kamataka.
A view of the launch of Community Radio Programme, Ujala at BanwasiSeva Ashram, Sonbhadra.
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The project in UP has been taken up in Sonbhadra
district through AIR Obra in collaboration with
Banwasi Seva Ashram. After the two-day script-
writing workshop at Banwasi Seva Ashram
attended by officialsof AIR Obra and Pfl, the radio
programme, Ujala was launched on March 19,
episodes,which ha.vealready been broadcast, were
replayed and one of the episodes was enacted with
the help ofAIR artistswho had participated in the
radio production. Officials from AIR, Obra,
Banwasi SevaAshram and PFI participated in the
function.
2001 at a simple function held at the Ashram. The
Station Director and the Senior Programme
Executive of AIR Obra attended the function. PFI
was represented by Programme Officer (IEC).
Nearly 200 people, including women, men and
some children, had been specially invited by the
Ashram for the programme which was held in a
big hall. A radio set was placed with attached
public addresses system for the sound to be
amplified.
As soon as the programme was over, comments
were invited from the assembled audience. Some
of these comments were recorded by AIR Obra
The Foundation is now planning to get the same
series of programme broadcast from All India
Radio,Varanasi.
Karnataka Project
The project in Kamataka has been taken up in
collaboration withAll India Radio, Bangalore and
is targeted at Banjara Hills in Mysore district with
the help ofVivekananda Girijan Kalyan Kendra,
an NGO headed QYDr Sudarshan. Afterthe three-
day script-writingworkshop held at AIR Mysore,
the firstepisode of the drama series,Kusumale~ent
on air on November 1,2000 the Rajyothsava day
that marks the birth of the state. There are 52
and included in their later programme. There was episodes of half an hour duration in Kannada for
lot of enthusiasm ~nd excitement; the assembled 52 weeks.
people seemed happy with the format of the
programme: N autanki (a musical with a narrative
line) and wanted the format to continue for the
future programmes.
The 3D-minute first episode of Ujala was a curtain
raiser which began with Executive Director Dr K
Srinivasan welcoming the listeners of Sonbhadra
district to the programme, details about the contents
and appreciation of the contribution by Banwasi
Seva Ashram and AIR Obra officials. The rest of
the programme was in the form of 'Nautanki' with
two characters (a male and a female) giving a
glimpse of things to come in the future episodes of
Ujala. There were short introduction by Joint
.Director (1EC),PFI, Station Director, AIR Obra
and Dr Ragini Premo
Ujala is broadcast every Monday at 7.30p.m. for
30 minutes. The episodes so far have focussed on
decentralisation, awareness about women's
educationand marriage ofgirlsafter 18,precautions
during pregnancy and safe delivery etc.
Kusumale,the radio magazineprogramme contains
interviews, skitsand information related to health
and social development issues specially focused
to the tribal community, Soligas.
To study its reach and impact in Banjara Hills
among the soligas,AIR Bangalore has planned to
do a mail survey covering a sample of 500
households after the completion of one fourth of
the total episodes'by Audience Research Unit of
Bangalore. They have also planned to undertake
a house to house survey covering a sample of 1000
households after the completion of the series,
Kusumale.
In order to encourage the listeners,AIR Bangalore
has proposed to give a question at the end of each
episode. Around 200 letters are coming after each
episode. Correct answersare being shoritlistedand
from them the luckytwo willbe selected out. Two
prizes of Rs l00/- each, for each episode will be
given. Station Director of AIR Bangalore will be
responsible for selecting the prize.
A functionwas organised at BanwasiSevaAshram The prizesfor the first26 episode willbe given at a
(BSA) on July 18, where some of the selected function specially.organised by AIR Bangalore at
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Mysore.A VIP from the tribal community would with Panchayati Raj Institutions, conducted training
be invited to give away the prizes for the lucky programmes for their Master Trainers using the
winners.
video programmes made on different health and
social development issues.
The "Kusumale"programme has been re-broadcast
in "MishraMadhurya" programme on C.B.S. and The first training programme was organised in
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seven F.M. stations viz., Madikeri, Hassan, coordination with Diocesan Social Work Centre
Chitradurga,Hospet, Karwar, Bijapurand Raichur, in Lucknow on.7-9 May 2001. The Diocesan Social
from 4.30 to 5.00pm on all Tuesdays with effect Work Centre is working in 8 districts of Uttar
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from 3rdJuly 2001.The broadcast willcontinue till
March 2002.
Pradesh, namely, Baharaich, Barabanki, Gonda,
Hardoi, Lakhimpur, Lucknow, Sitapur, Unnao,
Empowerment of Panchayati
Raj Instit1Jtions on the Issues of
Population, Health and Social
Development through Mass
Media Communication (T.V.)
in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka
inhabiting 2,17,46,500people who are also one sixth
of the State's population. There were 33 participants
from different districts who were working in
approximately 104 villages in the areas of Health,
Literacy, Self-Help Groups, Panchayati Raj,
Empowerment of Women and promotion of Un ani
medicines etc.
The main objectiveofthe project isto educate and The second training programme was conducted
sensitizePanchayati Raj Institutions on the issues in coordination with Sri Bhubaneshwari Mahila
of population, health and social development
through SatelliteCommunication and to utilizethe
electronic media to reach the larger audience of
decision-makersof rural communities.
Ashram (SBMA),Anjanisain, Uttaranchal on 19-
20May 2001.Uttaranchalwastaken for the training,
as when the project was approved, Uttaranchalwas
a part of Uttar Pradesh. SriBhubaneshwari Mahila
Population Foundation of India has prepared 14
teaching modules - nine for panchayati raj members
and fivefor servi.ceprovidersin-house. The training
modules, with a duration of 25 minutes each, in
Hindi covered the following subjects: Roles and
Responsibilities of Panchayati Raj Institutions,
Populationand Development Issues,Reproductive
and ChildHealth Programmes, Gender Inequality,
Family Planning Methods, Communicable
Diseasesand itsPrevention, Water and Sanitation,
Ashram was established in Anjanisain in 1977for
the welfare of women and children. The NGO is
wellestablishedand working in various fields,such
as Literacy, Health, Women's empowerment and
Panchayati Raj etc. SBMA is working with 125
gram panchayats in 230 villages; 58 in Tehri
Garhwal, 25 in Uttarkashi and 42 in Chamoli. The
participants were medical doctors, post graduates
and graduates and showed a great interest in the
training programme.
Food and Nutrition, and Literacy and Education, The third Training of Trainers was conducted in
for Panchayat Raj members.
coordination wjthGNK Plan, DistrictMaharajganj,
For Service Providers- the modules were:
Counselling, Reproductive and Child Health
Services,Promotion of Family Planning Methods,
Unmet Needs, and Communicable Diseases and
Its Prevention.
The Foundation in collaboration with three Non-
on 25-26June 2001. GNK-Plan is working in
Ratanpur Block of Maharajganj district since 1998
in partnership with Plan International. They are
working with 9 Gram Sabhas involving32 villages,
covering a population of 25,000. There were 22
participants including 5 panchayat pradhans from
different villages, who took great interest in the
Governmental Organisations, who are working training.
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The fourth training programme is proposed to be ISEC have been trying to mobilise the additional
conducted in coordination with State Innovations funds requirement for the project. The State Health
in Family Planning Services Project Agency Department and the India Population Project-IX
(SIFPSA) 8 districts, namely Agra, Aligarh, have shown interest and willingness to partially
Allahabad, Bareilly, Firozabad, Saharanpur, finance the project.
Sultanpur and Varanasi through Satellite
Communication. PFI has been in touch with Evaluation of Projects
IGNOU, who have agreed to telecast the
programmes through Gyan Darshan free of Four of the Foundation's projects have been
cost.
evaluated and the evaluationreports received. The
The nine health modules on health and social
development issues for empowerment of
Panchayati Raj Institutions produced by PFI for
Uttar Pradesh were telecast from Doordarshan-
Lucknow (channel 16) on Thursdays from 7thJune
2001 under the title "Pragati Ka Dwar Panchayati
project" Empowerment of Rural Women with
focus on Family Welfare" implemented during
September 1998to December 2000by Daudnagar
Organisation for Rural Development,
Aurangabad, Biharhas been evaluated by Dr Dilip
Kumar, Joint Director, Population Research
Centre, Patna University.
Raj. " The Foundation has also received a
.confumation for re-telecast of the nine modules from The project "Involvement of National Service
DD-l.
Scheme in Information Dissemination and
The Foundation has also discussed with the
Director, Electronic Media Production Centre,
IGNOU, Dr R Sridhar, to telecast all the
programmes through Gyan Darshan to which they
have agreed.
Awareness Generation about Population Issues"
implemented by Agra University during October
1999 to May 2001 and by MJP Rohilkhand
University, Bareilly during January 2000 to May
2001has been evaluatedby MrT A Khan, Director,
Centre for Research Evaluation Analysis Training
and Education.
Karnataka Project
The main objective of the project in Karnataka is
to train the members of panchayati raj institutions,
community leaders and health workers through
space based communication technology.
Through satelli~e communication, direct
simultaneous interaction with large number of
participantsspread all over the Statewillbe carried
out. The participants are not required to come to
Bangalorefor trainingor interactionwhichwillsave
time, money and other resources.
Population Foundation of India has agreed to help
in the preparationoftrainingmodules and for studio
facility and telecasting. PFI suggested ISEC to
approach UNICEFfor the remaining portion ofthe
budget. UNICEF has not yet sent a reply.
The project "Supporting Family Welfare through
Traditional Healers, Rural Medical Practitioners
and the PanchayatiRaj Functionariesin TribalArea
of Dungapur District of Rajasthan" implemented
during January 1998to June 2001 by Population
Research Centre, Mohanlal Sukhadia University,
Udaipur has been evaluatedby Dr S K Chaudhary,
Associate Professor, R N T Medical College,
Udaipur.
The project "Intensive Reproductive .Health and
FamilyWelfare Programme" implemented during
November 1997 to December 2000 by Tata
Chemicals Society for Rural Development in
Rajpura block of District Badaun in UP has been
evaluated by Dr Zulfia Khan, Chairman,
Department of Community Medicine, Aligarh
Muslim University.
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Brain Storming Session on Four
Large North Indian States
A brain storming session on the four large North
Indian States namely V.P. Bihar, M.P. and
Rajasthan was held at the Foundation's office on
10th August, 2001. Dr. Bharat Ram, Chairman,
Population Foundation of India inaugurated the
session. Experts and retired senior bureaucrats
from the four large states participated and
presented papers on the state's population policy,
problems faced by these states on
implementation and suggested measures for
improvement. The sessions on different states
were chaired by Mr A R Nanda, Secretary,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Mrs.
Avabai B Wadi a, Member, Governing Board and
Dr V A Pai Panandiker, Member, Governing
Board. Ms Aradhana Johri, lAS, Executive
Director, SIFPSA also participated in the
deliberations. As a follow up the Foundation is
planning to have one-day seminar in each of the
four states and the experts participated in the
sessions have been requested to plan the strategies
and submit a proposal for organizing the
seminars.
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A. F. FERGUSON & CO
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
9. SCINDIA HOUSE
KASTURBA GANDHI MARet
NEW DELHI-II 000 I
Auditors' Report
We have audited the attached balance sheet of
Population Foundation of India as at March 31,2001
and also the income and expenditure account of
the Foundation for the year ended on that date,
annexed thereto, and report that:
a) we have obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit;
b) in our opinion, proper books and account as
required by law, have been kept by the
Foundation so far as appears from our
examination of the books;
c) the balance sheet and income and
expenditure account dealt with by this report
are in agreement with the books of account;
expenditure for the year and the credit bal-
ance in the Society Fund, in respect of unse-
cured fixed deposits aggregating
Rs 75 lakhs "due from Cement Corporation
of India Limited and interest accrued thereon
aggregating Rs 19,69,521 included under the
heads 'investments' and 'interest accrued'
respectively and referred to in note 5.
Subject to the foregoing, in our opinion and to the
best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the accounts give a true
and fair view:
(i) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state
of affairsof the Foundation as at March 31,
2001
and
d) we are unable to express an opinion on the
recoverability and the consequential effect,
if any, on the excess of income over
(ii) in the case of the income and expenditure
account, of the excess of income over
expenditure for the year ended on that date.
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".1!.1~.'
.-\\>~at
March..l.L. 2000
Rs
5,00,00,000
5,48,71,150
44.40.435
5,93, I] .585
8,418
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71,536
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81,33]
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1,74,365
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] 1,57,643
0
9
2,25,000
t...:I
0
0
....
3,22,520
47,42,486
15,62,282
8,07,338
74,34,626
POPl.'L\\TION FOITNDATION OF INDIA
BALANCE SHEET AS AT MARCH 31, 2001
LIABlI,lTIES
CORPUS FVND
Balance brought forward
SOCIETY FUND
Balance brought forward
Add: ,-\\mount transferred
from Income and
Expenditure Account
FOREIGN CONTRIBVTION
Balance brought forward
5,93,11,585
1,43.02,669
UNUTILlSED PROJECT GR.\\NT
TR.\\NSFERRED FROM INCOME
AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Training and resource denlopment
centre project
As at
As at
i\\larch 31. 200 I i\\larch 31. 2000
Rs
Rs
5,00,00,000
1,50,25,589
9,45,00,000
ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS
(As per Schedule' X annexed)
IN' "EST!\\IENTS
(As per Schedule 'B' annexed)
7,36,14,254
8.418
43,74,287
1,31,200
23,93,896
20,39,532
INTEREST ACCRUED ON IN\\ 'ESTl\\lENTS
SVNDRY DEPOSITS
(As per Schedule 'C' annexed
ADVANCES
(As per Schedule 'D' annexed)
CASH AND BANK BALANCES
(A~ per Schedule 'E' annexed)
91,468
Empowerment of Pancha~'ati Raj
institutions in Har)'ana project
State innoyations in famil)' planning seryices
project agenc)' - slum project
State innoyations in famil)' planning senices
project agenc)' - convergence project
Millennium Conference on population, deyelopment
and enyironment nexus
35,70,459
82,364
62,]69
CREDITORS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
Sundry creditors
Property tax
Gratuity
Leavc salary encashmcnt
Rent advance
1,98,583
47,27,710
17,24,776
9,63,]8]
50.32,793
1,26,4 7,043
As at
t\\larch .}JL 200 I
Ri
1,42,1 '51,340
11,17,O(!,00O
45.3:5,649
1,37,200
14,U,144
80,7U42
11,8~,64;:\\(T4
- NOTES TO THE ACCOVNTS (As per Schedule 'L' annexed)
14,00,]6,175
11,84,64,504
14,00;7 I, t 75
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As per our rewor! attached
Sd.-
Sd-
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(S RAMASESIIAN)
(Dr K, SRINIVASAN)
(DI' BHARAT RAM)
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Secl'etar~' & Tn-asurer
Executive l)irector
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Chairman
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I'OI'l.1JArION FOt'NDATION OF INDIA
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I:\\'COME AND EXPENI>ITliRE .\\CCOUYf FOR THE YEAR ENDED !\\lARCH 31, 2001
Year ended
1\\[arch 31,
1QQQ
Rs.
Grants
EXPENDITL'RE
DisbUl's~d fOI' Projects/PI'o!!rammes
Year ended
1\\Iarch 31,
1Q.Q.!
Rs.
Year ended
1\\larch 31,
2000
Rs
Intel'est
INCO1\\IE
Year ended
",[arch 31,
2001
RS:'"
1,03,334
1,11,684
23,64,098
4,06,374
Policy research Studies (.-\\s per Schedule 'F' annexed) 1,71,254
. Information, education and communication programmes 12,58.666
(As per Schedule 'G' annexed)
Demonstration Action research projects
48,21,213
(As per Schedule 'H' annexed)
Conferences, seminars, workshop and task force
1,95,742
(..\\s per Schedule 'I' annexed)
1,14.39,779
1,23,959
17.860
On investme'nts(Gross)*
1,15,89,088
On savings bank'
account
2,71,922
Others
~I
02
* Tax deducted at source during the
year Rs. Nil (previous year 20,625)
1,18,68,112
26,800 ""ards (.-\\s per Schedule' r almexcd)
25,25,237
89,72.112
75.000 Incentives on investments
95,000
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Training and Resource Development Centre
(funded by Government of India)
"'0
10,82,687 Grant utilised during the year
0
lot
....
12.34,859
42,28,862
21,80.862
5,53,283
1,84.164
16,776
Rent
For floor space
For fh1ures and
fittings
2,02,36,200
72.91.537
- Government of India Training and
Resource Development Centre (TRDC)
Balance brought forward
Grant-in-aid
71,536
9,48,000
Bank interest
6,791
2,75,27,737
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Advance from Population
0
4 00 000 Foundation of India (PFI)
1 00 000
0
11,54,223
13,26,327
<~?
0
71536
Less: LTnutilisedgrant
transferred to balance sheet
91.468
0I-<
10,82,687
12,34,859
23,92.756
Empowerment of Panchayati Raj instituions in
Haryara (funded by UNICEF)
Grant utilised during the year
1,40,17.756
21.05,383
68,704
3.00.000
24,74,087
- LTNICEF Empowerment
of
Panchayati Raj institutions
(EPRI) in Haryana
Balance brought forward
Grant-in-aid
Bank interest
Advance from PFI
81,331
1,74,18,181
88.703
1,75,88,215
Less: LTnutilisedgrant
81331 transferred to balance sheet 35,70,459
-
23,92.756
1,40,17,756
64,87,733
Carried over
2,42,24,727 2,15,41,765
Carried over
5,47,43,464
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I\\larch 3 I,
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Rs.
EXPENDITl'RE
Year ended
l\\Iarch 3 I,
2.Q.QJ
Rs.
Year ended
March 31,
lQQQ
Rs.
64,87,733
5,49,966
Brought forward
Innovative programme on population issues for NGOs
in selected slums of Aligarh (funded by SIFPSA)
Grant utilised during the year
working
2,42,24,727 2,15,41,765
7,89,711
34,936
Empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions
and convergence approach in Aligarh district (funded by SIFPSA)
Grant utiIised during the year
23,05,684
7,22,000
2,331
7,24,331
1,74,365
5,49,%6
11,88,000
4,079
'i00
11,92,579
16,52,875
Millennium conference on population, development and
environment nexus (funded by LTNFP.-\\)
Grant utilised during the year
II~
34,936
2,25,000
18,77,875
42,755
- World popUlation day 1999 (partly funded by CARE India)
87,68,265
Carried over
2,75,45,122
2 25 000
16,52,875
35,000
2,38,14,542
INCOME
Year ended
I\\larch 31,
2.Q.QJ
Rs.
Brought forward
State Innovations in Family Planning
Services Project ,-\\gency (SIFPSA)
Innovative programme on population
issues for NGOs working in selected
slums of Aligarh
Balance brought forward
Grant-in-aid
Bank interest
1,74,365
6,96,,000
-12l.Q
8,72,075
Less LTnutilised grant
transferred to balance sheet
82 364
Grant-in-aid for the year
5,47,43,464
7,89,711
State innovations in family planning
services project agency (SIFPSA)
Empowerment of Panchayati Raj
Institutions and convergence
in Aligarh district
Balance brought forward
Grant-in-aid
Bank interest
approach
11,57,643
11,93,644
16,566
- Slum project
23,67,853
Less LTnutilised grant
transferred to balance
sheet.
fi2.l69
Grant-in-aid for the year
LTNFPA- Millennium conference on
- population, development and environment
nexus 2000
Balance brought forward
Grant-in-aid
2,25,000
Less LTnutilisedgrant
transferred to balance
sheet
Grant-in-aid for the year
- CARE India for World population day
1999
23,05,684
2,25,000
Carried o\\'er
5,80,63,859
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Year ended
March 31,
2!!!W.
Rs.
87,68,265
EXPENDITURE
Brought forward
Year ended
1\\Iarch 31,
2001
Rs.
Year ended
March 31,
2000
Rs.
2,75,45,122
2,38,14,542
INCOME
Brought forward
Year ended
1\\larch 31.
2001
Rs
5,80,63,859
13,79,815
Project development expenses
21,49,131
Profit on sale of equipment
10,94,334
Monitoring and evaluation expenses
16,92,598
15,55,778
Information, education and communication expenses
27,49,227
6,21,126
1\\Iiscellaneous receipts
34,43,871
Management and administration (As per Schedule 'K' atmexed)
34,66,095
19,95,391
Property tax
36,39,187
>
63,238
5,81,756
Subletting charges
Lease restoration charges
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79,530
21,000
Library books and periodicals
Audit fee
e!..
10,12,255
Depreciation
;'
44,40,435
Excess of income over expenditure transferred to
Society Fund account in the balance sheet.
15,17,715
55,585
22,000
9,38,611
1,43,02,669
11.937
2,144
"CI
"Q't
2,44,35,668
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5,8(),7~940
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NOTES TO THE :\\CCOUNTS --. (As per Schedule 'L' annexed)
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Sdj-
(S RAMASESHAN)
Secretary & Treasurer
(Dr K. SRINIVASAN)
Executive Director
NFW OFI HI 17 ~FPT 7001
As per our report attached to the Balance Sheet.
Sdj-
(Dr BHARAT RAM)
Chairman
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POPULATION FOUNDATION OF INDIA
NOTESTOTH~ACCOUNTS
SCHEDULE'L'
1. Significant Accounting Policies:
to the provident fund, leave salary
i) Accounting-conyention:
encashment and the provision for gratuity in
respect of all employees, determined on an
The accounts are prepared under the
historical cost convention on an accrual basis
and in accordance with applicable
mandatory accounting standards.
ii) Fixed assets and depredation:
Fixed assets are stated at cost less
accumulated depreciation.
arithmetical basis, are charged to revenue.
v) Forei~n Currency TransactioDs:
Grants received in foreign currency are
accounted for at the exchange rates prevailing
on the date the transaction takes place.
2. The Foundation's income is exempt under
Section 1O(23C)(iv) of the Income-tax Act,
Cost of acquisition/construction includes
1961vide Order No. 10756 (F.No. 197177198-
freight, duties, taxes and other incidental
expenses incurred until installation/
ITA-I dated January 5, 1999 issued by the
Government of India, Ministry of Finance
commissioning of the asset.
Fixed assets are depreciated on the written
down value method at the following rates of
depreciation:
(Department of Revenue), New Delhi as it
has been categorised as a charitable institution
promoting family planning throughout India.
Donations to the Foundation are deductible
Building
Motor Vehicles
Furniture and Fixtures
Equipments
5%
20%
10%
33.33%
Leasehold land is amortised over the life of
the lease.
under Section BOG(2a)(vii) of the Income-tax
Act, 1961 vide Order No. F.No. 176(28/84-
IT(AI) dated August 21, 1985 issued by the
Government of India, Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue), New Delhi.
3. The Executive Director's remuneration for the
year amounts to Rs. 5,82,900 (previous year
Depreciation on additions is charged for the
full year irrespective of the date of acquisition
and no depreciation is charged on deletions
of assets in the year of deletion.
Hi) Investments:
Rs. 5,49,068). In addition: (i) he has been
provided with furnished accommodation -
perquisite value Rs. 57,695 (previous year
Rs 56,993); and (ii) a sum ofRs. 1,03,581 has
been paid to him as reimbursement of
local travel expenses (previous year Rs
Investments are stated at cost.
90,432).
iv) Retirement benefits:
The Foundation has various schemes of
4. Of the entire actual disbursements for
projects/programmes till March 31, 2001,
audited accounts from grantees for Rs
retirement benefits such as provident fund
and gratuity. The Foundation's contribution
76,87,140(previousyear Rs 53,33,894)are yet
t.obe received.
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5. Investments in unsecured fixed deposits
include Rs. 75,00,000 (previous year: Rs
75,00,000) placed with the Cement
Corporation of India Limited (CCI) - a
Government of India undertaking, which has
been declared a sick unit by the Board for
Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(BIFR) under Section 15 of the Sick Industrial
Companies (Special Provisions) Act 1985.
This deposit has matured on July 19, 1996
but has not yet been repaid by the CCI
together with interest accrued thereon
amounting to Rs 19,69,521for the period from
July 1, 1997 to March 31, 1999. The
Foundation has filed an application with the
Company Law Board (CLB) and BIFR for
recovery of the deposit and for treating the
Foundatbn as a pressin~ creditor'. While
disposing of the Foundation's appeal No.
181199against BIFR's order dated October
1, 1999,the Appellate Authority for Industrial
and Financial Reconstruction, New Delhi,
vide its order dated March 28, 2000 refused
to give any priority to the Foundation in the
matter of repayment for its dues from out of
the sale proceeds ofYerrangunda unit of the
CCI and referred the matter back to BIFR.
The Foundation is in the process of making
an application to the BIFR for making
provision for its dues in the scheme for
rehabilitation of CCI. Pending decision of
the CLB and BIFR, the Foundation has not
accrued interest of Rs 22,50,000 for the period
from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2001 and
interest on interest accrued but not paid for
the period fromJuly 1, 1997to March 31, 2CXX).
Further, no provision has been made for
possible loss in respect of the fixed deposit
and interest accrued thereon.
Sdj-
(S. RAMASESHAN)
Secretary&Treasurer
Sdj-
(Dr K. SRINIVASAN)
Executive Director
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ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Advisory Council consisting of eminent experts in related fields
:"uchas Sociology, Demography, Communications, Health Services,
Environment, Education, Management, Women's Development,
Biomedical Services etc., contributes to the formulation of the
Foundation's policies and programme and reviews its achievements
from time to time. Its present members are:
Dr M S Swaminathan - Chairman
Mr T V Antony
Dr EA S Sarma
Prof G P Talwar
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Ms Rami Chhabra
Dr Yash Pal
Dr S H Hassan
Dr Saroj Pachauri
Ms Poonam Muttreja
Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
(Ex-officio asJoint Secretary
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
Dr Ragini Prem
Mr Ajay Mehta
Mr T R SatishChandran,IAS.
Dr B KJoshi
Dr S D Gupta
Dr Usha R Krishna
Mr T L Sankar
Dr K Srinivasan- Executive Director