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Focus
POPULATION ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT
Volume XV No.1
January-March 2001
JRD Tata Awards on Population Presented
Presentation of JRD Tata awards -ciii PopulatlonllndReproducllve Health Programmes. From left: Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Member, PFI Governing Board;
Dr K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PAj Mr A Raja, Union MInister of Slate for Health and Family Welfare; Mr Hart Shankar Singhanla, VIce-Chairman, PFI;
Dr C P Thakur, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare; Mr Areot N Veeraswamy, Tamil Nadu Minister for Health and Mr M K Stalin, Mayor of Chennai.
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 on January 3, 2001. Tamil Nadu
received the award for best state.
The awards for best performing
districts were given to Chennai in
.1rTamil Nadu in the large population
category, Alappuzha in Kerala and
Jorhat in Assam in medium and
small size population
respectively.
category
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
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Census 2001 : Preliminary Results
Registrar General and Census
Commissioner of India has released to
the Press the provisional population results of
census of India 2001 on 26th March, 2001. The
pUblication "Provisional Population Totals: Paper
1 of 2001" was also released on the same day.
These provisionaltotals are based on the complete
population enumeration conducted during the
preliminary round from 9th to 28th February, 2001
and the revisional round from 151 to 5th March,
2001 and provide the population picture ofthe
country as on 151 March, 2001. The provisional
totals have been released within 3 weeks after
the census which is a remarkable achievement
in prompt compilation, preliminary analysis and
pUblicationof data from the census. The Registrar
General of India should receive our kudos and
congratulations on this massive endeavour well
completed.
The preliminary totals place the population of
India as on 151 March, 2001 at 1027.015 million
comprising of 531.277 milUonmales and 495.738
million females. India has joined the billionaire
league in population size after China and these
two countries are likely to be the only two
population billionaires ever in the world. The
'provisional population totals' released by the
Registrar General provides for each State/UT
population size by males and females, child
population in the age group Q-6by sex, population
in the age group 7 and over and literates within
this age category by male and female. Thus the
populationtotals providefor each State intonnation
on the crucial variables of population size, sex
ratio (number of females per 1000 males) and
literacy rate for males and females among those
aged 7+ as on 151 March, 2001. Following the
same pattern of tabulations released by the
Registrar General, each of the states in the
country is also releasing the provisional
population totals by the same three characteristics
at the district level. Before the middle of April 2001
information will be known officially for each of the
districts in the country on the population size,
sex ratio and literacy rates by male and female.
These data will provide enough material for
demographers, social scientists and planners to
compare the earlier projections with the actuals
and study where we have succeeded and
where we have failed.
One of the major findings from this census is that
the literacy rate among population aged 7 and
above has improved significantly during the
decade 1991-2001, .from 52.2% to 65.4%, an
impressive increase of 13.2 percentage points.
This jump is even-more significant among the
females among whom the literacy rate increased
from 39.3% in 1991 to 54.2% in 2001. It is also
interesting to observe that the male-female
difference in literacy rates has declined from
28.8% in 1991 to 21.7% in 2001. Thus there is
not only a sharp rise in the literacy rate in the
countty during the decade 1991-2001 but also
the rise in the Itteracyrates of the females is higher
than among the males narrowing the long existing
gender gaps in literacy. For the fist time in the
history of independent India the absolute number
of illiterates have recorded a decline between
two censuses from 328.2 million in 1991 to 296.2
million in 2001. It is also interesting to note that in
every state includingthe so called BIMARU states,
there has been an increase in Itteracyrates during
this decade. This is a welcome development to
be cheered by all.
Another significant finding from the provisional
population totals is that the sex ratio of the
population Le. the number of females per 1000
males has increased to 933 compared to 927 in
1991 census. The increase in the number of
females in relation to males is partly an indication
of a greaterdecline inthe mortalttylevelsof females
compared to males during this decade. There is
also the possibility of a relatively better
enumeration of females in 2001 census compared
to 1991 census, possibly because of the greater
attention to the census given by the feminist
groups and women's organisations to ensure
that the women are properly counted in the
country.
One of the frustrating facts for family planners is
thatthe census population of 1027.02 million is
substantially higher by almost 15 million than the
official projections made in 1996 by the Planning
Commission by an expert committee under the
Chairmanship of Registrar General of India with
the projected population on 1st March 2001 at
1012.4 million. While the average annual growth
rate of population has declined from 2.14% during
the decade 1981·1991 to 1.93% in 1991-2001,
this growth rate is higher than the assumed one
even as late as 1996 for this decade. Particularly
disappointing are the resultsforthe states of Bihar,
Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh where
growth rate between these two decades has
actually increased from 2.10% to 2.50% ; 1.92%
to 2.03% ; 2.42% to 2.47% and 2.28% to 2.30%
respectively. North Eastern States of Sikkim,
Nagaland, Manipur have also recorded increase
in their growth rates. Rajasthan has shown a
marginal decline from 2.50% to 2.49%. U.P.with
an enumerated population of 166.1 million in 2001
is continuing to grow at a faster rate than before.
This is particularly frustrating since international
assistance of a substantial order has been
invested inthis state for promoting family planning
reproductive child health and pOPulatio~
stabilisation during the past 10 years.
There appears to be a need to pay special
attention in population stabilisation programmes
parrticularty the states of U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan
and Gujarat. The fact that their growth rate has
not declined and even increased in the past
decade in sptteof rise in their literacy levels needs
special investigation.
Another disappointing feature is a decline in the
sex ratio of the child population in the age group
0-6 in the country. While the overall sex ratio has -.,.
increased from 927 to 933, the sex ratio among
childrenhasdeclinedfrom 945 to 927. Significantly
low sex ratios, below 900 among children are
observed in the states of Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana
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•. substantial rise in the sex ratio of the population.
aged 7+ while there is a decline in the sex ratio of
the population aged 0-6 raises the possibilities of
sex selected distortions in the reported ages of
children. This needs to be investigated.
On the whole the census of 2001 gives a mixed
picture of the country wtth rapid rise in the literacy
levels, improvement in overall sex ratio and
stagnation of growth rates in some of the large
Hindi speaking states of the North in the country.
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Training of Panchayat Members in Haryana Completed
To mark the completion of the
project: Empowerment of
Panchayati Raj Institutions in
Haryana, a days' workshop was
organised on January 22, 2001 at
Hotel Mount View, Chandigarh. The
workshop was inaugurated by the
Financial Commissioner
and
Secretary, Haryana (Women and Child
Development), 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 officials from various
districts of Haryana. Mr P P Haldhar,
Under Secretary, Union Ministry of
Rural Development and Ms Shubhra
Dr Richard H Young, Senior Advisor, Child Rights, UNICEF speaking at the inauguration of a days'
workshop organised at Chandigarh to mark the completion of the project 'Empowerment of Panchayati
Raj Institutions in Haryana'. Others are (from left): Project Co-ordinator, Mr 0 P Bhasin, PFI; Executive
Director, Dr K Srinivasan, PFlj Chairman, PFI, Dr Bharat Ram and Financial Commissioner and
Secretary, Haryana (Women and Child Development), Ms Promilla Issar.
Singh, lAS, Deputy Secretary, Union
Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare also spoke on the occasion.
Dr Richard H Young, Senior Advisor,
Child Rights, UNICEFand Mr Tapas K
Datta, Project Officer, UNICEFattended
the workshop.
The project involved training of about
63,000 members of Panchayati Raj
Institutions in Health and Popul~tion
Stabilisation issues. These include
314 members of 19 Zila Parishads,
2426 members of 114 Panchayat
Sa mitis and 60363 members of 6017
Gram Panchayats.
Finance Minister, Haryana, Prof Sampat Singh speaking at the valedictory session of the workshop at
Chandigarh. Others are (trom left): Executive Director, PF', Dr K Srinivasanj Member, PR Governing
~ Board, Justice (Ms) Lelia seth and Chairman, PFJ,Dr Bharat Ram.
Emphasising
the need for
empowerment of women to make the
Panchayati Raj an effective medium
of transformation, Ms Issar said
women in Haryana had no say in
decision making in family matters. Ms
Issar asked, "How can one empower
a woman when her daughter is
destroyed before she was born?"
Since it was the grandmother who
make all the important decisions, it
was the grandmother along with the
mother and the father who should be
empowered so that the right
decisions could be taken, she said.
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Child Rights, UNICEF, who was
personally involved in the initiation
and development of the project, called
it a 'successful conclusion'. He
cautioned Panchayat leaders to guard
against cynicism and disenchantment
against the rights of Panchayats.
Project Officer, UNICEF, Mr Tapas K Datta speaking at the workshop. Others are (from left): Deputy
Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ms Shubhra Singh; Member, PFI Governing
Board, Justice (Ms) Leila Seth and Chairman, PFI, Dr Bharat Ram.
NGOsand other organisations should
th~Iefore focus on grandmother to
make the empowerment of women an
effective instrument of Panchayati Raj,
said Ms Issar.
The Chairman of PFI, Dr Bharat Ram
in his address mentioned some
interesting findings from the
evaluation of the project. On an
average the trained Panchayat
members were 42 years of age;
nearly 32% of Panchayat members
were females; 97% of them were
married; 38% were illiterate and
nearly 30% were scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes.
The training was able to train 78%
of Zila Parishad members, 95% of
Panchayat Samiti members and 73%
Gram Panchayat members out of the
total members at the three tier in
Haryana.
In his welcome address, Dr Srinivasan
said, it was one of the biggest project
ever undertaken by the Foundation.
Quoting Dr N C Saxena, former
Secretary, Ministry of Rural
Development, Mr Young emphasised
that services which were localised in
nature must be decentralised so that
the delivery system became
accountable to the people rather than
serve the higher functionaries. Ire
order that the decentralisation was
effective, Dr Saxena had highlighted
three pre-conditions: willingness and
commitment of all parties,
capability\\capacity
to execute
programmes and participation of
people themselves, Mr Young
recommended participatory approach
into local governance.
He exhorted that we must create and
enhance understanding among the
Panchayat members of the politics of
governance, the obstacles and
opportunities that would lead to
democratic local governance. "UNICE~
has been very pleased and is happy \\
to be a collaborator with PFI, central
and state governments, NGOpartners
in this venture. It has not been an
easy task': Quoting Gandhiji, MrYoung
said, "True democracy cannot be
worked by 20 men sitting at the
centre. It has to be worked from
below by the people of every village".
Under Secretary, Union Ministry of Rural Development, Mr P P Haldhar speaking at the workshop.
O~hers are (from left): ~eputy Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ms Shubhra
Smgh and Executive Director, PFI, Dr. K. Srinivasan.
Certificates of appreciation were given'-"
by Prof Sampat Singh to the _
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1. Dr(Mrs)Renukasachdeva receivinga certifi~te of appreciation
from Prof. sampat Singh, Finance Minister, Haryana,on behalf
of Family Planning Association of India, Yamunanagar.
2. Dr K S Sangwan receiving a certificate on behalf of MD
University, Rohtak.
3. Mr 0 P Yadav receiving a certificate on behalf of Family
Planning Association of India, New Delhi.
4. Mr Amit Gupta receiving a certificate on behalf of Family
Planning Association of India, Panchkula.
5. Dr (Mrs) Anju Bajpai receiving a certificate on behalf of Utthan
Institute of Development Studies, Yamunanagar.
Implementing Agencies for helping in
providing training to the Panchayat
members. Dr Ram Kanwar received the
certificate on behalf of CCS Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar; Dr K S
Sangwan received the certificate on
behalf of MD University, Rohtak; Dr
(Mrs) Renuka Sachdeva received the
certificate on behalf of Family
Planning Association of India,
Yamunanagar; Dr (Mrs) Anju Bajpai
received the certificate on behalf of
Utthan Institute of Development
Studies, Yamunanagar; Mr 0 P Yadav
received the certificate on behalf of
Family Planning Association of India,
New Delhi and MrAmit Gupta received
the certificate on behalf of Family
Planning Association of India,
Panchkula.
In his valedictory address, Prof
Sampat Singh stressed the need to
involve Panchayats in spreading the
messages of small family. He said
the message to stabilise population
should reach the masses through
Panchayati Raj Institutions. The
notion that people believe in
regarding children as additional
manpower should be corrected as this
also led to the problem of gender
ratio prevalent in Haryana.
Mr Tapas K Dutta, Project Officer,
UNICEFand Mr 0 P Bhasin, Project Co-
ordinator, PFI proposed the vote of
thanks on behalf of their respective
organisations.
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Community
Radio Project
Makes "Headway
The Foundation has taken up a
project for empowerment of
the community on the issues
of health and social development
through community radio in
Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. The
project aims to communicate with
the··target··community
through
radio in local language with the
help of a local NGO in the two
states. Suitable time slots have
been arranged with AIR of half an
hour duration.
The project in Karnataka has been
taken up in collaboration with AIR
Bangalore and is targeted at
Banjara Hills in Mysore district
with the help of Vivekananda
Girijan Kalyan Kendra, a NGO
headed by Dr Sudarshan. The
programme was launched on
Rajyothsava Day, November 1,
2000.
There are 52 episodes of half an
hour duration in Kannada for 52
weeks. A three-day script-writing
workshop organised at Bangalore,
had identified
a group of
appropriate writers. The response
to the programme has been good.
A survey has been planned after
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the thirteenth programme to study
Script-writing workshop in progress at Banwasi seva Ashram, Govlndpur, Sonbhadra. From left:
Ragini Bahen (Dr Ragini Prem), secretary, Banwasi seva Ashram; Mr Vincent Victor, Joint Director,.
PFI; Mr Ajay Sunder, Programme Officer, PFI and Mr R S Kotwal, Station Director, AIR Obra.
the reach and impact of the
programme.
A similar strategy is being followed
in Uttar Pradesh where the project
has been taken up in collaboration
with AIR Obra and Banwasi Seva
Ashram (BSA) in Sonbhadra
district, headed by Dr Ragini Premo
BSA has been doing pioneering
work among the tribal population
in Sonbhadra.
A two-day script-writing workshop
was held at BSA on December 12-13,
The project aims to
communicate through
radio in local language
with the help of a local
NGO in the two states
with a programme of
half an hour.
2000 which was attended by the
Station Director of AIR Obra and
Senior Programme Executive. PFI
was represented by Joint Director and
Programme Officer (lEe). Dr Ragini
Prem was also present at the
workshop.' A total of nine writers,
induding seven women, attended
the workshop. Nearly 20 Gram
Pradhans and Gram Sakhis (friends)
had been specially invited to the
workshop. The writers wrote thee)
scripts based on the nine modules •.
contained in our module for
Panchayati Raj in UP. These scripts
were discussed threadbare and
appropriate suggestions were made.
In consultation with the village
representatives, an evening slot has
been selected by AIR Obra to
broadcast the programme which has """r-r
been titled Ujala. The programme was
launched on March 19, 2001. (J
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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 districts received a
rolling shield and a cash award of Rs
2 lakhs and each of the best
performing districts in the poor
performing states received a
memento and Rs 2 lakhs.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr C P Thakur releasing the book: 'Population-
Development Nexus in India - Challenges for the New Millennium', Others are (from left): Prof Ranjit
c~oy Chaudhury, Member, PFIGoverning Board; Dr K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI; Mr A Raja,
iJ,L;nion Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare; Mr Hari Shankar Singhanla, Vice-Chairman,
...._..__PEl; and.McAreot NVeeraswamYr Tamil Nadu Minister for Health.
JRD Tata Awards on Population
(Continued from page 1)
State for Health and Family Welfare,
Mr A Raja inaugurated the seminar
by lighting a lamp. The Chairman of
PFI, Dr Bharat Ram presided over the
";_ function.
Dr B K Joshi, former Vice-Chancellor,
Kumaun University, Dehra Dun
received the award for his district.
Mr Pradeep Jena, Collector, Cuttack
and Ms Urmila Sethi, President, Zila
The Tamil Nadu Minister for Health,
Mr Arcot N Veeraswamy received the
award on behalf of Tamil Nadu. The
,r~1ayor 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 of Jorhat.
The awards for the best districts in
the 'not so good performing districts'
lwere give n to Deh ra Dun in
Uttaranchal, Purbi Singhbhum in
Jharkhand and Cuttack in Orissa.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family
Welfare, Mr A Raja lighting the lamp to mark the
inauguration of the seminar. Others are (from
left): Dr K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PR
and Dr Bharat Ram, Chairman,~fl~ _ ....
A book 'Population-Development
Nexus in India - Challenges for the
New Millennium' edited by Dr K
Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI
and Dr Michael Vlassoff, the then
UNFPACountry Representative, India,
was released. The book is a
compilation of selected papers
presented at the Millennium
Conference
on Population,
Development and Environment
Nexus, jointly organised by
Population Foundation of India,
Indian Association for the Study of
Population and UNFPA in February
2000.
The selection of the State level award
was made on the basis of a set of
nine indicators covering a wide range
of subjects ,like fertility, mortality,
education levels, maternal care and
government expenditure on health
and education. On the basis of a
composite index of these nine
indicators, Tamil Nadu stood first
with a score of 97 followed by Kerala
and Andhra Pradesh.
The best performing districts were
selected on the basis of eight
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1. The Mayor of Chenna!, Mr M K Stalin receiving the award on
behalf of Chenna! district from the Union Minister of Health and
Family Welfare, Dr C P Thakur.
2. President, Zlia Parlshad, Alappuzha, Mrs C S Sulatha receiving
the award on behalf of her district.
3. Additional Chief Medical and Health Officer, Jorhat, Dr R K Dutta
receiving the award on behalf of his district.
4. Former Vice-Chancellor, Kumaun University, Dr B K Joshi
receiving the award on behalf of Dehra Dun district.
5. President, Zila Parlshad, Cuttaek, Ms Urmlla Sethi and COllector,'"
. Cuttack Mr Pradeep Jenl receiving the award on behalf of their
district.
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indicators: proportion of births of
order 3 and above, percentage of
girls marrying less than 18 years of
age, percentage of eligible couples
with unmet need for family
planning, percentage of currently
married women using family
planning methods, percentage of
children
with
complete
immunisation,
percentage of
mothers with safe delivery,
percentage of pregnant women with
Ii
full ante-natal care, percentage of
currently married women with
LI enOWledge of AIDS.
_ Wi!.tL.iL vi....~w_t_Q_e'O"c;Qurage.better
performance among the poor
Tamil Nadu Minister for Health, Mr Areot N Veeraswamy receiving the award from the Union Minister
for Health and Family Welfare, Dr C P Thakur.
the unmet needs in the field of and treatment camps in rural areas
performing states in the country, health, family welfare, maternal which was aimed at providing services
best performing district from each of health and child care so that these at the door-steps and improving the
the three poor performing states was can be delivered at the household quality of life for the rural people.
selected for an award for the first level. "Family planning should be
time. The state level analysis found undertaken without coercion or To give a new thrust to the family
that Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa restoring
to incentives
or welfare programme, Tamil Nadu' was
are the three poor performing states. disincentives. Prominent public formulating a State Population
The awards for best performing men, religious leaders and NGOs can Policy with stress on shifting the
.....
districts in these states were given
help in creating awareness", he said.
burden of family planning from
to Dehradun in U.P., Purbi Vice-Chairman of PFI, Mr. Hari women to men. flOur vision is to
Singhbhum in Bihar and Cuttack in Shankar Singhania welcomed the bring about the stabilisation of
Orissa.
gathering.
population of Tamil Nadu at 6.71
crores by 2010", he said. He
(S)l'he awards were judged by an Awards Earlier, speaking after receiving the requested the Union Health Minister
" Committee consisting of distinguished award, the Tamil Nadu Health Minister that the good performance of Tamil
persons from different disciplines. Ms Mr Arcot N Veeraswamy said to be Nadu should not become a
Justice Leila Seth, a former Chief acknowledged as the best state in the disincentfve for the state by
Justice of Himachal Pradesh and now country by PFI was really a matter of advancing the freez in delimitation
Member of Law Commission and a great pride. He said his government period from 2025 to 2011.
member of the Governing Board of PFI, had taken a number of steps to
chaired the Committee.
prioritise the implementation of The JRD Tata awards for the State and
maternal, child health and family the districts with outstanding
Speaking after presenting the we!fare programmes to improve the performance in population and
awards, Dr C P Thakur said the need overall health status of the people. reproductive health and family
'of the hour was decentralisation He said Tamil Nadu has created a planning programme were instituted
and convergence of services to fulfil . comprehensive free health check-up by the Foundation in 1996.
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Training and Resource Development Centres at
Bangalore~ Cuttack, Indore, Udaipur and Patna
Encouraged by the success of
Training and Resource
Development Centre, set up with
the support of Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare to train NGO's
personnel involved in RCH related
activities in Delhi slums, PFI has
decided to set up Regional Training
and Resource Development Centres
(RTRDC)at a number of places in the
country. The centres would provide
.......f.iaiiifrigfi:fthesfi3ffbf NGOsin these
states to build their capacity in
management and implementation of
RCHprogrammes. The centres would
be set up in collaboration with local
NGOs having the infrastructure for
training. The main objective of the
centres is capacity building of
smaller NGOs by imparting training
on RCH issues.
The centre at Bangalore has been
set up in collaboration
with
MYRADA. A training programme for
training of trainers was held at
MYRADA from November 6 to 11,
2000. The faculty from PFI along
with guest faculty conducted the
six-day training for trainers who
will in turn train the middle level
personnel working in the medium
and small NGOs in Karnataka. The
training module was prepared in
English and later translated in
Kannada. The first batch of training
for middle level NGO workers will
be held in April 2001.
The Regional Training and Resource personnel working for medium and
Development Centre at Cuttack in small NGOsin the state of Orissa. A
Orissa has been set up in module has been prepared in English
collaboration with National Institute which will be later translated in Oriya.
of Applied Human Research and
Development (NIAH RD). The' The RTRDCat Indore has been set up
modules already developed by PFI in collaboration with Bharatiya
would be adopted to suit the local Gramin Mahila Sangh (BGMS),
conditions. The modules are: Slums Indore. A training programme for the
of Cuttack city, Role of NGOs in RCH trainers was organised by the facult~
programme, Reproductive system from BGMSand PFI from January 2S
and reproductive
h~alth, to February 3, 2001. BGMS has
Reproductive and child ~ealth planned to start training for middle
services, Population and planned level NGOworkers by the end of April
parenthood, Delivery of RCHservices 2001. BGMS has already identified
and quality of care, Role of IEC in the contents of the training 'course,
RCH programmes,
Project faculty and training modules and
formulation, Project management, supporting audio visual aids. Pre
Project implementation, monitoring and post evaluation of the training
and evaluation and Disaster and evaluation of different sessions
management.
by the participants will be an integral -
part of the training.
A training programme for the trainers
was held at NIAHRD from December PFI will collaborate with Sewa Mandir,
18 to 23, 2000. Faculty from PFI Udaipur in Rajasthan to set up a
along with a guest faculty conducted RTRDCthere. The training would blie:::-
the six-day training for 12 trainers imparted through a core team of'
who will in turn train the middle level identified master trainers for NGOs
in Rajasthan working for RCH
The centres would provide programme.
training to the staff of
NGOs in the states' to
build thier capacity in
- management and
implementation of RCH
programme
The RTRDCfor Bihar will be set up at
Patna in collaboration with ADITHI
and A N Sinha Development Studies
Centre. Preparatory works in terms of
identifying NGOs working in health
programmes and preparing training
modules is in progress.
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Ms Thoraya Obaid is UNFPA Executive Director
Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid has
taken over as the Executive
Director of the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA). She took
office on January 1, 2001,
succeedi ng Dr Nafis Sadi k wh 0
retired after nearly 14 years as
Executive Director. Ms Obaid, who
holds the rank of Under-Secretary-
General of the United Nations, is the
first Saudi Arabian national to head
United Nations agency.
--------PriortojoiningUNFPA, Ms Obaid was
Deputy Executive Secretary of the
Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia (~SCWA)from 1993 to
1998. She was the Chief of Social
Development and Population
Division from 1992-1993 and Senior
Social Affairs Officer, with various
responsibilities from 1975 to 19?2.
She had also worked for two years
as the Director of the Division for
Arab States and Europe at UNFPA.
Announcing her appointment, UN
Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
described Ms Obaid as lithe ideal
candidate for the job."
Accepti ng the
appoi ntment,
Ms Obaid said,
"I hope all the
achievements
of the Member
States since the
International
Conference on
Population and Development
in Cairo in 1994 will continue
to expand and will continue
to improve the quality of life
of women and men around
the world",
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D~;:'%~~~:~:~:~::~:rI.ti,:n:=a:n~:~::V~l::::~t:n~:~i: r M S Swaminathan,
Giving away the award~ the President -' privilege to
of PFI, has been given the Indira efforts in the country and is our country,
Gandhi prize for peace _a~d. __..II~!?)N .~p~arhl:!a~in9aTnovernent.",,!hohas
been'
d·isirmamen:t ...i.o~-:his-·"·-greate;t· . towards what·hecaUs·fhe"evergreen· .chosen by'the ..'
achievemen"t, '''the "GrE!en;irevotuti()n~'"
,-" \\ "",4, ,,_' '~., ," 0,", " ... ", r""'-."" ~••' """\\" ~"'''''.~:.,_drt,,-~,:,_ .,', _"."'",""N ,"- "''',
Revolution," which usheredin'an
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international
jury for the
·-eraofsooo:..:economic:d"evetopmertt 'He ·said "Dr' Swami nathan's pres~jgious
in India •. ······, '" '.' ..•.
. '-:"e'mpb~sisOrl'w'~menparticipation
. Indira Gandhi :Award," he added.
in development fin<;lsitsroots in
The ~~ii!~ .. ~~~~.p_r~s~n.~ed.by .. his. approach):o"~ender
Presi.dent. K...R. N"arayananat '. arid an' enaunngvision'
equiility ·MrKrishan
Kant described
.of .food Dr 'Swamfn'athan as one of
Rashtrapati Bhavan at a gLittering securitY, deveLopment and peace the exceptional talents of 'our
ceremony heLd on November 19, .for India •.....
times', which did path-breaking
2000 and attended by a Large
number of scientists and politicaL
personaLities. Vice-President Krishan
Kant and Congress 'presidentSonia
Mr Narayanan said the noted
scientist has also been awarded the
WorldFood Prize,' the Honda award,
research. Dr Swaminathan
gave practical shape to his
research and made fruits
avaHable to a vast numbers
Gandhi were also present.
and the Magsaysay award. "It is a Indians, he said.
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Conference to Discuss Health, Population Stabilisation Issues of Uttaranchal
P FI will be, organising a State level Conference for the evolve a population policy for the State.
newly created state of Uttaranchal to discuss
PFI had earlier organised similar State Conferences at
population stabiLisationand related development issues Bhopal and Lucknow to discuss population and
which will take place at Dehradun on May 23-24, 2001. A) developmentaUssues ofthe States of Madhya Pradesh and
background paper giving basic infrastructure facilities in Uttar Pradesh respectively. A number of useful
the State is being prepared at the Foundation. A number recommendations were made at the end of each Conference
of expert~f.rolT1 different disciplineswiLtma ke andfririovanve actfon':research projects were initiated by
presentations: The deliberations will helptheStateto "the FoundationaftertheConference at Lucknow.
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New Joining and Departure
Mr Vishal Dev Shastri has joined
Population Foundation of India
as Programme Associate. He has
'exposlire of training, monitoring
Population Association of America has granted him an
award to present two research papers in the Annual
Meeting of the Association on March 28-3i, 2001 it('
Washington, DC.
and evaluation of public health
and nutrition related projects
like NFHS-2, RCH, MICS-2 Dr Amita Bardhan, Senior Consultant was given a warm
(Multiple Indicator Cluster farewell at a function held in the Foundation on February
Survey) etc. Before joining the Foundation, Mr Shastri 27, 2001. Dr Bardhan, who was with the Foundation for
was working as Consultant, Survey Quality Assurance, nearly three years, was involved in a number of activities.
in an American NGO, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) at The setting up of the Training and Resource Development
New Delhi.
Centre (TRDC)at the Foundation to train the middle level
managers working in Delhi slums was one of the_
Mr Shastri has done Masters degree in Economics and highlights of her tenure.
specialisation in Population Sciences from International
Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. He is Executive Director Dr K Srinivasan appreciated the
pursuing his doctorate in Population Sciences from IIPS, contribution made by Dr Bardhan. A gift was presented
Mumbai.
to her on behalf of the staff.
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