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CHAIRMAN'S
STATEMENT
I welcome you all to the Annual General
Meeting of the Foundation which is being held
this year at an important juncture of the history of
independent India. The nation is celebrating the
50th year of its independence. It is a moment of
jubilation as we cross the landmark as the biggest
down to 3.6 but it is still very unsatisfactory and
democracy in the world, which has witnessed
way behind the national goal of achieving
dramatic political changes in the past few
decades. Despite various problems of tremendous
replacement level of fertility of 2.1 planned to
be by the year 2000 A.D. As dedicated workers
magnitude facing the country on economic, social,
for the achievement of population stabilisation
and political including geo-political fronts, we
have been able to hold our own. As we rejoice, it
in the country we have, therefore, to redouble
our efforts to promote national cunsensus leading
is also an apt time to take stock of our successes
to positive actions to arrest and slow down the
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and failures, so that we keep ourselves on course
rate of growth of population in as short a time as
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for continued progress. On two fronts we have
possible. A grim warning has come from the
faltered, first in the field of provision of universal
population projection made by a technical group
primary education for all our children and
of the Planning Commission and the Registrar
secondly, in the field of population stabilization.
General. It says that the country's population is
going to triple itself since independence to touch
THE POPULATION
SCENARIO
the billion mark at the turn of the century. The
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replacement level of fertility may not be reached
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Coming to the specific issue of population,
before 2026 while some of the more populous
there have been some significant achievements
States may take many more decades to achieve
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which are worth noting. The death rate has
this level. India's population problem is not only
declined to below 10. The infant mortality rate
its large size but the persistent high rates of
has come down substantially and an average
growth and we have to marshal all our energies
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Indian can hope to live upto 60 years against the
to turn the tide around. All our achievements in
life expectancy of around 32 at the iime of
various developmental areas such as health,
independence. In some areas of the country like
education, employment, poverty alleviation and
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Kerala, the results are even better, comparable to
environmental protection are being seriously
the achievements of some of the advanced
eroded by large increases in our population size,
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countries of the world.
currently at a figure of 18 million per year.
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But we have to admit that these have not made
. In the goldenjubilee of independence it is
a sufficient dent into the serious problem of ever
necessary to take stock of the situation so that
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increasing population which tend to offset the
we harbour no illusion about the magnitude of
tremendous progress made by the country in the
the task ahead. In the Population Foundation we
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economic field. The total fertility rate has come
have to develop our strategies and action
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programmes to support and accelerate the
national efforts to meet the challenge.
POSITIVE SIGNS
While the population scenario does not leave
much room for comfort or controversy, there are
certain 'positive signs which give us courage to
fight on and win the battle. The Foundation had
realised long ago that governmental efforts have
to be supplemented by efforts from non-
governmental agencies to tackle this gigantic
problem, which has many dimensions which go
far beyond the economic and health problems.
Some of these are related to the rights of men
and women, empowerment of women, gender
equity and problems of changing age structures
in a society with possible fall outs of social and
political unrest as a result of the growing
imbalance in population compositions. The
Foundation has tried to marshal non-government
efforts in bringing about attitudinal changes in
the society alongwith supplementing the
available services. It has also all along pleaded
for a resolute political will to combat the situation,
keeping the issue beyond all political
controversies.
It is gratifying to note that there is a new
awakening to the situation. The historic special
session of Parliament convened from August 26
.to September1, 1997 to markthe goldenjubilee
of independence of the nation has unanimously
pledged itself to a vigorous national campaign
to be launched by all political parties to combat
economically unsustainable growth of
population, recognising that such growth lies at
the root of most of our human, social and
economic problems. It has promised to work for
a time bound marked improvement in the quality
of life of all citizens. More importantly, it has
promised to establish gender justice which is to
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be practised as a way of life, with particular
emphasis on the education of the girl child. The
Prime Minister has already declared elementary
education to be a fundamental right of all children
in the 6-14 age group. He has also announced
that every girl child born in a poverty stricken
family after August 15this year would get a grant
ofRs.500 and that her education costs would be
borne upto Class-X.
These are heartening developments and it is
hoped that every political party would inspire all
of its workers operating at the grass root levels
to work for these noble ideals. Taking care of
these fundamental issues can work wonders as
we have seen in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and
Andhra Pradesh. There is no reason why it cannot
be repeated all over the country.
The current developments also mark out the
directions in which the activities of the
Foundation could be concentrated. The new
thrust areas would be to work more among
backward areas, slums and rural communities
with integrated projects of health, family
planning, and employment oriented schemes
based on the identified needs ofthe community.
We must involve the corporate sector in a much
more meaningful way and work in close co-
operation with the grass root level administrative
units such as panchayats, which have now been
given wide responsibilities to carry development
works in their areas.
During the year, the Foundation pursued a
number of activities in the above areas.
In pursuance of its advocacy role, the
Foundation submitted a Memorandum to the
Prime Minister making recommendations on
total political involvement, more allocation of
resources for health and education, concentration
of efforts in selected States in North India,
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involvement ofNGOs and corporate sector and
certain special task force to oversee an integrated
population programme. Steps have also been
taken to motivate the people's representatives to
take active action in population stabilisation.
Since the process of decentralisation of
political power and decision making through the
Panchayat Raj System has been initiated, the
Foundation has taken up in hand pilot project
for empowerment ofPanchayat Raj Institutions
by training Panchayat Raj Leaders especially
women members of Panchayats in fields of
reproductive health & allied matters in seven
districts of six States of the country.
It has been the persistent endeavour of the
Foundation to involve corporate sector in
reproductive health and family planning
programmes and thus some pilot projects as per
details given in the annual report are being
implemented in collaboration with industry.
JRD TATA AWARD
The PFI has introduced national level awards
for the best performing States and Districts which
have done well in the field of reproductive health,
in memory of its founder Chairman the late
Mr.JRD Tata. The inaugural awards were
announced on 29th July, 1997 coinciding with
Mr.Tata's birthday. Keralahas won the inaugural
award for the best State while the districts of
Palakkad, Chidambaranar and Kurukshetra have
won the award in their respective population
categories. The Award will henceforth be given
once in two years. The inaugural awards will be
presented by the Prime Minister of India at a
special function in Vigyan Bhavan.
I wish to place on record my sincere
appreciation of the commendable work done by
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the Award Committee in giving shape to the
awards scheme of the Foundation.
The details of the projects funded by the
foundation have been given later in the report.
LOOKING
TOWARDS
THE: FUTURE:
It will not be a tall claim to say that the
Foundation has carved out a special place for
itself in the gigantic national task of stabilising
the population to ensure future progress and
prosperity. It is determined to fulfil its role
marching along with the time and adapting its
strategies and programmes according to the
changing needs ofthe hour. Its well defined thrust
areas are:
Advocacy role in moulding community
attitude in favour of family planning as
part of development programme
Inducing political commitment towards
promoting family welfare and
reproductive health
Involvement of the Corporate Sector in
promoting reproductive health
programmes
Focus on promotion of reproductive
health including family planning in urban
slums
Promotion of integrated health and
development action projects.
Promoting male involvement in
family planning.
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Focus on women's empowerment
I am sure that the commitment and devotion
exhibited by Foundation members will lead us
to success in our mission.
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A WORO
OF CAUTION
I feel like cautioning you about an aberration
which might affect our national efforts.
Alongwith other countries ofthe world, India is
now committed to follow the concept of
reproductive health for both men and women
throughout the life cycle as against the earlier
limited objective of reduction of growth rates of
population. It is a laudable aim as we move away
from the mere demographic goal of reducing
population growth rates and concentrate on
improvement of the quality of life. But there is
an inherent danger that the immediate task of
promotion of family planning and extension of
adequate services may get lost against the vast
canvas, however desirable it may be. We already
know that the situation is alarming in India and
particularly in some ofthe populous north-Indian
States. The mood of the people seems to be very
favourable for contraceptive use as evident from
the large extent of articulated unmet needs of
couples even in these States. In all our activities,
we have, therefore, to concentrate on provision
of good contraceptive services, counselling and
creation of awareness of the importance of
limiting family size in the overall context of
family welfare and improvement of the quality
of life. This focus should not be lost sight of in
the large context of reproductive health.
ACCOUNTS
I have pleasure to inform you that during the
year the system of presentation of accounts of
the Foundation has been streamlined and the fmal
accounts for the year 1996-97 as annexed with
the Annual Report have been compiled as per
revised system wherein disbursement have been
appropriated to the respective functional areas.
The Accounts, thus depict more realistic position
of state of affairs of the Foundation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Foundation is indeed grateful to the
members of the Board, Advisory Council,
consultative panels, expert groups and esteemed
social workers, health professionals and
scientists, who had always readily responded to
our call for advice and assistance in a true spirit
of servicefor an important cause. .
Weare also grateful to the. various
departments of the Government, particularly, the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Ministry of
Finance and Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, including Akashvani and
Doordarshan, for the sustained interest and full
cooperation in furthering the activities of the
Foundation. I am encouraged by the fact that in
recent times the Press displayed enhanced
sensitivity to population and environment issues,
and helped build opinion in favour of a
determined action to contain the population and
thereby save the environment.
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Finally, I take this opportunity to express the
Governing Body's and my own appreciation of
the good work put in by Dr K Srinivasan,
Executive Director and the staff of the
Foundation, who continue to discharge their
duties with enthusiasm and efficiency.
BHARATRAM
Chairman
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ACTIVITIES
DURING
THE YEAR
This section highlights some of the important
activities undertaken by the Foundation during last one
year.
ADVOCACY
ROLE
The Foundation was quite active in its advocacy
role particularly in view of the alarming projections
made by the Registrar General's office. The Governing
Body decidedthat a delegationofthe Foundationshould
meet the Prime Minister to submit a Memorandumwith
specificrecommendationson concreteaction,allocation
of more resources and on other subjects towards
population stabilisation. A detailed Memorandum has
been submitted to the Prime Minister urging total
political involvement, more allocation of resources for
healthand education,concentrationof effortsin selected
populousStatesinNorth-Indiawhich are still backward
in terms of population programmes, greater
involvement of the NGOs and the corporate sector and
their co-ordination with official agencies and a special'
cell in the Prime Minister's office to oversee an
integrated population programme. The need to freeze
the number of seats in the Lok Sabha at the existing
level till population stabilises was emphasi,sed. It is
heartening that the Prime Minister is seriously
considering our recommendations. There are welcome
signs of some of these suggestions being reflected in
the Prime Minister's actions, such as those on
elementary education and incentive to girl child.
SEMINAR
FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS
The Foundation also organised a seminar
exclusively for the Members of Parliament on August
26, 1997 with the theme "Political Commitment to
Population Programmes" with an idea to have more
interactionswith policy makers for influencingnational
thinking on population issues. The Seminar was
presided over by Ms Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of
Health & Family Planning. The seminar met with a
high degree of success.
On that occasion Chairman made an appeal to the
MPs to actively involve themselves in population
programmes as they were in a position to exert
tremendous influence in two major areas, one within
their own parties and the other in their own
constituencieswhichwere their direct charge. Chairman
also urged them to keep the population problem at the
centre of all deliberations at the special session of
Parliament and Chairman felt gratified that there was
unanimityamong the ParliamentMembers on this issue.
There was a lively exchange of views by the
participatingparliamentarians and there was unanimity
that the population question was to be treated as a
national issue.
VIDEO FILM
A video film was produced by the PFI titled
"People, population and leaders" which was screened
on the occasion to form the basis of the discussion. The
film highlighted the basic issues underlining the
population problem, the ground realities of the
conditions of services vis-a-vis their requirements, the
mood of the people and the role that the leaders of our
country, political or in any other field, could play in
resolvingthese issueswith the ultimate aim of achieving
populationstabilisationas quickly as possible. The film
seemed to have made a deep impact on the participants
who said that the stark realities of the ground situation
had to be accepted as a challenge with the resolve that
the situation had to be altered.
Sincea number ofMPs could not attend the seminar
being busy in Parliament, the Foundation proposes to
show the film to other MPs in smaller groups
according to their convenience. The Foundation will
hold follow-up seminars on the same lines atthe State
headquarters. The video film will be screened on the.
occasIOn.
The Department of Health and Family Welfare has
recommended to Doordarshan that the film!be telecast
on National Channel.
WORLD POPULATION
,DAY
In observance of the World Population Day on July
11, the PFI organised a half-day seminar on the theme
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selected this year 'The Right to Choose; Reproductive
Rights and Reproductive Health'.
The seminar was divided into three sessions. The
first sessionwhich dealt with Empowermentof Women
was chaired by Dr Mohini Giri, Chairperson, National
Commission for Women. The second session, devoted
to Reproductive Health;,Responsibilities of Men and
Women, was chaired by Dr BanooJ Coyaji, Chairman,
KEM Hospital and Research Centre, Pune. The
concluding session chaired by Dr G V Satyavati,
Director General, ICMR dealt with the subject of
Adolescent Sexuality. All the presentations were
well researched and thought provoking and there
was a lively participation from all those who
attended the seminar.
PANCHAYAT
INVDLVEMENT
As you all know, the Panchayat Raj institution has
now been given, through an amendment of the
Constitution, wide responsibilities and powers to carry
out development projects in their areas, following the
process of decentrali'sation of power and
responsibilities.Some ofthe responsibilitiesare directly
related to population issues including reproductive
health and family planning while quite a few others
have close connections with the issue. The Foundation
considers this as a great opportunity of converting
population related programmes into people's
programmes relevant to the needs of specific areas. It
will be a huge task to equip the thousands of panchayat
members to handle these responsibilities with
understandingand skill.The Foundation,therefore, has
undertaken to supplement official efforts to equip the
panchayat members in handling population related
subjects. It is an ambitious project and the Foundation
lays great emphasis on this activity. The outline of the
training programme was worked out in a 2-day
workshop held inChennai in January 1997 by the
Population foundation ofIndia in collaboration with
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. It discussed
the strategies,methodologyanddevelopmentoftraining
and educationmaterial basedonthe needsandthe socio..
economic and educational background of the people.
Based on the insight, the Foundation has launched
training programmes for panchayat members in seven
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Projects on Eb1vowerment oCPancbavati Rai
.Institutions
~EmpowerlDent of Pane hay at Raj Institutions on
iiIssues of Population Health and Social
,Development:
"Chitradurga District in Karnataka
~ConsultingOrganisation: ISEC~Bangalore
~ImplementingAgency: MYRADA, Bangalore
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~Pune DistJ;ict in M2tharasi1tr;.
ConsuJtingOrganisation:
Implementing Agency:
KEMHospital Research
Centre, Pune
Indian Institute of
.Education, Pune
.Sawai Madhopur District in Rajasthan
Consulting Organisation:
JmpJementing Agency
IIHMR, Jaipur
Prakratic Society,
Ranthambhore Hospital,
Sawai Madhopur
Dindigol District in TamilNadu
Consulting Organisation:
!Implementing Agency:
Gandhigram Rural
Institute, Dindigul
Councilfor Health
Education & Rural
Upliftment,Dindigul
Dharmapuri District in Tamil Nadu
ConsultingOrganisation: GandhigramRural
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Institute,Dindigul
, Implementing Agency Satyamurti Centre for
Democratic Studies,
Chennai
Lalitpur District in Uttar Pradesh
Consulting Organisation:
Implementing Agency:
PFI, New Delhi
Harriet Benson
Memorial Hospital,
Lalitpur,
BankuraDistrict in West Bengal
Consulting Organisation: SIP&RD, Kalyani
Implementing Agency: Bankura Institute,
Bankura
PFI Bud2,et
Rs 50 lakhs
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districtsin six Statesof the country,namelyDharampuri
and Dindigul (T.N.), Chitradurga (Kamataka), Pune
(Maharashtra), Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), Bankura
(West Bengal) and Lalitpur (D.P.) The programme has
already taken offin Tamil Nadu and is in a preliminary
stage inBankuraandLalitpur.Therewill be a consulting
organisation at the State level for each project and a
lead NGO for the execution in each district. For the
Lalitpur project, the Foundation is itselfthe consulting
organisation. The scheme envisages training of all
panchayat members from the village to the Zilla
Parishad level and creation of an army of resource
personswho cancarry outthe fieldwork on a continuing
basis. The Foundation has developed some model
training modules.
TRAINING
ClF' PANCHAYAT
ME:MBE:RS
Some details of the training methodology may not
be out of place to mention here.
The selected NGO in each district is to organise a
3 -5 day workshop for the members of Zilla Parishad
and Kshetriya Parishad for imparting training on
relevantsubjectswiththe involvementof subjectmatter
specialists and the consulting organisation selected in
each State
The Foundation aided programme plans to video
tape the proceedings of these workshop for further
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training of Panchayat Members at lower levels. The
NGO would identify 100to 125resource persons within
the district and give them 3 day orientation in groups at
the block level. The training would include use of video
cassettes and other printed material on different aspects
of population, family planning, reproductive health,
environment, nutrition, female literacy etc. The video
cassettes and training material will be area specific to
suit the needs of each selected district. After training,
each of the resource persons would be supplied a video
cassette and sufficient quantity of printed material and
would be assigned 5 or 6 villages to undertake training
programmes for village level Panchayat Members. The
resource persons will make repeat visits to discuss the
training material supplied to Panchayat Members and
answer questions.
The consulting organisation would conduct a mid-
term evaluation through a workshop to be attended by
the NGO, the resource persons and Panchayat Members
to assess the progress/trends of the programme. On the
basis of the insight gained, the video training material
would be modified/updated, if required.
Production of educational material will be done
through outside agencies for six of the seven projects,
while that for the remaining one in Lalitpur ofU.P. will
be done by PFI itself, where the PFI will act as the.
consulting organisation.
STALL AT SClCIAL
DE:VE:LClPME:NT
FAIR
The PFI put up an attractive stall at the Social
Development Fair organised by the India Trade
Promotion Organisation at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi,
from April 12 to 20. The Statewise Population Clock
was a major attraction for the visitors. A Seminar on
Reproductive Health and Child Care was organised
during the Fair.
PROJECTS
The list of on-going action research projects, those
completed during the year and the new projects
sanctioned during the year has been given as annexure
to this report. Chairman would, however, like to make
pointed reference to some of the activities which reflect
our current thinking and direction of activities.
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SLUM AREA
The Foundation, of late, has concentrated its
activities in the slum areas aiding project and
programmes which have replicative and high feed back
value. Four such projects have been recentlycompleted
in the slums of Bombay, Bangalore, Hyderabad and
Delhi. The details of these projects and funding thereof
by PFI are given in the margin. These have
succeeded in creating awareness and promoting family
planning and have provided the base for their
sustainability.
ontinuation of this activity, the Governing Board
approvedtwo new projectsduringthe year mainlyaimed
at the welfare of women in slum areas.
One of them aims at developing a reproductive
health package for women with the use of non-terminal
contraceptives as a major component for spacing
between births. It will also study the factors which
promote adoption of family planning and also those
acting as barriers to it. This will be carried out among
marriedwomen in industrial,rural andurban slum areas
in Dharampur Block of Solan District in Himachal
Pradesh, jointly with Nischal Foundation, established
undertheAnand WelfareCentreinDelhi.The institution
is engaged in communitydevelopmentwork amongthe
weaker sections, particularly women, youth and
children.The projectwill be in operationforthree years.
The second project will be taken up simultaneously
in selected rural areas of Balipatna Block of Khurda
District and urban slums in Cuttack,Orissa. The overall
objective of the project is to initiate processes for
population stabilisation by promoting reproductive
health services, income generating activities and the
participatory processes for education and mobilisation
of women. The'main focus of the programme would be
on regulating fertility, promoting family planning
acceptance and encouraging the use of modem health
care facilities.
The project will be carried out jointly with the
National Institute of Applied Human Research and
Development (NIAHRD) in Cuttack for a duration of
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Slum Area Projects
lIealth Developmental Education -Slum Dwellers
Imnlementin~ A~encv
Sbciety for Human atid
Environment
I)ev~lop$en~
(SHED), Mumbai
PFI Bud2et
Rs 7,54,200
Objectives
1.
I Improve the health status' of the socially and :
econ(?)micaUybaOl<wardsections of the slum!.
population by creating general awareness.
abou~the health, population and environment
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'IJeS<and,provid<$extension serviCesI
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fSoTr Dhe~a~ltAh,IDMSC, Hetc~,are, RCH,
family
planning,
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2. Mobilise community by involving the
l~ad~tshipand activisingthe groups likeyouth..
clubs, community volunteers, adolescent
groups, etc; and also provide training to the:
TradItional birth attendants.
}.fertility Redu(:tion Project in a Low-Income
resettlement colonyin Delhi (Dakshinpuri Slum).
Itnnlementin2 A2encv SPARSH, New Delhi
PFI Bud.e.et
Objectives
Rs 6 lakhs
Rs 4.3 lakhs in the first
phase and graduated
instalment in the second
phase.
1. Promote maternal and child health care, and
family planning among wom~n.
2. Identify and enlist all the pregnant women,
provide them maternal care, organise
education programmes and promote use of
contraceptives.
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three years. It has been taken up in Orissa as the State
is relatively backward in terms of health and nutrition
status ofthe people. The problem is more acute in the
rural and tribal areas and urban slums where people do
not have direct access to the sources of scientific
information on modern health care. The outreach of
health and medical services is also generally poor due
to inadequate and untrained manpower.
CORPORATE
SECTOR
In continuation of our advocacy role Chairman
delivered special addresses at seminars organised by
FICCI on July 10, 1997 and PHD Chambers of
Commerce & Industry on July 11, 1997 to mark the
world population day. The occasion was utilised to
underline the importance of population stabilisation
programmes in furthering the larger interest of the
industry and to urge the corporate sector to fulfil its
commitmentto earmark part of its profit towards social
developmentprogrammesincludingreproductivehealth
and family planning programmes.
The Foundation feels a special responsibility in
involving the corporate sector in population prog
rammes. On the one hand, it is trying to persuade the
corporate sector to fulfil its pledge of devoting one
percentof its profittowardssocialdevelopmentprojects,
a major chunk of which could go to programmes of
reproductive health and family planning. On the other,
the Foundation is encouraging corporate bodies to take
up actionprogrammesin selectedareas.Many industries
and industrialhouses have now come forwardfortaking
up collaborative projects with the Foundation. Some
of the important projects recently completed in this
respect are Parwanoo in Solan District of Himachal
Pradesh, Kota Industrial area in Rajasthan, Rayagada
project in Jaykaypur industrial colonies, Orissa, PHD
Chambers of Commerce & Industry projects in
Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar and Faridabad
District project. The details of these projects
implemented in collaboration with Corporate Sector
and funding by PFI ,areenumerated in the margin.
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Corporate Sector Proiects
Reproductive UealtltPac.kageforMarried Women
in Indus.trial,:Q.uralandUrban (Slum) areas and
its effect on tbe use of spacing methods of family
planning
Implementinl! Al!encv Anand Welfare Centre,
Parwanoo
PFI BlIdl!et
Rs 8.3 5 lakhs
Obj~~tiyes
1. Promote use of spacing methods of family
planning among female industrial workers,
slum and rural population, by organising IEC
programmes and organising RCH services
locally.
2.
Create a group of volunteers at the community
levels by giving them intensive training and
making them a link between the service
providers and the community.
Promoting Reproductive Health in the Organised
Sector: A Proposal for Industrial Workers at Kota.
Implementinl! Al!encv
Rajasthan Chamber of
Commerce & Industry
& Kota Divisional
Employers Association.
PFI Budget
Rs 3,72,000
Objectives
1. Educate industrial workers of important and
utility of practising family planning for
spacing and limitation.
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Organise programmes through the health
staff, welfare centres in the industries and the
local leaders in the labour colony for family
life education, practice of contraception and
health education.
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Promoting Reproductive Health in the Organised
Sector: Proposal for Industrial Workers in Three
contiguous districts of Uttar Pradesh, i.e.
Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffamagar.
ImDIementin2 A2encv
PHD Family Welfare
Foundation/Local
Industry Associations
PFI Bud2:et
Rs 9 lakhs
Objectives
1. Promote family welfare services in the
industrial areas by motivating industrial
enterprises to provide and strengthen family
welfare services on the one hand and educate
the workers about the advantages of small
family and practice of contraception to
achieve it, on the other.
2. Undertake education of workers on aspects
like advantage of small family, family life
education,reproductive health,environment,
higiene, etc.
3.
Advice suitable packages ofiEC programmes
- Promoting Reproductive Health An Extension
Programnie in the Industrial Colonies of JK Paper
Mills.
ImDIementin2 A2encv
PFI Bud2et
JK Paper Mills Welfare
Centre, Jaykaypore,
Rayagada, Orissa.
Rs 4 lakhs
Objectives
1. Conduct intensive awareness campaigns among
the industrial workers as well as the people in
the adjdining rural areas about the importance
of general health care, reproductive health,
balanced nutrition, maternal and child health
care, general, hygiene and sanitation, family
planning, etc.
2. Organise necessary health services to meet the
enhanced demand as a result of the awareness
and educational campaigns.
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Intensive Reproductive Health and Family
Welfare Programme for Ghaziabad District
Implementing A2encv
Socio-Economic
Development
Foundation,
FICCI
PFI Budget
Rs 30 lakhs .
Objectives
To achieve the health goals (adopted by the 1983
National Health Policy of Health for All by the
year 2000) in Ghaziabad District by the year
2000. Various packages of programme in
different segments of population are being tried
in the experimental and control blocks.
A big project in collaboration with the corporate
sector now on is the Intensive Reproductive Health and
Family Welfare Programme for Ghaziabad district in
collaboration with the Socio-Economic Development
Foundation ofFICC!. The 3-year project which form-
ally commenced last year involves a layout ofRs. 68
lakhs, of which the PFI component is Rs.30 lakhs. The
objective is to achieve the goal of health for all in
Ghaziabad district by the year 2000.
The package includesimpartingtraining oriePltation
to Panchayat Pradhans and women members, ANMs,
Dais and refresher training for doctors. The package
also includes face lift ofCHCIPHC and sub-centres to
the extent possible and establishment of zachha-bachha
centres in remote villages.
The progress of this project has so far been uneven
due to administrative, logistic and co-ordination
problems. We are in constant dialogue with the FICCI
to get over the early obstacles as we are determined to
make the project a success.
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Over the years, we have gained the experience that
projects exclusively concentrating on reproductive
health and family planning suffer from a limitation, as
even the best of results achieved through a project tend
to wear off over a period oftime. Sustainability seems
to be dependent upon inclusion of project components
which will integrate social and economic development
with reproductive health behaviour. With this insight,
such integrated projects were carried out, in Kanpur,
Lalitpur, (V.P.) and Tonk in Rajasthan. Implementation
of another integrated project in Bharatpur district of
Rajasthan is in progress. The details of these integrated
projects are given in the margin.
As of now, two more such projects are in operation
in Bihar. One of them commenced in June last year,
covering 10 villages in Aurangabad district and aimed
at empowerment of women with focus on family
welfare. It was originally sanctioned for one year but
the success has encouraged us to extend the project to
10 more villages for another year. The field work was
carried out by an NGO named Daudnagar Organisation
for Rural Development with the objective of organising
1000 poor rural married women under 30 years of age
in small cohesive groups to generate awareness about
reproductive health. It also aimed at providing some
200 women with small credits for petty economic
activities to augment their income. The first year
operation has showed a marked improvement in the
use of contraceptives due to the combined effect of
health education and income generating schemes. It
has been extended by another year.
The other project is run by ADITHI, Patna, to
promote rural family welfare in Saraiya Block of
Muzzafarpur district. Started in June last year it will
run for a period of 3 years with an outlay of Rs. 20
lakhs. It aims at providing all the eligible couples in the
block, education and information pertaining to family
planning and maternal and child health care. It plans to
provide contraceptive services to about 6500 couples
every year or a total of around 20,000 couples during
the project period. To ensure community participation,
. .itwill seek to motivate the local community to contribute
one third of the total cost of the programme every year
so that the programme becomes self sustaining on
completion ofthe three year period. The reports so far
have been quite encouraging.
Intee:rated Projects
Navchetna-Integrated Health & Development
Project
Imnlementine:Ae:encv
PFI Bude:et
Harriet Benson
Memorial Hospital,
Lalitpur, V.P.
Rs 18.64 lakhs for the
first two years;
Rs 8.571akhs for each
subsequent year
Obiectives
Create a self regenerating movement for better health
care through informed social action. Inter-alia, this
included education of people about the health
problems of the area, their causative factors;
mobilising people and the community organisations
to collectively find solutions for their health problems
and train community health volunteers for educating
and motivating the people.
Promotion of Rural Population Control
Imolementimz Aszencv
South Eastern Rural
Development
Organisation,
Wangjing, Manipur
PFI Budszet
Obiectives
Rs 4,52,700
Duration: 1 Year
(June 1996 to
May 1997)
I
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Promote a small family norm by intensifying IEC
activities, education of women of proper MCH care,
creating general health awareness and providing
services to the pregnant women.
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Annual Re£ort
. Sukhi Parivar
'Implementin~ A~ency
ParivarMangal,
Trust,Pune
PFI Bud,.get
Rs 5.49 lakhs
Objectives
1. Strengthen the health infrastructure for better
delivery of services by creating health care
posts in the remote villages.
2. Organise community contact programmes and
make the local panchayats assume
responsibility of supervising health posts.
Creating Conditions for Faster Fertility
Reduction in Bharatpur Districtof Rajasthan
through Integrated Health & Development
Strategi~s
Implementing A~encv
The Asian Centre
for.organisation
Research &
Development
(ACORD)
PFI Budget
Rs 22.40 lakhs
Objectives
1. Promote health care and family planning
acceptance through education of people,
mobilising community support, involve
commi.mityleadership, and encourage young
population to accept family planning.
2. Mobilise Panchayats especially the women
members to assume responsibility of the
programme and develop methodologies for
networkingfor non-governmentorganisations.
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'Empower~ent of Rural Women with Focus
on Family Welf~are
Implementing Agency
Daudnagar
Organisation for
Rural Development,
Aurangabad
District, Bihar
'PFI Bud~et
Rs 3,83,000
,Objectives,
1.
women
small
I
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as;
ADITHI,Patna
Rs 20 lakhs
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Annual ReQ°rt
Studies
Identification of Factors responsible for Population
Stabilisation and delineation of Policy Initiatives
Imolementine Aeencv
PFI Budget
Objectives
Centre for Policy
Research
New Delhi
Rs 2 lakhs
The study focussed on the major Indian States which
have not yet reached or are not likely to reach the birth
rate of 21 soon enough. Then studied how they could
be enabled to reach the birth rate of21. Also to assess
as to how that could be reached.
'to 6,
couples and persons
services, and to keep all the records relating to
provision of services iIia computerised format.
Promoting Constructive Debate on Improving the
Voluntary Sector in India
Implementine Aeencv
Centre for Policy
Research
New Delhi
PFI Budget
Rs 6 lakhs to be
funded by Planning
Commission & PFI
on 50:50 basis.
Objectives
To contributeto the current policy discussion emerging
from the convention organised by the Planning
Commissi~n in March 1994 on the directions of the
Prime Minister and the anticipated forllow-up during
1994-95.
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INFANT MORTALITY
With a view to developing area specific intervention
strategies to reduce maternal, infant mortality and
morbidity and to mobilise and improve the technical
skills ofTBA; and other workers, PFI launched a project
with financial support of IDRC. The project was
implemented in three places through local NGOs under
the title "Programme in Strategic Interventions for
Accelerating the decline in Infant Mortality & Fertility";
in Phulna (Mussourie, V.P.) Damoh (M.P.) and
Phulbani (Orissa).
Evaluation
Qualitative evaluation of 14 projects in the form
of case studies was undertaken by the Foundation to
assessthe status of the programme, trends and processes
of change,the successesand failures, and the underlying
factors. The studies have helped in assessing the extent
of changes in the attitudinal and normative behaviour,
and the issues inherent in such changes. These contain
meaningful information, highlight fundamental issues
and provide methodological solutions in reaching the
needed services to the people and, as such, have
implications for planning and implementing health
programmes at the community's level.
Insight gained from the Evaluation Reports will be
made use of in deciding future activities and projects.
Proper follow up action on the strengths and
weaknessesof projectsbroughtby qualitativeevaluation
reports will be taken at the time of appraising Project
Proposals.
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3. Develop manuals and guides, based on the ex-
periencesin programmedevelopment,forthe use
of the directorate of ISM as well as individual
practitioners in other parts of the state.
Annual Re.£ort
JRD TATA MEMORIAL LECTURE
The second JRD Tata Memorial Lecture, organised
by the PFI on October 26, 1996 was delivered by former
Prime Minister Mr Chandra Shekhar, who spoke on
Population and Development Crisis in India. He strongly
advocated the need for a population policy which would
take care of mobilising resources, particularly to tackle
the problem of child health. He said the objective of a
population policy should be development of the people
and identification of ways and means to announce their
potential to contribute to national development. A
profusely illustrated, multi-coloured chart, giving
important facts and figures relating to the population
issues, in the form of indicators of Human Development
Index (HDI), Gender Related Health Index (GHI) and
Reproductive Health Index (RID) at the State level
produced by the PFI was released on this occasion,
EXPERIENCE
SHARING
WORKSHOP
PFI has planned to organise an Experience Sharing
Workshop on innovation for Achieving Population
Stabilization in collaboration with IIHMR, Jaipur.
JRD TATA AWARD
The PFI has introduced national level awards for
the best performing States and Districts who have done
well in the field of Reproductive Health, in memory of
its founder Chairman the late Mr.JRD Tata. A very
high levelAwards Committeewas constitutedto go into
the issue in depth and set standards and ground rules
for the awards. Besides the Chairman, Ms Justice Leila
Seth, former Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh, the other
members were Mr B G Deshmukh, former Cabinet
Secretary, Dr M S Swaminathan, noted Scientist, Dr.V
Ramalingaswami, National Research Professor, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mrs Nirptala Buch,
former Advisor to the Gujarat Governor, Dr Vasant R
Gowrikar,Vice-Chancellor,Pune Universityand former
Scientific Advisor to the Government ofIndia, and Dr
K Srinivasan, Executive Director, PFI (Member
Secretary).
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Annual Re.£ort
The performances of the States were evaluated in
relation to ten factors. These were:
(a) Total Fertility Rate
(b) Birth intervalreflecting spacingbetweenbirths
(c) Proportion of higher order births
(d) Skilled attention provided at the time of
delivery
(e) Expectation oflife at birth, sexwise
(f) Infant Mortality Rate, sexwise
(g) Adult literacy rate, sexwise, in the adult age
group 15-34
(h) Enrollment ratio in middle classes, sexwise
(i) Continuation rate from class VI to VIII,
seXWlse
U) Percentage of expenditure on public health,
family planning, sanitation and water supply,
and education to State's total expenditure.
A composite index on the basis of the 1993 level of
these ten indicators, and the change between the 1983-
1993 levels of nine indicators (except spacing between
birth, for which the 1983 level was not available)
weighted in the rati'o of 1:2 was used to select the best
performing State.
In the case of districts, the selection was based on
three indicators - adult literacy rate, infant mortality
rate and total fertility rate -for which data are available
at the district level from the Census. The composite
index based on the above indicators involving the levels
in 1991 and changes between 1981 and 91 weighted in
the ratio of 1:2 was used for selection of the best
districts withineach category of population size.
The Award will be presented on 13th November,
1997 at a special function in Parliament Annexe by
the Prime Minister oflndia Mr I K Gujral, The function
will be preceded by a seminar starting in the morning
in which the Award winning States and districts will
share their experiences with representatives of ail other
States in India. Some eminent scholars have also been
invited to speak at the seminar.
Kerala*
India*
Lanka
China
USA
Japan
Australia
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
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Annual Re,Eort
ANNUAL
ACCOUNTS
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Annual Re,E°rt
ACCOUNTS
The system of presentation of Accounts has been streamlined during the year and the financial statements for the
year ended 31 st March 1997 have been compiled as per revised system wherein
1. The expenses on Programme Assistance are shown in Income & Expenditure Account and Project grants are
suitaqly classified.
2. Expenses on Project Development, Monitoring & Evaluation and IEC are apportioned and shown separately from
Management and Administrative Expenses.
The revised system of presentation of Accounts has resulted into better appreciation of the state of affairs of the
Foundation.
The Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March 1997 show that during the financial year 1996-97, the
Foundation had:
(a) Received a sum of Rs.I0.45 lakhs as grant in aid from International Development Research Centre (IDRC),
Canada for the project - Infant Mortality in Relation to Fertility Phase II -Interventions
(b) Earned interest ofRs.130.60 lakhs plus an incentive ofRs.3.47 lakhs on its investments.
(c) A rental income ofRs.96.81Iakhs and
(d) Sanctioned project grants to the tune ofRs. 114.71Iakhs.
(e) Disbursed project grants to the tune of Rs.73.71 lakhs out of its funds for ongoing programmes and Rs.12.70
lakhs for the project Infant Mortality in relation to Fertility Phase II - Interventions from out ofIDRCproject
grant.
(f) Incurred an expenditure of Rs.62.81 lakhs on programme development, Monitoring & Evaluation, I.E.C. and
Management and Administration expenses (excludingprovision for property tax and depreciation of fixed assets).
(g) Transferred a sum ofRs.60.04 lakhs, being excess of income over expenditure to Society Fund
(h) Revised long-term investments in public sector companies from Rs.800 lakhs to Rs.895 lakhs.
(i) Had net investment ofRs.ln .62 lakhs in fixed assets (after providing depreciation) at the end of the,year.
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A. F. FERGUSON & CO.
CHARTERED ACCONTANTS
SCINDIA HOUSE, KASTURBA GANDHI MARG,
POST BOX NO. 24, NEW DELHI 110001.
AUDITORS' REPORT
Annual Report
1111 have audited the attached balance sheet of Population Foundation ofIndia (formerly Family Planning Foundation)
as at March 31, 1997 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 porposes of our audit;
(b) the balance sheet and income and expenditure account dealt with by this report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(c) (i) attention is invited to 11,0t7e, regarding' grants disbursed for projects/programms' aggregating Rs. 73,70,772
having been debited to'the income and expenditure account whereas in the previous year such disbursements
have been debited directly to the Society Fund in the balance sheet.
(ii) we are unable to express an opinion on the recoverability and the consequential effect, if any, on the excess
of income over expenditure for the year and the credit balance in the Society Fund, in respect of unsecured
fixed deposits aggregating Rs. 75 lacs due from Cement Corporation ofIndia Limited and interest accured
thereon aggregating Rs. 2,73,613 included under the heads' investments' and' interest accured' respectively
and refferred to in note 9.
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, ofthe state of affairs of the Foundation as at March 31, 1997
and
(ii) in the case of the income and expenditure account, of the excess of income over expenditure for the year
ended on that date.
NEW DELHI
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
- - TELEPHONE: 3315884,3325704
TELEGRAMS: BALANCE, NEW DELHI TELEX: 031-62678 - FAX: 91-11-3314661
BAN GALORE - MUMBAI - CALCUTTA - GOA - HYDERABAD - JAMSHEDPUR - MADRAS - PUNE - V ADODARA
OFFICE IN MIDDLE EASE: U. A. E., MUSCAT, OMAN
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N
0 ~QPULA TIO~'£Q
rQPULATION FOUNDA.TION OF INDIA
(FORMERLY FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION)
INCQME AND EXPENDITURE ACCQIll'UJ!'QR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1997
9,52,628
8,60,352
8,22,033
25,33,063
5,01,801
56,123
15,000
11,25,163
1,46,58,442
Q~!l!§J2~Q!!I~~!UQL~IQk~!§LfIQg~!l!!l!~~
Policy Research/Studies
(As per Schedule 'F' Annexed)
Information, Education and Communication
Programmes
6,35,202
1,50,324
(As per Schedule 'G' Annexed)
Demonstration/Action Research Projects
61,31,877
(As per Schedule 'W Annexed)
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and
3,76,177
Task Force (As per Schedule 'I' Annexed)
A wards (As per Schedule 'J' Annexed)
1l~2~
Project Development Expenses
Monitoring and Evaluation Expenses
Information, Education and Communication Expenses
Management and Administration
(As per Schedule 'K' Annexed)
Property Tax
Library Books and Periodicals
Audit Fee
Depreciation
Excess of Income over Expenditure transferred to
Society Fund Account in the Balance Sheet.
1,09,83,098
1,07,586
13,17,750
55,04,141
73,70,772
10,45,888
12,46,703
9,32,312
29,81,262
35,45,446
66,584
20,80,985
59,474
15,000
13,55,110
60,04,203
l!l~r~~!
On Investments
1,29,26,947
On Savings Bank
Account
___Lll>~Ql
Incentives on Investments
Rm!
For Floor Space
For fixtures
fittings
Miscellaneous Receipts
58,88,151
lUUQl
1,30,60,150
3,47,250
96,80,954
3,355
~>.U>~1>~Q~
~dQ~LIQ2 ~>U~1~Q~
~>lQ>2LIQ2
- NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (As per Schedule 'L' Annexed)
~~y!..J2~LHL______---------------------------------
As per our report of even date attached to the Balance Sheet.
H P NAGPAL
Secretary & Treasurer
DR K. SRINIVASAN
Executive Director
DR BHARA TRAM
Chairman
Partner
A. F. FERGUSON & CO
Chartered Accountants
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tV
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§CHEDUL~~
POPULATION FOUNDATION OF IN;!!IA
(FORMERLY FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION)
SCHEDULE OF FIXED ASSETS ANNEXED TO AND FORMING PART OF THE BALANCE SHEET AS AT MARCH31, 1997
Particulars/
Items
- Land Leasehold
Building
As at
March 3/.
/996
Rs
4,75,023
2,31,39,154
COST
Additions
during
the year
Rs
-
Sales
during
the year
Rs
-
As at
March 3/.
/997
Rs
4,75,023
-
- 2,31,39,154
Upto
March 3/.
/996
Rs
56,523
66,42,775
DEPREC/A
T/ON
For the
year
Rs
4,798
8,24,819
On sales
during
the year
Rs
-
-
Total upto
March 3/.
/997
Rs
61,321
74,67,594
WR/TTEN DOWN VALUE
As at
March 3/.
/997
Rs
As at
March 3/.
/996
Rs
4,13,702
4,18,500
1,56,71,560
1,64,96,379
Motor Vehicles
Furniture
29,219
14,32,343
20,880
15,250
9,405
-
40,694
14,47,593
15,993
5,71,330
6,205
87,627
6,323
-
15,875
6,58,957
24,819
7,88,636
13,226
8,61,013
Equipment
11,07,395
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Sub-total
2,61,83,134
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Previous Year
2,57,77,364
----------
Capital Work - in -
progress
9,88,809
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10,24,939
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4,05,770
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3,204
20,93,000
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8,01,030
---------
4,31,661
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12,609 2,71,95,464
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-
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2,61,83,134
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80,87,651
---------
69,62,488
---------
13,55,110
--------
11,25,163
--------
3,142
------
9,465
------
-
------
12,29,549
---------
8,63,451
----------
94,33 ,296
---------
1,77,62,168
----------
80,87,651
----------
-
----------
1,77,62,168
3,06,365
1,80,95,483
5,00,000
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1,85,95,483
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SCHEDULES ANNEXED TO & FORMING PART OF THE BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 1997
INVESTMENTS
SCHEDULE 'B'
St. Name of the Company
No.
Year of
Maturity
Nature of
Investment
As at
March 31,1997
Rs.
Amount
As at
March 31, 1996
Rs.
LONG TERM (UNQUOTED)
1. Steel Authority of India Limited
2. Cement Corporation of India Limited
3. Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
4. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
5. Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.
6. Industrial Credit & InvestmentCorporation of India Ltd.
1998
1996
1998
2001
2003
2005
Fixed Depoist
Fixed Deposit
Fixed Deposit
Bonds
Bonds
Bonds
2,68,00,000
75,00,000
3,57,00,000
1,00,00,000
50,00,000
45,00,000
8,95,00,000
SUNDRY DEPOSITS
As at
March 31, 1997
Rs
1. Kiran Gas Service - lac (Security Deposit for two cylinders @ Rs. 475 per cylinder).
2. Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (Security Deposit @ Rs 250 per K.W. for 341 K.W.
- for the Foundation's new Building).
3. Mr Riju Bowry - (Security Deposit - 3 months Rent/Hire charges for Executive Director's
residence at A-2/52 Azad Apartments, New Delhi)
950
85,250
45,000
1,31,200
ADVANCES
As at
March 31, 1997
Rs.
3,68,00,000
75,00,000
3,57,00,000
8,00,00,000
SCHEDULE 'C'
As at
March 31, 1996
Rs
950
85,250
45,000
1,31,200
SCHEDULE 'D'
As at
March 31, 1996
Rs.
1. Amount recoverable from staff salaries
2. Prepaid Expenses
3. Postal Franking Machine
4. Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (advance for the
Experience Sharing Workshop for achieving Population Stabilisation).
5. Amount recoverable from USAID, New Delhi
6. Mr a P Bhasin (travel advance)
7. Dr Sanjay Kumar (travel advance)
8. Recoverable from Executive Director
9. Recoverable from Mrs Anuja Gulati
3,48,900
25,913
546
1,00,000
4,75,359
2,02,950
1,18,819
7,502
r 3,484
5,000
405
4,803
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3,42,989
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Annual ReJ2ort
CASH AND BANK BALANCES
As at
March 31, 1997
Rs.
I. Cash in hand
2. On Savings Bank Account with:
14,687
(i) Indian Bank
(ii) Canara Bank
(iii) Indian Overseas Bank-Donations Grants from Abroad.
20,61,051
9,52,126
36,360.'
30,64,224
SCHEDULE 'E'
As at
March 31, 1996
Rs
10,055
26,21,241
2,61,176
28,92,472
SCHEDULES OF GRANTS DISBURSED FOR PROJECTSIPROGRAMMES ANNEXED TO & FORMING PART OF
THE J~C_QME~&EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOF-l'HKYEARENQED MARCH 31,1997
SCHEDULE 'F'
POLICY RESEARCHlSTUDlES
Sl. No.
Title of the Project
Amount Disbursed
Rs.
I. Strengthening Voluntary Work in Madhya Pradesh.
2. Peasant Women fertility and contraceptive behaviour: A study of the scheduled caste.
Dept. of Population Studies, Tirupati.
3. Travel grant for presenting a paper based on Pioneering Research carried out with
financial support from the PFI.
4. The Crisis of Migration: Population and Politics. Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
5. Qualitative Evaluation of PFI Projects by outside experts.
Total
1,00,000
1,40,000
25,000
2,50,000
1,20,202
6,35,202
$f. No.
INFORMA TION1 EDUCA nON AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAMMES
Title of the Project
- - 1. Focus on Population: A Newsletter Quarterly Bulletin ofPFI commissioned by PFI.
2. Monograph Series - Commissioned by PFI.
3. Software Development and Communication Programmes - Commissioned by PFI.
Total:
SCHEDULE 'G'
Amount Disbursed
Rs.
85,214
16,110
49,00
1,50,324
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Annual Report
SCHEDULE 'H'
- 1. Fertility Reduction Project in a low-income resettlement colony in Delhi Dr Anjana Das.
88,500
2. Promoting Fertility Reduction among women in the inner cities of Hyderabad.
1,00,000
- 3. Promoting Responsive Sexual Behaviour among the youth in Bangalore A Reproductive Health Education Project. 2,63,236
4. Health Development Education Slum Dwellers. SHED, Bombay.
1,00,000
5. Promotion of Family Welfare in the Organised Sector.
1,93,803
6. Promoting Reproductive Health in the Organised Sector: A Proposal for industrial workers at Kota District, Kota. 1,15,000
7. Promoting Reproductive Health in the Organised Sector: Proposal for Industrial Workers in three contiguous
districts of U.P. Le. Ghaziabad, Meerut & Muzafarnagar.
4,00,000
8. Involvement of Industrialists in the improvement of rural health and family welfare programmes in the District
of Ghaziabad.
10,00,000
9. Integrated Health & Social Development Project - Lalitpur.
10. Community based Reproductive Health Network, ensuring quality services in District Faridabad, Haryana.
2,24,150
20,780 .
11. Promotion of Family Welfare planning through practitioners of Indian Medicine System in the rural areas of
- Rajasthan An action research project.
1,00,000
12. Creating conditions for faster fertility reductions in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan through Integrated Health &
Development Strategies.
- 13. Integrated Population Development & Reproductive Health Project in two districts Ghaziabad district in UP
and Kota district in Rajasthan.
- 14. Rural Family Welfare Project Adithi, Patna.
- 15. Pilot project on Empowerment of Rural Women with Focus on Family Welfare Daud Nagar.
16. Sukhi Parivar - Pune, Maharashtra.
17. Micro Computer Based Reproductive Health Project, LAMP,Calcutta.
18. Promotion of rural population control, Wangjing, Manipur.
19. Integrated Health & Development Interventions in Sarsaul Block ofKanpur (Dehat).
9,00,000
72,708
8,00,000
1,20,000
1,00,000
2,00,000
3,59,000
37,535
20. Intensifying Family Planning Activities by means of an integrated family planning health and social development,
Tonk, Rajasthan.
- 21. Strategic Interventions for Accelerating the pace of decline in Infant Mortality and Fertility PFI/IDRC
collaboration programme (PFI's share).
- 22. Community Resource Mobilisation for improving Reproductive Health Wardha, Maharashtra.
4,00,000
1,48,525
2,23,800
- 23. Reproductive Health Package for married women in industrial/rural and urban (slum) areas and its effect on the
use of spacing methods offamily planning NISCHAL Foundation, AWC.
1,00,000
24. Strategic Interventions for Accelerating the Pace ofDecIine in Infant Mortality & Fertility, JAGRUTI, Phulbani,
Orissa.
64,840
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SCHEDULE 'I'
- 1. Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the PFI Two day National Seminar Commisioned by PH
2. JRD Tata Memorial Lecture.
3. Training and project design for empowerment of Panchayat Raj Institutions.
Total
50,000
1,10,155
2,16,022
3,76,177
SCHEDULE' J'
1. JRD Tata Award.
2. AIR Awards.
Total
50,392
26,800
77,192
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Salaries. Allowances etc.
Salaries
Special Pay
Dearness Allowance
House Rent Allowance
House Rent Allowance
- Staff
-Executive
Director
City Compensatory Allowance
Interim Relief
Contributory Provident Fund
Family Pension Fund
- Employees' Pension Fund
Administration Charges EPF
Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
Gratuity
Medical Expenses
Leave Travel Concession
Children Education Subsidy
Leave Salary Encashment
Ex-gratia Payment
Bonus to Staff
Other Perquisites to Executive Director
Honorarium and Consultant Fee
Legal Expenses
Rent:
Ground Rent
Residential Accommodation - Exec.Director
- Residential Accommodation Staff
Office
Travel Expenses
Other Staff
Consultants, Members, Advisory Council and Advisory Panel
Motor Vehicle Maintenance
Conveyance Expenses
Repairs and Maintenance:
Office
Residence
Insurance
Electricity and Water
Postage, telegram and Telephones
Printing and Stationery
Meeting and Staff Welfare Expenses
General Expenses
Bank Charges
4,49,741
5,400
5,91,132
1,43,125
11,477
1,08,294
67,357
37,308
6,817
5,365
1,04,170
46,570
53,318
9,600
2,91,632
48,460
6,435
12,009
46,000
11,600
11,250
1,20,000
1,20,000
15,000
5,740
41,732
4,929
2,54,592
1,31,020
33,946
7,075
67,651
51,226
33,694
23,138
3,886
573
Annual Report
SCHEDULE 'K'
4,51,679
1,800
5,04,547
1,34,083
28,419
11,375
62,877
67,173
2,622
15,467
6,233
4,898
1,53,046
29,458
15,420
9,560
99,148
12,000
25,057
13,000
11,250
91,000
1,05,000
1,05,817
6,418
2,70,120
85,105
25,733
4,988
67,736
58,180
129,217
21,224
2,667
746
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
SCHEDULE'L'
1. SignificantAccounting Policies:
(i) Accounting Convention:
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 Depreciation:
Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Cost of acquisition/construction includes freight, duties, taxes and other incidental expenses in-
curred until installation/commissioning of the asset.
Fixed assets are depreciated on the written down value method at the following rates of
depreciation:
Building
Motor Vehicles
Furniture and Fixtures
5%
20%
10%
Equipments
33.33%
Leasehold land is amortised over the life of the lease.
Depreciation on additions is charged for the full year irrespective of the date of acquisition and no
depreciation is charged on deletions of assets in the year of deletion.
(iii)Investments:
Investments are stated at cost.
(iv)Retirement Benefits:
The Foundation has various schemes of retirement benefits such as provident fund and Gratuity.
The Foundation's contribution to the provident fund, leave salary encashment and the provision for
gratuity in respect of all employees, determined on an arithmetical basis, are charged to revenue.
(v) Foreign Currency Transactions
Grants received in foreign currency are accounted for at the exchange rates prevailir1gon the date
the transaction takes place.
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2. The Foundation's income is exempt under Section 1O(23C)(iv)of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide Order
No. 10176 (F.No. 197/97/96-ITA-I dated 14th August, 1996 issued by the Government ofIndia, Min-
istry of Finance (Department of Revenue), New Delhi as it has been categorised as a charitable institu-
tion promoting Family Planning throughtout India.
Donations to the Foundation are deductible under Section 80G(2a)(vii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
vide Order No. F.No. 176/28/84-IT(AI) dated 21st August, 1985 issued by the Government ofIndia,
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), New Delhi.
3. The Foundation has received a demand from the Income-tax authorities for Rs 48,87,686 (previous year
: Rs Nil) including interest amounting to Rs 18,70,596 on its rental income in respect of the assessment
year 1994-95. The Foundation has filed an appeal with the Commissioner ofIncome-tax (Appeals)
which is pending decision. The Foundation has obtained a favourable opinion from eminent lawyers and
accordingly no provision has been made for this contingent liability in the books of account.
4. The Executive Director's remuneration for the year amounts to Rs. 2,83,532 (previous year Rs. 2,44,618.
In addition: (i) he has been provided with furnished accommodation - perquisite value Rs. 33,371
(previous year Rs 28,132); and (ii) a sum ofRs. 90,432 has been paid to him as reimbursement oflocal
travel expenses (previous year Rs 82,995).
5. (i) Of the entire actual disbursements for projects/programmes till 31st March, 1997, audited accounts
from grantees for Rs 73,33,805 (previous year Rs 75,32,162) are yet to be received.
(ii) IDRC Project grant received/disbursed is reflected in the Balance Sheet. Audited accounts froin
grantees for Rs. 7,07,200 (previous year Rs. 9,50,000) are yet to be received.
6. The Foundation had obtained a stay from the Hon'ble Delhi High Court against a demand for property
tax, amounting to Rs 1,78,41,053(previous year Rs. 91,92,846) made by the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi for the periods 1988-89 to 1996-97 on the grounds that it should be assessed to property tax on
the same basis as other charitable institutions. The stay was vacated by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court
vide its judgement dated 20th January, 1997 and the matter has been referred back to the Assessing
Authority of Municipal Corporation of Delhi and is pending final decision.
The Foundation, as a measure of abundant caution, has made an adhoc provision of Rs 48,91,939
(previous year Rs 28,10,954) in the books of account upto March 31, 1997. The balance of Rs
1,29,49,114 (previous year Rs 63,81,892) out of the above demand made for property tax isa contin-
gent liability which has not been provided for.
7. Hitherto, "Grants disbursed for projects/programmes" were debited directly to the Society Fund in the
Balance Sheet; whereas in the current year such disbursements aggregating Rs 73,70,772 have been
shown as Expenditure in the Income and Expenditure account as, in the opinion of the Governing
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Board, this change would result in a more appropriate presentation of the accounts. As a result of this
change the excess of income over expenditure for the year is lower by Rs 73,70,772 and to this extent
the corresponding figures for the previous year are not directly comparable with those of the current
year.
8. Hitherto, Administrative and Operational Expenses were shown in the Income and Expenditure account
under their natural heads; whereas in the current year these expenses have been classified under their
functional heads i.e. Project Development Expenses, Monitoring and Evaluation Expenses, Information,
Education and Communication Expenses, Management and Administration Expenses as, in the opinion
of the Governing Board, this change would result in a more appropriate presentation of the accounts.
The previous year's figures have been recast to make them comparable with those of the current year.
This change has no effect on the excess of income over expenditure for the year.
9. Investments in unsecured fixed deposits include Rs. 751akhs (previous year: Rs 751akhs) placed with
the Cement Corporation ofIndia Limited (a Government ofIndia Undertaking) which has been declared
a sick unit by the Board for Industrialand Financial Reconstructionunder Section 15of the Sick Industrial
Companies (Special Provisions) Act 1985. These deposits matured on July 19, 1996 but have not yet
been repaid by the Corporation together with interest accrued thereon amounting to Rs 2,73,613 for the
period January-March 1997. The Foundation has filed an application with the Company Law Board for
recovery of the fixed deposits. Pending decision of the Company Law Board, the Foundation has not
made any provision for possible loss.
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