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Governing Board
Mr Keshav Desiraju, Chairperson
Mr R V Kanoria,Vice Chairperson
Dr Ajai Chowdhry
Ms Maja Daruwala
Dr Syeda Hameed
Dr Shireen Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Mr Kiran Karnik
Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal
Mr Vinod Rai
Prof Srinath Reddy
Prof M S Swaminathan
Mr Ratan Tata
Ms Preeti Sudan,
Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India
Ms Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, PFI
Advisory Council
Prof MS Swaminathan, Chairperson Emeritus
Ms Srilatha Batliwala, Chairperson
Dr Dinesh Agarwal
Dr Vikas Amte
Ms Mirai Chatterjee
Dr Meenakshi Gopinath
Mr Sanjoy Hazarika
Dr Raman Kataria
Ms Karminder Kaur
Ms Sonalini Mirchandani
Dr Suneeta Mittal
Dr Saroj Pachauri
Dr Arvind Pandey
Mr P D Rai
Dr Pramath Raj Sinha
Dr Rajani Ved
Dr Leela Visaria
Mr Manoj Jhalani,
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India
Ms Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, PFI
PFI’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy
At the workplace, Population Foundation of India (PFI) prohibits discrimination, inappropriate conduct, or harassment, based on a
person’s gender, religion, caste, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, colour, national origin, veteran status, marital status, race,
ancestry, linguistic or any other legally protected characteristic. PFI holds that all persons have the right to work in an atmosphere
free of discrimination and harassment. PFI recognises that equality in employment can be seriously impaired when women are
subjected to gender specific violence, like sexual harassment at the workplace.
PFI has thus adopted its Policy Against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (referred to as PFI-PASHW), for the prevention,
prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment in compliance with the mandate of the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 and The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Rules 2013. Under the policy, the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been constituted under Rule IV and a detailed grievance
procedure has been laid down in Human Resource Policy of the organisation.
In the year 2018-2019, no cases of sexual harassment were filed in the organisation.
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COCNOTNENTTENS TS
7 1 From the
Chairperson
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2 From the
Executive
Director’s Desk
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7 3 Highlights
2018-2019
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4 2018-2022
Strategy
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5 Family
Planning
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Sexual and
7 6 Reproductive
Health of Young
People
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7 Community
Monitoring of
Health Services
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Social and
7 8 Behaviour
Change
Communication
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9 JRD Tata
Memorial
Awards and
Oration
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Financial and
Operational
Highlights
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FROM THE
CHAIRPERSON
KESHAV DESIRAJU
Chairperson
Governing Board
How do we in India ensure that we achieve population stabilisation
through a rights-based and human-centred approach? This is a
challenge with which the Population Foundation of India (PFI) has
contended over its journey of the last 50 years.
Our focus in the 1970s was on building evidence to support population policies, and later on improving the
status of women as drivers of family planning decisions. Over the years our understanding of the importance
of women’s reproductive health and rights grew, a principle endorsed by the International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD), 1994. PFI’s 50th year coincides with the 25th anniversary of the ICPD.
We must not lose sight of India’s commitments on national and international platforms with respect to
population. Even as we hear rising demands for limiting our population through coercive policies, PFI has
taken on the task of dispelling the fog of myths and misconceptions, and bringing facts into sharp focus. India’s
achievements in family planning and women’s status are significant. Child marriage and teenage pregnancies have
gone down by half between 1992-93 and 2015-16. More girls are staying in school, and for longer; the Infant
Mortality Rate (IMR) has declined from 53 to 33 in the decade from 2008 to 2017 and Maternal Mortality
Ratio (MMR) has fallen by half from 254 to 130 between 2014 and 2016. Fertility rates have declined from 3.4
to 2.2, close to the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman that we aim for. It is noteworthy that Uttar
Pradesh, one of the states with low socio-economic indicators, has registered the largest decrease in TFR and
child marriage.There is, indeed, cause for satisfaction and we can see ourselves firmly on course to achieving
population stabilisation.
Nevertheless, there are significant regional imbalances, and pockets where the gap between the current and
wanted fertility rate is nearly one child. As the State of the World 2019 report aptly puts it, there is “unfinished
business in the pursuit of rights and choices for all.” We need to be aware that despite couples not only desiring
but also having fewer children than earlier, our population will continue to grow for some time.This is so since
nearly one-third of our population is between 10 to 24 years, young women and men who already are, or will
soon be, in the reproductive age group. Our large young population holds great promise of higher productivity
and consumption, but also demands a clear focus on their unique needs.
I am happy that PFI has stayed the course with its focus on ensuring that women are at the centre of population
policies, especially through definitive inroads into livelihood programmes, and challenging gender disparities
through behaviour change communication. Even more significant is our effort to create space for young people
to express their views and be heard and noted in policy formulation.We continue to be an organisation that
holds a tremendous reserve of knowledge and experience, as well as the agility to adopt and innovate new
strategies in alignment with shifting priorities.
We are privileged and grateful to the government, both central and states, for giving us the opportunity to
support their work.We are also fortunate to have the support of our civil society and academic partners and
are particularly grateful to our donors, who make it possible for us to continue the work that we strongly
believe in.
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S DESK
POONAM MUTTREJA
Executive Director
The year gone by marked the commencement of a new phase
for PFI, with our strategic plan for the period of 2018-2022 now
guiding PFI’s work. Our new strategy aligns our efforts with
the changing discourse in the family planning arena and ensures
the much-needed prioritisation to young people’s sexual and
reproductive health (SRH) needs within public health policies. At
PFI, we firmly believe that family planning is a matter of women’s
rights and gender justice – of treating women with dignity.
Despite the tremendous strides made by our family planning programme, wide disparities and inequities in
women’s access to reproductive healthcare continue to persist. In order to reach the last mile, PFI’s efforts have
been multipronged – enhancing public accountability, transforming social norms, informing public discourse and
impacting key policy measures with research and evidence.Accordingly, the new strategy underscores the three
critical pillars of PFI’s work as advocacy, social and behaviour change and community engagement.
Taking cognizance of India’s unique demographic advantage, PFI has made a conscious effort to align its
programmes with the SRH needs of young people. Along with our deepened engagement in the states of Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar, our expansion into the state of Rajasthan last year, where we are specifically working on
adolescent health, is a firm step in this direction.
In addition to PFI’s advocacy at the national level, our sustained engagement in the states has shown significant
impact. PFI’s deliberations with the state health department of Bihar have led to the approval of an additional
amount of Rs 240 million in State Health Budget by the National Health Mission (NHM) for FY 2019-2020. This
is a significant development and will, for the first time, introduce delivery of family planning messages through
the statewide network of 800,000 Self Help Groups (SHGs) under the State Livelihood Department. Financial
and reproductive autonomy, together, will lead these women to empowerment and transformative action.
PFI’s rich body of experience has uniquely positioned us as a convener.We have successfully raised the family
planning discourse at several national and international platforms. Last year, PFI organised the second India
Caucus at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), 2018 held in Kigali, Rwanda. As an
outcome, policy-makers and government officials committed to ensuring adequate implementation of existing
family planning policies and support for increasing budgetary allocations.
Policy advocacy informed by empirical evidence is the cornerstone of PFI’s work. Our study titled ‘Cost of
Inaction in Family Planning in India: An Analysis of Health and Economic Implications’ (COI
study) was launched globally at ICFP.The study was launched nationally by Dr Rajiv Kumar,Vice-Chairman, NITI
Aayog on the occasion of the 6th JRD Tata Memorial Awards and 14th JRD Tata Memorial Oration.
The Tata awards and oration are an age-old tradition at PFI, inspired by the values and vision of its founding
father Mr JRD Tata.While the awards honour the best performing states and districts in the country, the
oration, delivered by a distinguished leader, focuses on critical population issues. Dr Kumar delivered the 14th
Tata oration and highlighted the need for greater investments in young women, who contribute equally to India’s
demographic dividend.
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PFI’s social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) investments have ensured complementarity to our
advocacy efforts by addressing social factors that govern women’s reproductive decisions. In January 2019, PFI
launched the third season of its flagship SBCC initiative Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon- I, A Woman, Can
Achieve Anything (MKBKSH), with increased focus on young people and their sexual and reproductive
health needs. In the new season, PFI has ventured into the technology space and introduced a one of its kind,
artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot, a digital companion and source of information on SRH for
young people.The chatbot has also been linked to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s family planning
helpline.AI holds tremendous potential to expand healthcare efforts, including much-needed access to accurate
information, in the remotest parts of the country. Moving forward, PFI needs to leverage critical leanings from
this innovation and build sustainable solutions.
PFI’s work and achievements have benefited significantly from its evolving partnerships with the national and
state governments, donors and fellow civil society organisations. I am grateful to each one of them for they have
played a distinct role in furthering our common goals. I am thankful to the PFI staff, who have embraced our
new strategy and worked relentlessly to make its vision a reality.
PFI team at Annual Staff Planning Meeting
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1 HIGHLIGHTS 2018-2019
Family
Planning
Sexual and
Reproductive
Health of
Adolescents
Community
Monitoring of
Health
Services
Nearly 41,000 people reached through 49 family planning counselling
centres in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Over 13,500 women counselled at more than 800 Village Health
Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs) in Amethi district of
Uttar Pradesh
612 family planning champions trained in Bihar
2 research studies on analysis of budgetary allocations, spending and
opportunity costs of family planning policies finalised
Over 2,000 youth informed on sexual and reproductive health and 226
adolescent health facilities audited by youth leaders in Darbhanga and
Nawada districts of Bihar
6 regional consultations of young people organised to prepare
recommendations on policies for them
Facilitated setting up of 40 youth-friendly centres for sexual and
reproductive health services in colleges of Uttar Pradesh
A pool of 3,200 district and block level trainers across 22 states
developed to strengthen community monitoring
315 Jan Samwads (Public Dialogues) organised in eight states
Pool of 42 state and regional trainers developed who trained over
1,000 Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS - Patient Welfare Committees)
members in Uttar Pradesh
Strengthened 27 public health facilities in Lucknow district of Uttar
Pradesh and supported scaling up implementation in 10 districts of
Uttar Pradesh
Social and
Behaviour
Change
Communication
More than 100 million reached through social media and over 35,000
on ground with outreach concerts for transmedia series Main Kuch Bhi
Kar Sakti Hoon (MKBKSH – I, A Woman, Can Achieve Anything)
Over 10 million women health workers and Self Help Group members
reached through weekly messages from MKBKSH
Over 200,000 calls from viewers received on the MKBKSH IVRS
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SCALE OF PFI’S WORK
Head Office
New Delhi
State Offices
Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna
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23 States supported
04 National and
State Offices
72 Full time employees
07 Full time consultants
This map is a graphical representation,
and is not to scale
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At the Visioning exercise of PFI
2 PFI STRATEGY 2018 - 2019
Last year we introduced our strategic framework for the period 2018-2022.The strategy development process
included in-depth consultations, both within and outside the organisation.The 2018-2022 strategy was approved
by the Executive Committee in June 2018, and endorsed by the Governing Board in September 2018.
MISSION
Advance gender sensitive, rights-based population and family planning
policies and actions for a just, equitable and prosperous society
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Promote reproductive health and family planning interventions as drivers of individual rights
Ensure that reproductive health and family planning interventions empower women and girls and inspires youth
leadership to drive social transformation
Position family planning and population stabilisation measures as critical drivers of sustainable development and
equitable growth
APPROACH
ADVOCACY
Global thought leadership, high
quality evidence-based narratives to
inform and inspire lawmakers for
comprehensive family planning and
reproductive health policies; shaping
family planning discourses within
sustainable development goals
SOCIAL & BEHAVIOUR
CHANGE
Utilise the power of technology
and new age media platforms
for targeted interventions on
reproductive health education
and gender sensitive behaviours,
attitudes and practices of the
society, particularly young people
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
Promote leadership and agency of
youth, particularly girls and women,
within community led participatory
governance initiatives to enhance
efficiency and accountability of
public systems and delivery services
PRINCIPLES
INNOVATE
Invest in innovations to find
scalable solutions that advance
family planning and reproduc-
tive health rights, with special
focus on young people
COLLABORATE
Partnership with government
and other institutions to
achieve our mission, playing
the role of a catalytic
convenor of ideas and actions
E-POWER
Use and application of
technology and social media
tools to inform and involve
young people in advancing
reproductive health rights
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A counselling session in progress in Bihar
3 FAMILY PLANNING
Over the decades, we have been working through
multiple approaches to enable women to plan
their reproductive health and include young
people and men in family planning programmes. In
2018-19 we continued working with policy makers
and elected representatives to call for increased
emphasis on spacing births, expanding contraceptive
choices, and increasing budgetary allocation and
spending on family planning.
Prioritising family planning as a development agenda
Improving women’s status has been the fulcrum of
PFI’s work on reproductive health. Our engagement
with policymakers to make family planning a national
priority were greatly bolstered by the inclusion of a
chapter on gender in the Economic Survey of 2017-
2018.
planning. In advance of ICPD+25 to be held in
November 2019, we joined efforts with policymakers
and civil society partners to review India’s progress
towards achieving universal access to sexual and
reproductive health and rights as committed in the
ICPD Programme of Action.
The Economic Survey released by the Government of
India every year looks at the health of the economy
and identifies challenges, which need the government’s
attention.The chapter on ‘gender and son meta-
preference’ in the 2017 Survey, for the first time,
focused on the interlinkages between social norms
and development.
The Survey looked at son meta-preference where
parents may choose to keep having children until they
get the desired number of sons. It concluded that
empowering women with education, and control of
their reproductive and economic decisions will go a
long way in addressing these challenges.
These findings are in line with the landmark
International Conference on Population and
Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994 where
179 governments, including India, recognised and
committed to a rights-based approach to family
The International Conference on Family Planning
(ICFP) was held in Kigali, Rwanda in November
2018. The conference brought together the family
planning community to share best practices, celebrate
successes, and chart a course forward. ICFP is a
platform for political leaders, scientists, researchers,
policymakers, advocates, and youth to disseminate
knowledge, celebrate successes, and identify next
steps toward reaching the goal of enabling an
additional 120 million women to access voluntary,
quality contraception by 20201. PFI organised the
2nd India Caucus at the ICFP to deliberate on
India’s progress and strategies for meeting national
and international commitments on family planning.
There were 80 participants at the India Caucus,
including elected representatives, government officials,
donor agencies, national and international non-
governmental organisations (NGOs), and the media.
Acknowledging that collaborative efforts between the
government, bilateral partners, the donor community
1https://www.familyplanning2020.org/india
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and civil society organisations have greatly enhanced
commitment to family planning, participants agreed
upon collective action to fulfil India’s family planning
needs. Government and elected representatives
committed to ensure that existing family planning
and health policies would be adequately implemented
by securing uninterrupted availability of commodities,
engaging the private sector, facilitating dialogue
with diverse stakeholders, and encouraging inter-
ministerial and multi-sectoral collaborations. In
continuation of our engagement with policymakers
and elected representatives we made a presentation
to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Empowerment of Women.The Standing Committee
agreed to making recommendations to the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare to increase budgetary
allocations for family planning, prioritise male
engagement, provide comprehensive sexuality
education, and ensure intersectoral convergence and
engagement with local leaders. Recognising the critical
role of elected representatives in building a rights-
based movement for family planning, PFI organised a
Parliamentarians’ Round Table to deliberate on ways
to increase investments and make it a national priority.
In December 2018, over 1,600 participants from 85
countries gathered in New Delhi at the Partners’
Forum 2018 (PF2018) convened by the
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
(PMNCH) and the Government of India.The PMNCH
is an alliance of more than 1,000 organisations in 192
countries from the sexual, reproductive, maternal,
newborn, child and adolescent health communities,
as well as sectors influencing health. At PF2018, PFI
showcased its experiences in improving the quality
Participants at the 2nd India Caucus; bottom left to right: Member
of Parliament Ami Yajnik, Poonam Muttreja, Member of Parliament
Vandana Chavan and Dr. S K Sikdar, Deputy Commissioner Family
Planning, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
of services through community-led accountability,
and innovations in improving access of adolescents
and young people to sexual and reproductive health
(SRH) services.We participated in a consultation on
building synergies for awareness campaigns between
maternal and child health and non-communicable
diseases. Recognising the impact of locally-led,
globally-led, or co-led partnerships and advocacy
movements, our Executive Director, Poonam
Muttreja spoke on the criticality of a rights-based
approach for India to achieve its FP2020 goals. She
underscored advocacy as a key strategy for inclusive,
impactful and far-reaching partnerships.
Building evidence to support advocacy on family planning
PFI finalised and disseminated two studies in 2018-19
that formed the basis of our evidence-based advocacy
with policymakers and key influencers, including
media.The study titled Cost of Inaction in Family
Planning in India: An Analysis of Health and
Economic Implications (COI study) projects
the opportunity costs over a period of 15 years to
individuals, households, the economy and society when
family planning policies are not fully implemented. The
study was launched nationally at the JRD Tata Memorial
Awards and Oration in October 2018 by Dr Rajiv
Kumar, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, the policy think-
The Cost of Inaction study estimates that if policies are
not fully implemented over the 15 year period there
would be:
• 69 million additional births
• 2.9 million additional infant deaths
• 206 million unsafe abortions
Full implementation of policies would result in:
• Savings of an estimated Rs. 270 billion in the
government’s National Health Mission budget
• Overall 13 percent growth in per capita GDP
• 1/5th reduction in out-of-pocket expenditure of
households through savings on child care
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National launch of the Cost of Inaction study
tank of the Government of India. It was launched
internationally at the ICFP in Kigali, and has been
extensively used and cited by media to highlight the
need to increase investments in family planning.
The study titled Planning, Budgeting and
Expenditure of Family Planning under the
National Health Mission: A Review (PIP study)
analysed the prevailing trends in budgetary allocations
and expenditure across three financial years to
gain insights on the planning processes, allocations,
expenditures and constraints in budgeting and
spending for family planning activities.The study has
been presented to policymakers at the national and
state levels to demonstrate the need to address
systemic challenges in budgetary allocation and
spending on family planning. A poster presentation on
the PIP Study won the first prize at the ICFP.
Supporting states to implement best practices in family planning
PFI has continued working across 18 districts of Bihar
(6) and Uttar Pradesh (12) through the District
Working Groups (DWGs), a convergence model
of decentralised planning and implementation of family
planning activities to improve delivery and uptake of
services. The two states are ranked low in health and
family planning indicators, with women in Bihar having
an average of 3.4 children, and in Uttar Pradesh (UP),
2.7. 77 out of 100 women in Bihar (15-49 years of age)
and almost 68 out of 100 married women in UP do
not use any modern method of contraception2.
13 of the 18 districts we work in are part of the high
fertility districts identified for intensive action under
the government’s Mission Parivar Vikas3.
PFI’s support in both states has resulted in improved
quality of services, increased availability of and access
to contraceptive methods, as well as increased
demand for family planning services. An important
achievement in 2018-19 was the establishment of 49
family planning counselling corners,42 in Uttar
Pradesh and seven in Bihar. Nearly 41,000 clients have
been reached through these counselling corners in the
last year.
District Working Group meeting in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
The convergence model has helped us
identify where there was potential for
resource utilisation and scaling of family
planning services.
District Magistrate
Kishanganj, Bihar
Provision of injectable contraceptive in
four districts of Bihar
124 health facilities in four districts
of Bihar began providing injectable
contraceptives. As a result, more
than 8,000 women received injectable
contraceptive services between April
2018 and March 2019.
2National Family Health Survey 2015-16/Uttar Pradesh
3Programme of the Government of India in 145 High Focus districts with Total Fertility Rate of 3 and above, to ensure special and accelerated
efforts for improved family planning services
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PFI has been working with communities to improve
uptake of family planning services in the two districts
of Darbhanga and Nawada in Bihar. As part of the
programme, we have identified and trained a cadre of
over 600 Advocates for Change (AFC) among the
ASHAs4, Anganwadi workers5 and panchayat6 and SHG
members of the area. These women have significant
influence in the community and have now become
champions who motivate couples to adopt family
planning, while also ensuring the quality of services.
Manju Devi – from an adopter to a
motivator
Manju Devi received training from PFI as an
‘Advocate for Change’ in 2016.The training
convinced her to adopt contraception after three
children. Subsequently, she persuaded her son and
daughter-in-law to use contraceptives. Realising
the importance of family planning for maternal
and child health, she became a champion and
campaigned in her neighbourhood. More than 170
other women have adopted a modern
contraceptive method following Manju
Devi’s counselling.
Manju Devi speaking with women about contraceptives
Integrating family planning with women’s economic empowerment
Women’s autonomy and ability to take decisions
regarding their reproductive health are closely
associated with their economic freedom. However,
livelihood programmes such as the Self-Help
Groups movement rarely touch upon family
planning as part of discussions. PFI’s advocacy with
the State Health Society Bihar (SHSB) led to the
delivery of family planning messages and referral
services through the state-wide network of Self
Help Groups (SHGs) with approximately 8 million
members under the State Livelihood Department.
The National Health Mission (NHM) has approved
an additional budget of Rs. 240 million
in Bihar’s State Health Budget for FY
2019-2020 to fund this initiative. In
Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh PFI has been
supporting Save a Mother (SAM), a non-
profit led programme to leverage SHG platforms
for creating awareness among women on
reproductive health. The programme has reached
over 13,500 women with information on family
planning services through 800 Village Health
Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs).
In addition, door-to-door outreach was undertaken
through more than 35,000 home visits to counsel
eligible couples and pregnant women.
A Self Help Group meeting in Bihar
4Accredited Social Health Activist - frontline health workers of the government
5Frontline workers responsible for delivery of the government’s Integrated Child Development Services programme to combat child hunger and malnutrition
6Village-level self-governance unit
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Amplifying family planning advocacy through a collective voice
PFI has leveraged its considerable experience and
influence to bring together diverse stakeholders
for advocacy on family planning.We continue our
convening role as the secretariat of the Advocating
Reproductive Choices (ARC) coalition, a
national network for collective action to strengthen
reproductive rights, expand contraceptive choices
and ensure quality of care.The coalition consists of
nine core committee members and 167 general body
members.The coalition shares its expertise towards
India’s involvement in the implementation of the
FP2020 Country Action Plan. In 2018-19, ARC went
through a process of redefining its strategy and plan
in response to the demands of the changing family
planning landscape in India.The strategy development
process was steered by the secretariat of ARC
located in PFI. We have also facilitated development
of the coalition’s communication and media strategy
to improve its outreach with diverse audiences.
India’s family planning programme continues to rely
on promoting terminal methods of contraception,
even as data shows that our young population needs
more access to spacing methods, especially to long
acting contraceptives. Implants, for instance, are not
yet part of the basket of contraceptives in the public
health system. In March 2019 we organised a meeting
in collaboration with Federation of Obstetric and
Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) to
deliberate on the need for introduction of implants
within the basket of contraceptive choices in the
public sector.There was consensus among FOGSI
members to expand provision of implants in the
private sector, and to share a statement with the
government supporting introduction of implants in the
public sector.
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Participants at an adolescent health training programme in
Madhubani district of Bihar
4 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Every third Indian is a young person between 10-24
years of age7.This gives India a unique demographic
advantage and opportunity to drive productivity and
economic growth. However, increased policy focus
on their unique health needs is required to ensure
that they become part of a healthy and productive
workforce.The most significant gap lies in the means
of young people to access information and services
related to their sexual and reproductive health.
One of our priority areas of work in 2018-19 was
the health of young people, especially sexual and
reproductive health.
PFI has used a multi-pronged approach, including
mentoring and mobilising youth leaders to drive
local transformation and engaging with policymakers
to provide safe and youth friendly conditions for
young people to seek services. In addition, we have
developed and disseminated Social and Behaviour
Change Communication (SBCC) materials through
digital media as well as on-ground outreach. Data
from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)8
shows that 8.6 million girls in the age group of
15-19 years are married before they turn 18, and
half of them (4.5 million) become mothers during
adolescence.
Recommendation from the India Caucus
at ICFP 2018
“To create demand for family planning
services, along with putting mechanisms in
place to meet those demands, undertake
specific measures to include unmarried
young people and adolescents while
implementing family planning programmes,
as they are currently excluded from the
process”
10 million adolescent girls who wish to avoid
pregnancy are not able to access contraceptives.
Over 40 percent girls in the 15-24 years’ age group
use unhygienic materials during menstruation; only 41
percent women have freedom of mobility, and every
second woman in the reproductive age is anaemic.
These findings were corroborated by the Teenage
Girls Report (TAG)9 that surveyed 74,000 teenage
girls across 30 states of India.The report found that
45.6 percent teenage girls use unhygienic materials
during menstruation and every second girl is anaemic.
7Census of India, 2011
8National Family Health Survey-4, 2015-16, International Institute for Population Sciences, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
9Teen Age Girls Report. Naandi Foundation, 2018
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Using Artificial Intelligence to reach young people
Existing social norms prevent young people from
having discussions on their sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) within families and even peers.Though
the government’s adolescent health programme
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
(RKSK) provides for counselling services, even
frontline health workers do not recognise the need to
build awareness on SRH among adolescents.
As part of PFI’s transmedia SBCC initiative Main
Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon (MKBKSH),
Season 3 launched in January 2019, we developed
SnehAI – an artificial intelligence (AI)
powered chatbot embedded on the Facebook
page of MKBKSH10. SnehAI is a unique platform with
entertaining media content including videos, GIFs,
quizzes and stories, tested and designed for first
generation digital media users. It offers a secure,
non-judgemental and anonymised platform for young
people to seek information, especially on SRH.
The chatbot has the persona of Dr. Sneha, the lead
character of MKBKSH. It was developed in close
consultation with young people and uses a unique
colloquial mix of Hindi and English to emulate their
online communication patterns.
Screenshot of SnehAI chatbot
Apart from providing information, SnehAI links users
to external resources, including the family planning
helpline of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
The chatbot also has the potential to be used as a
resource by health workers who find it difficult to
initiate conversations on SRH with young people.
Making adolescent health a priority in Rajasthan
Adolescents form 23 percent (15.7 million) of
Rajasthan’s population. However, the state lags behind
on the status of adolescents. Over 35 percent of
women (aged 20-24 years) in Rajasthan were married
before they turned 1811. One in every five adolescent
girls (aged 15-19 years) drops out of school because
of marriage12. 83 percent of adolescent girls were
aware of methods to space or delay pregnancy, but
more than half (57 percent) feared social stigma and
felt too shy to seek services at a clinic or elsewhere13.
PFI began working in Rajasthan with a twin initiative
for adolescents – advocacy with opinion leaders and
policymakers to build an enabling environment, and
developing a cadre of youth leaders who are trained
and equipped to lead change within their communities.
and the media to sensitise them on the need for
and means to promote adolescent sexual and
reproductive health.The programme positions
improved adolescent SRH as a critical driver of socio-
economic development in the state. In parallel, PFI
is working with four partner across three districts –
Under the advocacy initiative, we are strategically
engaging with policymakers, government officials,
Adolescent boys in Rajasthan / Photo: iStockphotos
10 https://www.facebook.com/mainkuchbhikarsaktihoon/
11State Fact Sheet – Rajasthan, National Family Health Survey-4, 2015-16, International Institute for Population Sciences, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Government of India
12 PMA 2020/Rajasthan Adolescent Girls Health Survey
13Ibid
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Bundi, Karauli, Dungarpur – to develop and deliver an
engaging and culturally appropriate SRH curriculum
for adolescent girls and boys. The programme
also mentors and trains young leaders to lead SRH
campaigns within their cultural and social environment.
Our work on adolescent sexual and reproductive
health in Rajasthan was launched at the Zee Jaipur
Literature Festival (JLF), 2019 where we
organised a panel discussion titled ‘Engendering
Millennials’. PFI engaged with Yuva Ekta Foundation
in advance of JLF to organise a Youth Outreach
Workshop with a mixed group of 60 adolescents
from rural and urban areas.Their experiences
regarding body, sexuality, and sexual health were
captured at the workshop and set the context for
the panel discussion and our work in Rajasthan.
Supporting implementation of the
national adolescent health
programme
The implementation of RKSK varies across states,
and five years after its launch several challenges have
emerged. For instance, there is a lack of youth friendly
spaces or platforms that encourage young people to
seek information, counselling or guidance related to
SRH. The Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics
(AFHCs) are either difficult to reach, or do not have
a welcoming ambience. In many areas, adolescents are
not even aware of the AFHCs or any other platform
such as the Adolescent Health Days (AHDs)
where their needs can be addressed.
In 2018, PFI initiated a pilot project to strengthen
RKSK in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh.The project
aims to create adolescent-friendly spaces and provide
quality resources to peer educators and counsellors
in order to encourage adolescents to access
health services. The project will also ensure
sustainability by advocating with the state government
to increase budgets under RKSK at the district
level. An initial assessment of service uptake revealed
that adolescents hesitate to visit the AFHCs because
of the shame and stigma associated with the clinics
as they were called ‘Sexual Reproductive Counselling
Corners’. Awareness and recognition of the clinics
is also inadequate as they lack a uniform identity.We
advocated with the state and facilitated development
of a state-specific identity and branding of the
AFHCs – renamed Super Saathi Station. Other
improvements include guidelines for the design and
interiors of the AFHCs to ensure that adolescents feel
comfortable visiting the facilities.
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“Hesitation around discussion regarding
menstruation is not limited to rural girls, we
urban girls are also hesitant in discussing this
with our parents. It will be great to have a
platform where we can freely seek counselling
and information regarding our sexual health
which is non-judgemental and confidential.”
Young visitors to PFI booth at JLF, 2019
Young visitors at the PFI booth at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2019
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Policies and programmes for young people are rarely
conceived or implemented in consultation with them.
PFI’s work with youth and adolescents puts them
centre-stage and ensures that their voices count in
policy formulation.We are training and mentoring
a cadre of 40 youth leaders in Darbhanga and
Nawada districts of Bihar to increase awareness on
SRH, monitor the quality of outreach and facility-based
services, and submit a charter of demands to district
and state officials. Over 2,000 young people have
so far been sensitised through this initiative.The
youth leaders have carried out audits of more than
200 health outreach sites and Adolescent
Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs).
To ensure youth participation in policy making,
PFI organised six youth-led regional
consultations across India in early 2019.
The regional consultations documented the
experiences, challenges and expectations of over
150 participants, which were collated into a set of
recommendations to enhance young people’s
access to sexual and reproductive health services,
including family planning. These recommendations
will be presented to the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare.
Bringing SRH within reach of youth
PFI engaged with the State Innovations
in Family Planning Services Project
Agency (SIFPSA) in Uttar Pradesh to create
spaces within campuses where youth could
discuss their sexual and reproductive health
concerns, and not be stigmatised if they sought
services.As a result of our advocacy, SIFPSA
approved the establishment of youth centres
in 40 colleges across the state. Development
of the branding and identity of the youth
centres, called Q-Clubs, was facilitated by PFI
in consultation with the college students.We
also supported SIFPSA in identifying materials
and structuring activities related to safe sexual
behaviours, which the youth centres would
conduct.
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Villagers participating in a social audit in Jharkhand
5 COMMUNITY MONITORING OF
HEALTH SERVICES
Community monitoring, also called Community Action
for Health (CAH), is one of the key strategies of the
National Health Mission (NHM), a flagship programme
of the Government of India. The process empowers
the community and elected representatives to monitor
and provide feedback on the quality and functioning of
public health services.This includes inputs for planning,
based on the locally relevant priorities and issues.The
CAH processes are currently being implemented in over
200,000 villages in 340 districts across 23 states
of India (covering 31 percent villages and 47 percent
districts). CAH receives guidance and technical support
from the Advisory Group on Community Action
(AGCA), a national level committee constituted by the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in 2005.
The AGCA comprises eminent public health experts, with
PFI hosting its Secretariat, through a government order.
AGCA support provided
A community member at a Jan Samwad in Rajauli block of Bihar
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3,000 state, district
and block nodal
officers trained on
community monitoring
processes
12 states adapted
resource materials
- Guidelines, manuals,
monitoring tools and IEC
materials
315 Jan Samwads
(Public Dialogues)
organised in 9 states
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Working with the government to implement community
monitoring
PFI is working with the National Institution for
The annual National Consultation on CAH,
Transforming India NITI Aayog on strategies to
organised by the AGCA on behalf of the Ministry
strengthen people’s engagement and action for universal of Health and Family Welfare, brought together
health care under Ayushman Bharat. Following our
83 participants from 21 states. A key
engagement, PFI was requested to provide technical recommendation of the consultation was the need
support to improve coverage and quality of Village
to work with Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition
Health Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs) in
Committees (VHSNCs) and Rogi Kalyan Samitis
Sitamarhi and Begusarai districts of Bihar. The initiative (RKS – Patient Welfare Committees) in planning and
will be implemented in partnership with Piramal
monitoring of services at the Health and Wellness
Foundation.
Centres (HWCs). It stressed on the need to
maintain the momentum of community action.
Globally, social audit is recognised as a powerful
tool for social transformation, community
participation and government accountability.The
Government of India while framing the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MG-NREGA), incorporated social audit as an
integral part of the scheme. Using these mandated
state level mechanisms, the AGCA Secretariat
worked with social audit units (SAU) in
the states of Jharkhand, Meghalaya and
Uttarakhand to institutionalise community
monitoring of health services. Community
monitoring and public dialogues were organised by
the SAUs across 17 districts.
to ensure there is no out-of-pocket expenditure,
display of citizen’s charter at health facilities, and
essential drug lists to be maintained and updated on
a regular basis, among others.
As a result of the social audit exercises in
Uttarakhand, the state government issued a
directive to the district of Uttarakashi to ensure
that key issues identified through the process
were redressed.These included service providers
Social audit sheets with rating of health facilities
by community members
Scaling up innovations in community-based monitoring of health
services
PFI has been working in Darbhanga and Nawada
districts of Bihar to generate awareness on health
entitlements, and increase demand for and
access to quality family planning services. A
monitoring system has been developed using a
mobile-based Interactive Voice Response System –
m-Shakti.The system provides information on key
heath entitlements and services, giving callers the
opportunity to rate health services, and share specific
qualitative feedback. An online dashboard provides
officials real-time indicator-wise data that is used to
take prompt corrective action.
In 2018, PFI supported the State Health Society Bihar
(SHSB) to scale up community monitoring
and accountability components from
365 villages across four blocks to more than
2,300 villages in 28 additional blocks. In addition,
we supported the SHSB to plan scaling up of the
community monitoring processes in 53 blocks
of Araria, Gaya, and Samastipur districts.The
community monitoring processes have led to timely
disbursement of incentives, regular availability of
family planning services, and increased contraceptive
supplies across implementation areas. Around
15,000 callers shared their feedback through the
IVRS in 2018.The project continues to strengthen
the functioning of Village Health Sanitation and
Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs) and increase
availability of family planning commodities.
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Impact of community monitoring of health
services in Bihar
92 percent of the VHSNCs organised regular
monthly meetings and initiated corrective
actions
82 percent of untied funds utilised in 2018-19
by VHSNCs, 28 percent more than the previous
year
A rally organised by ASHA workers to raise awareness on health in Chhattisgarh
Implementation of patient welfare committees in public health
facilities
The MoHFW developed and disseminated the
National Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) Guidelines
to states in July 2015.The RKS is a mechanism to
ensure proper facilities and service delivery in public
health facilities.The committee includes civil society
and elected representatives, and officials from the
Health Department. PFI successfully supported a pilot
project to implement RKS in 27 public health facilities
in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh.
PFI further supported the SPMU in its plans to extend
RKS in 315 public health facilities across 20 additional
districts, which has been included and approved in the
State NHM Programme Implementation Plan (PIP)
for Financial Year 2019-20.We extended our learnings
from UP to strengthen RKS in the states of Goa,
Jharkhand and Sikkim as part of AGCA’s support.
The State Programme Management Unit (SPMU)
subsequently requested our support to scale-up RKSs
across 10 districts of the state. PFI developed a pool of
42 state and regional trainers in partnership with the
SPMU, who in turn trained more than 1,000 RKS
members.We also mentored RKSs across 168
public health facilities, and supported the state
in developing a set of display materials on the roles
and responsibilities of RKS, and the grievance redressal
mechanism in health facilities.
Impact of RKS mentoring in
10 districts of UP
Training of the Rogi Kalyan Samitis
itself needs a lot more handholding,
because it needs sensitisation, it
needs internalisation. It also needs
a very good understanding of the
challenges that come up as you begin
to implement the RKS work.
Dr. Rajani Ved, Executive Director,
National Health System Resource
Centre
60 percent facilities had their
RKS registration renewed
Overall 31 percent facilities
organised General Body
meeting and 47 percent
organised Executive
Committee meetings
47 percent of the facilities
ensured documentation of the
meetings
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Women at the promotion of SBCC programme Main Kuch Bhi Kar
Sakti Hoon in Alwar, Rajasthan
6 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
COMMUNICATION
The International Social and Behaviour Change
Communication Summit was hosted in Bali, Indonesia in
April 2018.The Summit featured Entertainment Education
and was a meeting place of SBCC practitioners, researchers
and donors from over 93 countries. PFI is an early
adapter of the Entertainment Education (EE) approach in
SBCC, which is a cross-cutting function in our projects.
Policymakers are recognising the need to address social
norms in order to see long-term developmental gains.
The 2018-19 Economic Survey lists some key principles of
behavioural economics as being critical to social change:
emphasise the beneficial social norm, change the default
option, and lastly, repeat reinforcements.
We launched Season 3 of our transmedia social and
behaviour change communication (SBCC) initiative Main
Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon (MKBKSH – I, A
Woman, Can Achieve Anything) on 26 January, 2019.
Season 3 builds upon the lessons and successes of Seasons 1
and 2 in use of entertainment-education to improve knowledge
and initiate change in regressive social norms by promoting
local solutions. Season 3 addresses women’s rights, promotes
positive sexual and reproductive health practices, especially
among the youth, and addresses socio-cultural barriers to safe
sanitation and hygiene.
The first 26 episodes aired on Doordarshan from 26 January
to 21 April, 2019 show the protagonist Dr Sneha Mathur
grappling with prevailing practices, including open defecation,
which lead to poor sanitation and public health emergencies in
her village.The theme and messages of these episodes support
the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Apart from
broadcast on television, the series is being promoted through
an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS), community radio
Stills from Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon
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stations in three states, and digital media. MKBKSH has
established itself as a trendsetter in the use of innovative
behaviour change communication techniques. In order
to encourage shift in attitudes, the show has developed
key phrases, or markers, that denote adoption of positive
behaviours. #Swachhta Elaan or the pledge for good
sanitation practices, is the marker used in the IVRS and
social media extensions for the first 26 episodes of the
series. One of the highlights of the first 26 episodes is a
Qawwali based on a popular Hindi film song, with messages
promoting hygienic practices.The song reached more than
six million social media users and was shared extensively
through social sharing platform WhatsApp.
MKBKSH has joined the efforts of the Swachh Bharat
Mission to nudge communities to adopt safe and
sustainable sanitation practices.
Mr Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary,
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
Still from a scene showing Dr Sneha at a camp for patients of an
epidemic in the village
Making a pledge demonstrates commitment that
goes beyond watching characters of a show. Main
Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon uses entertainment to
capture people’s imagination and make it possible
for them to commit to adopting new behaviours.
Feroz Abbaz Khan, Creative Director,
MKBKSH
Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon has given Doordarshan a
chance to play our role in nation-building.
Ms Supriya Sahu, Director-General,
Doordarshan
In my village open defecation is a common
practice. But I told them about MKBKSH that talks
about sanitation.The villagers were inspired by
the story of MKBKSH and built toilets within their
homes.
An IVRS caller
A still from Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon
Highlights of Season 3, Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon till March 2019
Approximately 10 million SHG members in
Bihar receive weekly WhatsApp messages
on sanitation and hygiene from the series
Swachhta Qawwali reached over 6 million
through social media and WhatsApp
2 million social media users were reached
with sanitation campaign #SwachhtaElaan
More than 200,000 viewers’ calls received on
MKBKSH IVRS over 26 episodes
Schoolgirls at a MKBKSH promotional event in Siwan, Bihar
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I have always believed that no real
social change can occur in any society
unless women are educated, self-reliant
and respected. Woman is the critical
fulcrum of family and community
prosperity.
7 JRD TATA MEMORIAL AWARDS AND
ORATION
In 1996, PFI instituted national awards for states and
districts that demonstrated outstanding achievements in
reproductive health and family planning.There have been
five rounds of the awards since.
The 6th JRD Tata Memorial Awards were given out in 2018.
A Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of experts was
established to identify the indicators and methodology for
the awards.Winners were selected not just on the basis of
current performance on key indicators, but also on their
change factor, signifying the pace of progress.
AWARDS
States and Union Territory
Chhattisgarh
Punjab
Districts
Sikkim
Chandigarh
Hamirpur (Himachal
Pradesh)
Jagatsinghpur
(Odisha)
Baksa (Assam)
Ernakulam (Kerala)
ORATION
In 1990, our Founder JRD Tata, instituted a lecture series
to gather the best of global knowledge on population
issues. In 1995 (PFI’s Silver Jubilee year), the series was
rechristened as the JRD Tata Memorial Oration in his
memory. Over the years, we have had eminent luminaries
and inspirational leaders have delivered the Oration.
Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu)
Akola (Maharashtra)
Upper Siang
(Arunachal Pradesh)
Nagapattinam (Tamil
Nadu)
Aizawl (Mizoram)
Phek (Nagaland)
The 14th JRD Tata Memorial Oration was
delivered by Dr Rajiv Kumar, a noted economist
and Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. He spoke on
‘Women Empowerment:The Key to India’s Demographic
Dividend.’
Keeping the large young population in mind, we need
to provide quality sexual and reproductive health
services with the right messages on reproductive
choices. A 2014 study by leading economists
found that ensuring universal access to sexual and
reproductive health – which includes family planning
– would yield a phenomenal return of USD 150 for
every dollar invested.
Investing in women empowerment has multiple
positive externalities which work through the family
and broader society.
Dr Rajiv Kumar,Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog delivers the JRD Tata
AMSteilml forroiaml OMraatiinonKuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon
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Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI
Aayog
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Dr Rajiv Kumar hands over the Tata Memorial Award for
Aizawl District, Mizoram
Sikkim has transformed from a sleepy backwater
area to a model state. The state has seen per
capita income grow at a considerable rate while all
poverty indicators have declined.
Dr. Pawan Chamling, CM, Sikkim
Dr Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister, Sikkim
The JRD Tata Memorial Awards and Oration are
a tribute to our founder JRD Tata and his vision to
promote gender sensitive population health, and
development strategies. We believe that family
planning has to be at the centre of the national
development agenda to help achieve Sustainable
Development Goals. By investing in family planning,
we are making smart investments for our families to
be healthy, productive and prosperous.
Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director,
PFI
Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, PFI at the JRD Tata Awards
A dedicated microsite – awards.populationfoundation.in
– was set up for the event as part of a larger online campaign under the
hashtag, #PeopleBeforeNumbers.The event was promoted through
traditional and social media.
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#People
BeforeNumbers
reached an estimated
326,000 accounts on
Twitter and got over
400,000 impressions
On Instagram, 11
multimedia posts
including GIFs,
were created
to promote the
event, which
reached over
1,800 people
The event page on
Facebook reached an
estimated 28,400
people
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8 FINANCIAL AND
OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Particulars
SOURCE OF FUNDS
Corpus Fund
Society Fund
Deferred Grant
Restricted Project Funds
Current Liabilities
Provisions
Total
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
Fixed Assets
Investments
Cash and Bank Balances
Loans and Advances
Total
Particulars
INCOME
Grant income
Donation income
Rental Income
Interest and other income
Total
EXPENDITURE
Population, Health and Family Planning expense
Behaviour Change Communication expense
Community Action for Health expense
Other project expense
Management & Administrative expense
Total
2018-19
Rs. (in Lakhs)
500
5,155
35
2,367
257
28
8,342
120
5,100
2,507
615
8,342
2018-19
Rs. (in Lakhs)
2,720
0
307
446
3,473
1,186
1,199
336
223
138
3,082
2017-18
Rs. (in Lakhs)
500
4,763
44
854
237
39
6,437
138
4,041
945
1,313
6,437
2017-18
Rs. (in Lakhs)
2,119
75
309
449
2,952
816
962
340
173
132
2,423
Excess of Income over Expenditure
391
529
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About PFI
Population Foundation of India (PFI) is a national non-profit organisation that promotes and
advocates for the effective formulation and implementation of gender sensitive population, health
and development strategies and policies.The organisation was founded in 1970 by a group of
socially committed industrialists under the leadership of the late JRD Tata and Dr Bharat Ram.
Vision
Advance gender sensitive, rights based population policies and practices for a just, equitable and
prosperous society.
Our mission and accomplishments would not have been possible without generous support and
collaboration with our donors and programme partners.We are thankful for their continued
partnership and collaboration to advance our shared mission.
Our Donors
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
REC Foundation
National Health Systems Resource Centre
United Nations Population Fund
BFL Investment and Financial Consultants Pvt Ltd
Apollo Trading and Finance Pvt Ltd
Head office: B-28, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110016 | T: +91 11 43894 100 | F: +91 11 43894 199
Regional office, Bihar: 123A, 1st Floor, Patliputra Colony, Patna – 800013 | T: +91 612 2270634
Regional office, Rajasthan: C-9, Shiv Marg, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur – 302019 | T: +91 141 4104771
Regional office, Uttar Pradesh: C-3, Nirala Nagar, Opposite Thandi Park, Lucknow – 226020 | T: +91 522 4005091
Website: www.populationfoundation.in
Facebook: @PopFoundIndia | Twitter: @PFI3 | Instagram: @popfoundind
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