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The Man and
His Vision
B harat Ratna, the late Mr J R D Tata, was
among those handful of. world-citizens
whom destiny itself so shaped to become an
institution in a life-time. He had been regarded
as one of the stalwarts among Indians in the 20th
Century, who stamped his personality on the
country's affairs both before and after
independence. He was the crusader for the
promotion of family planning, both as a tool of
curbing India's rapidly-increasing population,
and an entirely new way of life in a developing
society in which a family is not mere numbers
but valuable relationships of shared growth.
The late Mr Tata had promoted and
fostered several causes in the service of science
and nation. His holistic view of the population
problem had turned him into an equally strong
humanist, concerned no less with the problems
of poverty and environment, intertwined with
population. Mr Tata was the first to raise an alarm
in 1951, in the course of a speech, about the
continuous and fast growth of the India's popu-
lation and its serious potential consequences to
the country's economy and progress. Realising
later the need for non-governmental action, he
founded the Family Planning Foundation in
1970, of which he was the founder Chairman.
Family Planning Foundation was re-christened
the Population Foundation of India in 1993 to
reflect the wider dimensions of the population
issue in a changing world. Mr Tata's unique
services in the cause of population had been'
recognised by the United Nations who had chosen
him for their prest~gious Population Award for
1992. For his many splendoured achievements,
India also conferred on him "Bharat Ratna", the
highest civilian award of the Nation in 19,92.
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The
Foundation
The Population Foundation of India (for-
merly known as Family Planning Founda-
tion) was established in 1970 by a dedicated
group of industrialists and population activists
led by Bharat Ratna the late Mr JRD Tata
who guided it as the founder Chairman until
his death in 1993. After his demise, Dr Bharat
Ram, noted industrialist and a founding member
of the Foundation, is its Chairman.
The Foundation has been in the forefront of
non-governmental efforts to check the runaway
growth of population of the country and
establish a balance between resource, environ-
ment and population.
Social development including population
stabilisation in India should not and cannot
remain the sole concern of the Government, it
ought to be supported and supplemented by
private voluntary enterprises. In this regard, the
Foundation has always worked in close co-
operation and co-ordination with official
agencies and programmes, both at the Center
and in the States.
In its independent role, it has tried to guide
and influence the National Population Policy
and to serve as a catalytic agent to promote pro-
grammes at different levels directed towards
the ultimate goal of population stabilization.
The Foundation supports innovative research,
experimentation and social action to further the
cause of population stabilisation and provide a
forum for pooling of experiences and sharing
of professional expertise to strengthen and
enlarge the operational base of the family
welfare programme.
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The Award
When the guiding star of the Foundation
Mr JRD Tata passed away in 1993,
having laid a strong base for a social movement
to stabilise the growth of population in India
as an essential prerequisite to attain higher
qualities of life for the Indian people, the
Foundation felt that it would be a fitting
tribute to the great man if national awards
were instituted in his name to further the
cause for which he was a champion
acknowledged all over the world.
In February 1996, the Governing Board
formally decided to institute national awards
for the best State and the best districts with
outstanding performance in population and
reproductive health and family planning
programme through programme intervention.
Accordingly, the first JRD Tata Awards
were announced on July 29, J 997 and were
given to the winning State and districts by
the then Honourable Prime Minister of India,
Shri I K Gujral, in a function organised by the
Foundation on 13th November 1997.
The first JRD Tata Award for the best State
was given to Kerala.
Awards for the best districts were given to
three districts, namely Palakkad in Kerala in
the large population category (more than 2.31
million); Toothukudi in Tamil Nadu in the
medium population category (1.22 to 2.31
million) and Kurukshetra in Haryana in the
small population category (below 1.22 million).
The second JRD Tata Awards were due in
1999, but due to non-availability of data at the
district level on Reproductive and Child Health
Programmes, it was postponed to the year 2000.
The second JRD Tata Awards were
announced on 28th July 2000.
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Awards
Committee for
the year 2000
A very high level Awards Committee was
constituted to go into the issue in depth and set
standards and ground rules for the Awards.
Ms Justice Leila Seth, former Chief Justice
of Himachal Pradesh, and member of the
Governing Board of PFI, was the Chairperson
of the Committee.
• Mr B G Deshmukh, former Cabinet
Secretary and member, Governing
Board, PFI
• Dr M S Swaminathan, noted
Agricultural Scientist, Magsaysay
Award winner and Chairman,
M S Swaminathan Research
Foundation and Chairman, Advisory
Council, PFI
• Mrs Nirmala Buch, IAS (Retd.), former
Advisor to the Gujarat Governor
• Dr V R Gowariker, former Scientific
Advisor to the Government of India
K Ganguly, Director General,
Council of Medical Research
• Dr K Srinivasan, Executive Director,
PFI, Member Secretary
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The
Methodology
The selection of the State level Award 2000
has been made on the basis of a set of nine
indicators for which data were compiled from
various published sources for the latest year for
which such data are available, which is for the
year 1997 or 98, and five years earlier, 1992-93.
These indicators have a strong bearing on
reproductive health, family planning and
fertility levels of the population. They were :
1. Total Fertility Rate
2. Infant Mortality Rate
3. Proportion of births of order 4 and above
4. Medical attention at Delivery
5. Expectation of Life at Birth
6. Adult Literacy Rate (15 years and above)
7. Middle School Enrolment Rate
8. Middle School Continuation Rate
9. Percentage of expenditure on education,
health, family welfare, sanitation
and
nutrition
As data are compiled from different sources,
the base year and final years are not the same
for all the nine indicators. Efforts have been
made to compile data for the most recent year
and making the indicators comparable. First,
these indicators were converted into index
a values ranging from to 100. Secondly, a
composite index was computed for the base-
year (1992-93) and the final-year (1997-98)
by a combination on the basis of these nine
index values. Finally, a score is obtained for
each State by combining the recent levels and
changes during the past five years in the
composite index in the ratio of 1:4. The
methodology used in computing the indexes
for each variable, the composite index and the
score for each State will be later published.
The nine indicators cover a wide range of
fertility, mortality, educational levels, maternal
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care and government expenditure on health and
education. In short, they capture the processes
and achievements in human development and
population stabilisation.
The district awards for 2000 have been
conferred on the basis of two considerations.
(A) Best-performing districts on Reproduc-
tive and Child Health Programmes :
Three districts were selected from different
population size categories, as in the first
Award, one from large districts with
population of more than 2.31 million, one
from medium category with population
of 1.22 million to 2.31 million and the
third from' small category districts with
population of 0.4 to 1.22 million. It was
also specified that not more than one
district was to be selected for the award
from one State.
In the selection of the best districts, data on
eight indicators at district level available
from a recent survey on RCH (1998-99)
carried out by the Ministry of Health and
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Family Welfare, with technical guidance
of International Institute for Population
Sciences (lIPS) were used. These indicators
are :
1. Proportion of births of order 3 and
above
2. Percentage of girls marrying less than
18 years of age
3. Percentage of eligible couples with
unmet need for family planning
4. Percentage of currently married women
using modern methods of contraception
5. Percentage of children with complete
immunization
6. Percentage of mothers with safe delivery
7. Percentage of pregnant women with full
antenatal care
8. Percentage of Currently Married
Women (CMW) with knowledge of
AIDS
Each of these indicators was first converted
into an index value (ranging from 0 to 100)
and combined into a composite index. The
best districts were selected on the basis of
the composite index.
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(B) Best-performing districts in three not so
good performing States:
It has been recognised that in every State,
there are some districts which perform
extremely well and these could serve as
role model for other districts. With a view
to encourage better performance among
the not sp good performing States in the
country, best performing districts from
three of the not so good performing States
have been selected to serve as beaconlight
or pace setters for these States.
major demographic problems to the country,
Foundation wishes to recognise and award the
best performing districts from each of these
States as a pace setter or beaconlight for
these States. Best performing districts on
Reproductive and Child Health Programmes in
three not so good performing States are given
a momento and cash award of Rs 2 lakhs.
The Foundation felt that while the State
was free to utilise the cash award in a manner
it deemed fit, it might consider recongnising
the creditable performance of institutions and
individuals who had contributed to the State's
achievements. The State award is to be
presented to the Chief Minister of the State.
The best performing
rolling trophy in addition
Rs 10 lakhs.
State is given a
to cash award of
Best performing districts on Reproductive
and Child Health programmes in the country
are given a rolling shield and cash award of
Rs 2 lakhs .
The awards for the districts are to be
presented to the Chairperson of the respective
Zilla Parishad, or to the administrative head
of the district. The Foundation felt that the
districts might utilise the cash award for
furtherance of reproductive and child health
and family planning programmes in their
own areas.
. In order to encourage the not so good
performing States which are really posing the
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The Winners
The second JRD Tata Awards for
Population and Reproductive Health
Programmes were announced on July 28,2000
at New Delhi.
Award for the best district in medium
category (1.22 to 2.31 mill io ,)
ALAPPUZHA in Kerala
Award for the best district in small
category (below 1.22 million) : JORHAT in
Assam
The district awards for 2000 are
conferred on the basis of two considerations:
Best-performing districts on Repro-
ductive and Child Health Programmes
in the country :
Award for the best districts in the
large population category (more than 2.31
million) : CHENNAI in Tamil Nadu
Award for the best districts on RCH
programmes in not so good performing
States:
DEHRAD UN in Uttar Pradesh
PURBI SINGHBHUM in Bihar
CUTTACK in Orissa
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The
Significance
of the Award
The process of integration of related
1programmes of maternal and child
health initiated with the implementation of
the CSSM Programme was taken a step
further in 1994 when the International Con-
ference on Population and Development in
Cairo recommended that the participant
countries should implement unified
programmes for Reproductive and Child
Health (RCH). India took the lead by
introducting the target-free approach to
family welfare programmes from April
1996. During the 9th Plan, the RCH
Programme, accordingly, integrates all the
related programmes of the 8th Plan on
maternal and child health, family planning,
adolescent sexual health, etc. The concept
of RCH is to provide to the beneficlaries
need based, client centred, demand driven,
high quality and integrated RCH services.
It is a legitimate right of the citizens to
be able to experience sound Reproductive
and Child Health and therefore the RCH
Programme will seek to provide relevant
servi(::es for assuring Reproductive and
Child Health to all citizens. However, RCH
IS even more relevant for obtaining the.
objective of stable population in the
country.
Selection of winners for the Awards
does not rely just on current levels of per-
formance in a number of crucial indicators.
Emphasis has also been on the change
factor signifying the pace of progress
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achieved over a period of time through
conscious programme intervention. It is
well known that despite the slow
performance in the field of RCH for the
country as a whole, there are States within
the country, which are doing excellent
work in the field of Reproductive and
Child Health and their achievements are
comparable to the best even in advanced
societies. Similarly, there are some districts
which are doing best in the not so good
performing States. These are not only
laudable facts but they emphatically
demonstrate that, given the leadership,
will and conditions, the success can be
repeated in other regions. The awards are
recognition of this sustained effort and
will hopefully generate the much needed
impetus and confidence amongst the
others thqt they could also achieve the
same standards.
The criteria adopted for the selection
covers various aspects of human develop-
ment and reproductive health.
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Profile of the
Winners
The best performing State and the districts
have their distinct characteristics, which
have led to their success. These relate
varyingly to the historical past, the geo-
graphical location, the ethnic composition,
the social structure, political commitment to
development as such, populati.on policies,
bureaucratic efficiency and various other deter-
minants which contribute to the achievement.
A study of some of these factors would be
rewarding for other comparable areas.
The second JRD Tata Memorial Award for
excellence in reproductive health and popu-
lation programmes given in the current year
for a State is won by TAMIL NADU. The
State's achievements are already well
recognised and our analysis confirm that it
should be honoured with this prestigious
Award.
Tamil Nadu is one of the larger States
of India with estimated population of 61.93
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million in July 2000 and is considered
the heart land of dravidian civilization
in South Asia. The State of Madras
was formed as a separate State in its
present boundaries in 1956 on the
recommendation of the States Re-
organisation Commission constituting
states on linguistic basis with Tamil
&s the language of the majority. In
1974 the name was changed to Tamil
Nadu, meaning the land of Tamil-
speaking people.
Tamil Nadu has had a unique social
awareness movement since the 1920s
under the leadership of the great social
reformer Periyar (E.V Ramaswamy
Naicker). Periyar emphasized the need
to liberate women from the wheels
of child bearing, the desirability of a
small family norm in every marriage,
encouraging marriage of girls after
the age of 22, and encouraging social
equity through inter caste marriages.
There were also a number of other
well known social reformers who
through the media of cinema and
stage made powerful impact on
elimination of discriminations on the
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basis of religion and caste and of social evils
such as child marriage and dowry. Fifty years
ago all these views promoting women's
emancipation, small family norm and con-
traception had to contend with strong social
taboos. After independence, with the strong
backing of all political parties in power in the
State favouring small family norm and bureau-
cratic efficiency in the implementation of
family planning programmes, the State achieved
replacement level of fertility in 1993 or Total
Fertility Rate of 2.1. The State has been
successful not only in achieving rapid
demographic transition but also good progress
in related areas of education, health and
economic development. The concept of the
small family norm has diffused through all
segments of Tamil society cutting across
religion, caste and economic barriers. There
are practically no fertility differentials in the
State across social and economic strata. This is
a remarkable achievement.
The nine indicators cover a wide range of
fertility, mortality, educational levels, maternal
care and government expenditure on health and
education. In short, they capture the processes
and achievements in human development and
population stabilisation. The final score for the
major States on the basis of composite index is
given in the Tables 1 and 2. Tamil Nadu stood
first with the score of 97, followed by Kerala
at 92, and Andhra Pradesh at 90.
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Chennai
Chennai district of Tamil Nadu has been
adjudged as best performing district in the
large category of population (above 2.31
million). The district with an average RCH
index value of 87 ranked first followed by
Chengalpatu and Greater Mumbai with a value
of 84 and 83 respectively, among all large
category districts. According to 1991 Census,
the total population of the district was
3,841,396 with a sex ratio of 934 (females
per thousand males). The male and female
literacy rate of the district in 1991 was 88
and 75 per cent respectively as compared to
64 and 39 percent in the country. The
unique features of the district is its complete
urbanisation (loo per cent) and lower
demographic parameters.
Chennai is one of the coastal districts and
capital of Tamil Nadu. The district is situated
on the north-east end of Tamil Nadu on the
coast of Bay of Bengal. It is bounded
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on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the
remaining three sides by Chengalpattu district.
The district city is one of the four metropolis
in India and serves as the gateway to the
culture of South India. It holds an interesting
fare of SOl~'thIndi~n architecture, music, dance,
drama, sculpture and other arts and crafts.
The main languages spoken in the disttict are
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kanhada and Urdu.
According to 1991 Census, the demo-
. graphic parameters of the district, such as total
fertility rate of 2.65, infant mortality rate of
32 are significantly lower than most of the
districts in the country. The RCH indicators
considered in the selection of the district
Award are found to be better than in many
other districts of the country in this category.
The proportion of girls married below 18 years
of age is merely 5.5 percent and family
planning user is 63 per cent in the district.
Similarly, other RCH indicators like proportion
of pregnant women receiving complete ANC is
75 per cent and complete immunization for
children is 99 per cent.
On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reprqdudive health
programmes is the best among all the districts
in this category. On these considerations, the
district of Chennai has been awarded the best
district Award in large category districts.
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Alappuzha
AlapPuZha
district of Kerala has been
adjpdged as best performing district in the
medium category of population (l.22 million to
2.31 million). The district with an average
RCH index value of 92 ranked first followed
by Kottayam with a value of 91 among all
medium category districts. According to 1991
Census, the total population of the district was
2,00 1,217 with a sex ratio of 1051 (females
per thousand males). The male and female
literacy rate of the district in 1991 was 97 and
91 per cent respectively as compared to 64
and 39 per cent respectively in the country.
The unique feature of the district is its high
literacy rate, lower birth and death rate and
better health conditions.
The district is situated in the north-west
corner of the State. It is bound on the north
by Ernakulam, in the south by Kollam, on
east by Kottayam and Pathanamthitta and on
west by Arabi~n sea. This district is a sandy
striff of land intercepted by lagoons, rivers
and canals. The two most important minerals
which occur in large quantities in the district
are glass and foundry sand. Canals play an
important part in the transportation and
communication systems of this district. The
main languages spoken in the district are
Malayalam and Tamil.
According to 1991 Census, the demographic
parameters of the district, such as total fertility
rate of 2.0, infant mortality rate of 25 are
significantly lower than most of the districts in
the country. The RCH indicators considered in
the selection of the district Award are found
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to be better than in many other districts of
the country in this category. The proportion of
girls married below 18 years of age is almost
absent and of family planning users is as high
as 74 per cent in the district. Similarly, other
RCH indicators like proportion of pregnant
women receiving complete ANC is 85 per
cent and complete immunization for children is
97 per cent.
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On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reproductive health
programmes is the best among all the districts
in this category. On these considerations, the
district of Alappuzha has been awarded the
best district Award in medium category
districts.
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Jorhat
Jarhat district of Assam has been adjudged
as best performing district in the small
category of population (within 0.4 to 1.22
million). The district with an average RCH
index value of 86 ranked first followed by
Nilgiri with a value of 85 among all small
category districts. According to 1991 Census,
the total population of the district was 8,71,206
with a sex ratio of 913 (females per thousand
males). The male and female literacy rate of
the district in 1991 was 73 and 57 per cent
respectively as compared to 64 and 39 percent
in the country. The unique features of the
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district is its excellence performance In
reproductive health parameters inspite of
backwardness of the State.
The district is situated in the eastern part
of the State. It is bound on the north by the
district of Lakhimpur, in the east by
Sibsagar, in the South by State of Nagaland
and by the district of Golaghat on the west.
The main language spoken in the district is
Assamese. The greatest river island of the
World Majuli lies in this district. Majuli
is a principal place of pilgrim for the
vaishanavites of Assam since the days of
Ahom reign.
According to 1991 Census, the
demographic parameters of the district, such
as total fertility rate was 4.4 and infant
mortality rate was 47. The RCH indicators
considered in the selection of the district
Award are found to be better than in many
other districts of the country in this category.
The proportion of girls married below 18 years
of age is merely 8 percent and family planning
user is 72 per cent in the district. Similarly,
other RCH indicators like proportion of
pregnant women receiving complete ANC
is 82 per cent and complete immunization for
children is 95 per cent.
On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reproductive health
programmes is the best among all the districts
in this category. On these considerations, the
district of Jorhat has been awarded the best
district Award in small category districts.
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Dehradun
Dehradun district has been adjudged as
best performing district in the State of Uttar
Pradesh on Population and Reproductive
Health Programmes. The district with an
average RCH index value of 60 ranked first,
foqowed by Kanpur Nagar with a value of 59
while the State flverage is 35. According to
1991 Census, the total population of the
district was 1,025,679 with a sex ratio of
843 (females per thousand males). The male
anq female literacy rate of the district in 1991
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was 78 and 59 per cent respectively as
compared to 56 and 25 in the State as a whole.
One unique feature of the district is its higher
urbanisation (50 per cent) compared to 20 per
cent in the State as a whole.
The district is situated in the north-west
corner of the State. It is bounded on the north
by the district of Uttarkashi, in the east by
Tehri Garhwal and Garhwal, in the South by
Saharanpur and Bijnore, and in the west by
Sirmur district of Himachal Pradesh. The main
languages spoken in the district are Hindi,
Punjabi, Urdu and Nepali. Dehradun is
distinguished from most of other districts in
the State by the existence of very large forests,
which play an important role in the economy
of the district.
According to 1991 Census, the demo-
graphic parameters of the district, such as total
fertility rate of 4.0, infant mortality rate of 53
are significantly lower than that of the State
average of 5.6 and 99 respectively. The RCH
indicators considered in the selection of the
district Award are found to be better than in
many other districts of the State. The proportion
of girls married below 18 years of age is only
14 per cent and of family planning users is as
high as 49 per cent in the district as compared
to State average of 45 per cent and 31 per cent
respectively. Similarly, other RCH indicators
like proportion of pregnant women having
safe delivery and complete immunization for
children are higher, 88 per cent and 65 per cent,
respectively.
On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reproductive health
programmes is the best among all the districts
of Uttar Pradesh. It is to be noted that
Dehradun also stands first in the newly formed
Uttaranchal State. It can be considered as a
pace setter for other districts of the State. On
these considerations, the district of Dehradun
has been awarded the best district Award in
Uttar Pradesh.
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Bihar on Population and Reproductive Health
Programmes. The district with an average RCH
index value of 55 ranked first followed by
Dhanbad with a value of 44 while the State
average is only 26. According to the 1991
Census, the total population of the district was
1,613,088 with a sex ratio of 906 (females per
thousand males). The male and female literacy
rates of the district in 1991 were 71 and 46
percent respectively as compared to 53 and 23
per cent for the State as a whole. One unique
feature of th~ district is its higher urbanisation
(53 per cent) with relatively lower decadal
growth rate of population of 17 per cent
compared to the State average of 13 per cent
of urbahisation and 24 per cent decadal growth
of population as a whole.
The district is one of the five constituting
the South Chotanagpur division and forms the
South-Eastern part Qf Bihar. It is bound on
north by Paschim Singhbhum and Purulia
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district of West Bengal, on east by Purulia
and Medinipur district of West Bengal, on
south by Mayurbhanj district of Orissa and
Medinipur district of West Bengal, and on West
by Paschim Singhbhum and Mayurbhanj
districts of Orissa. In 1991, the old districts of
Singhbhum was split up into two districts of
Purbi Singhbum and Paschim Singhbhum. The
steel city of Jamshedpur and its adjoining
industrial areas fall in Purbi Singhbum. The
Family Welfare programme of TISCO has
contributed significantly in promoting family
welfare programmes initially started for the
employees and subsequently to Jamshedpur
city as a whole has had its impact on the district
with regard to Reproductive and Child Health
Programmes. The main languages spoken in
the district are Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi
and Urdu. According to 1991 Census, the
demographic parameters such as total fertility
rate of 3.48, infant mortality rate of 58 are
signIficantly lower than that of the State
average of 5.2q and 75 respectively. The RCH
indicators considered in the selection of the
district Award are found to be better than in
many other districts of the State. The
proportion of births of order 3 and above is
41 per cent, family planning users is 48 per
cent compared to State average of 57 and
24 per cent respectively. Similarly other RCH
indicators like complete immunization is
71 per cent and complete Ante-natal C,lre is
43 per cent compared to 24 per cent '1d
11 per cent in the State as a whole.
On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reproductive health
programmes is the best among all the
districts of Bihar. It is to be noted that Purbi
Singhbhum stands first in the newly formed
Jharkhand State. It can be considered as a
pace setter for other districts of the State.
On these considerations, the district of Purbi
Singhbhum has been awarded the best district
Award in Bihar.
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Cuttack
Cuttack district has been adjudged as
best performing district in the State of
Orissa on Population and Reproductive
Health Programmes. The district with an
average RCH index value of 64 ranked first
followed by Khurda with a value of 63.85
while the State average is 49. According
to the 1991 Census, the total population of
Cuttack was 1,972,739 with a sex ratio of
960 (females per thousand males). The male
and female literacy rates of the district in
1991 were 76 and 50 per cent respectively as
compared to 63 per cent and 35 per cent for
the State as a whole. The unique feature of
the district is the existence of large number
of reputed educational institutions.
Oriya, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu.
Cuttack is known for its exquisite handicrafts.
Some of them are silver filigree, horn work,
pattachitras and silk and cotton handlooms. It
was the Capital of the State till 1949.
According to 1991 Census, the decadal
Cuttack is one of the coastal districts of
Orissa. It is bound on the north by Dhenkanal
and Jaipur, on the south by Puri, Khurda and
Nayagarh on the west by Angul and on the
east by Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts.
The main languages spoken in the district are
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growth rate was 19 per cent as compared to
20 per cent of the State. The RCH indicators
considered for the selection of the district
award are found to be better than many other
districts of the State. The proportion of girls
married below 18 years of age is only 11 per
cent and family planning users is 64 per cent
as compared to State average of 36 and 48
respectively. Similarly, other RCH indicators
like complete immunization and safe delivery
are 71 per cent and 47 per cent compared tp 59
and 34 respectively for the State as a whole.
On the whole, the performance of the
district on population and reproductive health
programmes is the best among all the districts
of Orissa. It can be considered as a fore runner
for other districts of the State. On these
considerations, the district of Cuttack has been
awarded the best district Award in Orissa.
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PeR:elltaaeof
Middle
Budget
Proportion
Expectioon
Middle
School
expeadibn
Infant
Total
of Birth
of Life at Birth Adult
School
Continuation onoducation,
Mortality Fertility Order 4 and
MedicalAttention
(Persons),198 Literacy
enrolment Rate,93
health
State
Rate,I992 Rate,l992 Above,92
atDelivery,92
7-91
(Persons),91 Ratio,91
saaitation
Tr.Profat
Institutional Home
Andhra Pradesh 71.00
Assam
82.00
Bihar
73.00
Gujarat
67.00
Haryana
75.00
Himachal Pradesh 67.00
Karnataka
73.00
Kerala
17.00
Madhya Pradesh 104.00
Maharashlra
59.00
Orissa
115.00
Punjab
56.00
Rajaslahan
9000
Tamil Nadu
58.00
Uliar Pradesh
98.00
West Bengal
65.00
2.80
13.20
38.30
23.40
3.40
27.10
18.20
12.20
4.60
33.50
11.80
15.80
3.20
18.80
24.40
33.90
3.80
22.50
20.70
64.30
3.10
14.50
22.10
24.50
2.90
19.50
42.20
23.50
1.70
7.00
91.90
5.20
4.70
26.80
13.10
14.30
2.90
18.90
34.50
15.80
3.10
22.20
10.10
1820
3.10
17.20
7.50
9010
4.50
28.00
5.10
19.50
220
950
56.90
20.20
5.20
33.00
4.70
29.20
2.90
25.60
30.90
10.00
59.90
53.90
56.70
58.80
62.70
63.20
61.70
70.40
53.30
63.00
55.00
66.40
55.80
61.10
54.70
61.20
38.30
49.30
34.30
55.70
48.90
57.10
50.60
88.00
39.70
60.20
45.80
52.60
35.20
56.90
38.10
55.90
55.29
79.72
4780
72.71
65.04
100.00
58.64
100.00
58.52
99.52
55.56
71.64
71.64
94.55
57.76
64.21
71.66
57.90
80.22
79.18
91.04
89.28
70.36
99.67
61.33
80.09
71.40
82.32
69.21
86.30
81.51
72.01
20.40
25.85
24.09
22.26
18.31
31.29
23.83
31.33
22.08
22.95
25.38
19.87
27.54
25.95
21.79
29.09
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Table 2: Inputs for final year (1997/98), Index value for 92 & 97 and Ranking of States
I
I
Percentage
•i
Proportion
ofbudget
Infant Total
Mortality Fertility
Rate, Rale.
ofDinhs
of Order
4 and
abc1Ie,
•
I
MedicII AllnlioDllt
Middle
Adult Sc:OOoI
Literacy Enrolment
(Persons), Ralio.
Middle
Sc:OOoI
Continuation
Rale.
expenditure
oneducation,
health,family
welfareand
l
Index IIda
ToII1
San
(Index Rank
'11+ Ii
State
\\997
\\997
1997
Delllety. 1997
\\997
\\998
1998
nutrition
'11 fl pange CIwlge) States
Institu- Tr. Prof. at
tiona! home
Tamil Nadu
52.6
2
7.6
Kerala
12.2 1.8
4.9
Andhra Pradesh
63.\\ 2.5
8.7
Himachal Pradesh 62.5 2.4 10.5
Karnataka
52.5 2.5 14.6
Assam
76 3.2 28.3
West Bengal
55.2 2.6 17.1
Maharashtra
47.3 2.7 16.1
Gujarat
62.3
3 17.9
Punjab
Haryana
50.9 2.7 15.5
68.2 3.4 21.1
Rajastahan
84.5 4.2 27.4
Madhya Pradesh
94.2
4 25.8
Orissa
96.2
3 21.9
Bihar
71.3 4.4 33.6
Uttar Pradesh
85.5 4.8 37.2
65.2 20.9
97.1
1.9
42.5 . 27.7
24.3 26.4
49.3 25.9
21.2 16.1
36.2 13.9
47.7 20.6
36.5 38.0
12.6 86.\\
24.6 67.9
8.0 26.3
14.5 21.9
13.6 23.7
15.3 19.4
7.7 41.9
65
94
100
29.27
73 67 24 97
91
95
\\00
31.19
86 84 6 92
2
47
65
69
28.23
60 52 30 90
3
72 100
93
26.22
67 63 18 85
4
53
67
73
61
59
28.58
60 53 25 85
5
74
38.45
54 47 30 84
6
69
51
71
31.45
59 54 21 80
7
69
87
80
24.00
64 61 16 80
8
63
66
83
29.06
59 54 21 80
9
60
66
89
24.00
61 57 18 79
10
57
64
89
2673
56 51 22 79
11
49
58
75
37.61
48 42 24 72
\\2
50
62
79
20.16
43 37 26 70
13
47
51
72
25.68
46 44 \\1 57
\\4
44
34
73
33.55
42 40 II 54
\\5
49
38
8\\
25.36
38 36
9 47
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Table 3: Best Performing Districts on Reproductive and
Child Health Program in Larger States of India
State
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Rank •of· State
1
2
Chennai **
Alappuzha **
Andra Pradesh
3
Chittor
Himachal Pradesh
4
Una
Karnataka
Assam
5
Shimoga
6
Jorhat **
West Bengal
Maharashtra
7
Calcutta
I
8
Greater Bombay
Gujrat
9
I
Rajkot
Punjab
10
Roop Nagar
Haryana
11
Panchkula
Rajasthan
12
Jaipur
Madya Pradesh
13
Indore
Orrisa
Bihar
14
Cuttack ***
15
Purbi Singhbhum ***
Uttar Pradesh
16
Dehradun ***
** These districts are given best performing district award on Population and Reproductive Health Programme in the category
of large, medium and small size districts on the basis of population in India.
.
*** These districts given are given best performing district award in three not so good performing states on Population and
Reproductive Health Programme.
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DfIT1UCT
Total
PopuIIIion
(1991)
Table 4: Selectibn of Districts for Second JRDTataAward, 2000
Table 4 (a> : Best Performing
"Oirls
Married
below 18
yom
Birth
Order 3
and
above
Total
unmet
need
Districts on RCH Programme
Percent
current Complete Safe
user ANC
DeIive1Y
in India (On basis of Population Size)
Complete
lmmunisa-
lions
Knowledge
of AIDS
Indexof
offemales Marrisge
Index
of Birth
Order
Indexof
Unmetneed
need
Unweighted
Index
Best Performing District in the Medium Poulation Size Category
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 3841396 5.5
13.9
13.6
62.6 75.3
99.2
98.9
98,9
94
83
83
86,80
Best Performing District in the Medium Poulation Size Category
Alappuzha (Kerala)
2001217 0
8
6,7
74,2 85,1
100
97.3
96
100
90
92
91.78
Best Performing District in the Small Poulation Size Category
Jorhat (Assam)
871206
7,6
20,6
7.4
72
81.9
89.3
94,9
91.9
92
74
91
85,82
Table 4 (b >: Belt Performing District on RCH Programme in not so Good Performing States
Dehradun
1025679 14,2
(Undivided Uttar Pradesh)
49.1
34,4
49,4 35,1
87,9
649
66.6
84
39
57
Purbi Singhbhum
(Undivided Bihar)
1613088 33
40,5
20,1
47,9 43,3
43.9
71.3
45,1
63
49
75
Cuttack (Orissa)
1972739 10,6
41.4
14,3
63,7 31.5
467
70,8
82,6
88
48
82
60.47
54,89
64,24
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