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  • Feb 03, 2024
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HIGH-POWER COMMITTEE ON RAPID POPULATION GROWTH

Why in the News?

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the establishment of a high-power committee during her interim Budget speech.
  • This committee’s primary focus will be to examine the challenges stemming from rapid population growth and demographic shifts.
Source: ORF

About the Committee:

  • Committee Aims:
  • Aims to offer comprehensive solutions for addressing challenges effectively.
  • Raised alongside worries about postponed Census, casting doubt on population growth data reliability.
  • Reasons: SRS and NFHS reports reveal diverse trends, some states exhibiting fertility rates surpassing replacement levels
About

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

·   The NFHS is a comprehensive survey conducted nationwide, involves multiple rounds and sampled households across India.

·   Overseen by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai serves as the coordinating agency, partnering with various Field Organizations for survey execution.

Sample Registration System (SRS)

·   The Sample Registration System (SRS) offers annual demographic estimates like infant mortality rate, birth rate, and death rate at national and sub-national levels.

·   Launched as a pilot project by the Registrar General of India in 1964-65, it expanded nationwide by 1969-70.

·   It involves continuous tracking of births and deaths by part-time enumerators and biannual retrospective surveys by SRS supervisors.