India's Family Planning Programme - Visaria, Leela; Ved, Rajani R
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The volume closely examines the changes, pressures and shifts in India's family planning programme since its inception in 1952. It outlines the massive increase in India's population from 361 million in 1951 to 1.21 billion in 2011. The book underlines that the goal of population stabilization cannot be achieved at the cost of the rights of people.

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The volume closely examines the changes, pressures and shifts in India's family planning programme since its inception in 1952. It outlines the massive increase in India's population from 361 million in 1951 to 1.21 billion in 2011. The book underlines that the goal of population stabilization cannot be achieved at the cost of the rights of people.
Autorenporträt
Leela Visaria is Honorary Professor and former Director, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University. Her research is in historical demography, health, family planning, education and demographic transition. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and has co-authored and/or edited six books including Twenty-first Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development and the Environment (2004) and Abortion in India: Ground Realities (2007). She was the first President-elect of the Asian Population Association (2009-10). Rajani R. Ved is currently Advisor, National Health Systems Resource Center, New Delhi, India. She has a medical degree from Madras Medical College and a Master's degree in Public Health from Harvard University. Her work focuses on primary health care and women and children's health. Her research experience and writing deal with implementation issues within health systems.