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34.

When was Family Planning Program adopted in India ?

A: 1952
B: 1956
C: 1961
D: 1971

The answer is: A

Explanation

India was the first country in the world to have launched a National Programme for Family Planning in 1952.

With its historic initiation in 1952, the Family Planning Programme has undergone transformation in terms of policy and actual programme implementation. There occurred a gradual shift from clinical approach to the reproductive child health approach and further, the National Population Policy (NPP) in 2000 brought a holistic and a target free approach which helped in the reduction of fertility