(To be published in the Gazette of India, Part I, Section I)
No. A- 43011/17/2000-Adm.I
Government of India
Planning Commission
Yojana
Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi, 11th May, 2000
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RESOLUTION
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India was the first country to recognise that population stabilisation is an essential prerequisite for sustainable development and formulated a National Family Planning Programme in 1952. During the next two decades, the country will have to face the challenge and utilise the opportunity provided by the current phase of demographic transition to rapidly achieve both population stabalisation and sustainable achievement in human development. There is an urgent need for planners, programme implementors and the people themselves to expedite this process by focusing on promoting synergy between demographic, educational, environmental and developmental programmes in order to achieve this goal. To provide overall guidance to this national effort, the Government of India has decided to constitute a NATIONAL COMMISSION ON POPULATION, as under, with immediate effect :-
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Members
| Union Minister incharge of Education | |
| Union Minister incharge of Environment and Forests | |
| Union Minister incharge of Finance | |
| Union Minister incharge of Health and Family Welfare | |
| Union Minister incharge of Information and Broadcasting | |
| Union Minister incharge of Rural Development | |
| Union Minister incharge of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
| Union Minister incharge of Urban Development | |
| Union Minister incharge of Women and Child Development | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha | |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha | |
| Chief Ministers of All States/Union Territories | |
| Dr.(Smt-) Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha | |
| Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (Shri Kusha Bhau Thakre) | |
| Leader of Communist Party of India (Shri A.B. Bardhan) | |
| Leader of Indian National Congress (Smt. Sonia Gandhi, M.P.) | |
| Leader of Nationalist Congress Party (Shri Sharad Pawar, M.P.) | |
| Leader of Janata Dal (United) (Shri Sharad Yadav, M.P.) | |
| Mrs. Margaret Alva, Member of Parliament | |
| Shri Pumo Sangma, Member of Parliament | |
| Smt. Shabana Azmi, Member of Parliament | |
| Shri Vinod Khanna, Member of Parliament | |
| President, Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India | |
| President, Confederation of Indian Industries | |
| President, Editors Guild of India | |
| President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | |
| President, Federation of Obst. & Gyna. Society of India, FOGSI | |
| President, Indian Medical Association | |
| President, Indian Newspapers Society | |
| President, Indian Nursing Council | |
| Representative, Jain T.V. (Dr. J.K. Jain) | |
| President, Medical Council of India | |
| Representative, STAR T.V. (Shri Prannoy Roy) | |
| Representative, SUN T.V. | |
| Representative, ZEE T.V. (Shri Subhash Chandra) | |
| Professor Abad Ahmed | |
| Mr. Abhay Bang, SEARCH, Gadchiroli | |
| Shri A.C. Muthiah | |
| Shri Alok Mukhopadhyay, Chairman, VHAI | |
| Shri Alyque Padamsee | |
| Dr. A. Vaidyanathan, Madras Institute of Development Studies | |
| Shri Aveek Sarkar, Telegraph | |
| Dr. Banoo Coyaji, Director, KEM Hospital, Rastapet | |
| Shri Barun Sengupta, Bartman | |
| Dr. Darshan Shankar (ISM), President, Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions. | |
| Dr. E.K. Iqbal, KSSP | |
| Smt. Ela Bhatt, SEWA, Ahmedabad | |
| Smt. Imrana Qadir, Professor, Population Studies, JNU, New Delhi | |
| Ms. Jay a Jaitley | |
| Ms. Jayanti Natarajan | |
| Shri K. Gopalakrishna, President, JANANI | |
| Dr. K. Srinivasan, President, Indian Association for Study of Population | |
| Dr. Mahip Singh | |
| Shri Mammen Mathew, Malayalam Manorama | |
| Professor Mohd. Amin, Ex. V.C., Jamia Hamdard | |
| Ms. Mohsina Kidwai | |
| Shri Narayana Murthy | |
| Shri Narendra Mohan, Dainik Jagaran | |
| Dr. Neena Puri, President, FPIA | |
| Mrs. Neidonud Angami, President, Naga Mothers' Association | |
| Shri N. Ravi, The Hindu | |
| Dr. N.S. Deodhar, Pune | |
| Ms. Padma Sachdeva | |
| Shri Prabhash Joshi, Jansatta | |
| Dr. Pravin Visaria, Director, IEG, Delhi | |
| Shri Qari M.M. Majari, Urdu, Secular Qayadat | |
| Ms. Quatarlain Haider | |
| Ms. Ragni Ben Banwari, Seva Ashram, UP | |
| Dr. Rajnikant Arole, Jamkhed Project, Ahmednagar | |
| Ms. Rami Chhabra | |
| Shri Ramoji Rao, ENNADU | |
| Ms. Rani Bang, SEARCH, Gadchiroli. | |
| Shri Ratan Tata | |
| Shri R. Srinivasan, Ex. Health Secretary | |
| Dr. Saroj Pachauri, Regional Dir., South and South East Asia Population Council | |
| Ms. Sharmila Tagore | |
| Ms. Sheema Rizvi, MLC, UP | |
| Dr. Sudarshan (Right Livelihood Awardee), Mysore | |
| Prof. Sundar Lal, Rohtak Medical College, Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine | |
| Dr. Susheela Nayyar, Gandhi Medical College, Wardha | |
| Prof. Swapna Mukhopadhyay, IEG, Institute of Social Studies Trust | |
| Smt. Thelma Narayan, International Health Network of WHO Dr. Trilochan Singh | |
| Shri P.N. Tripathi, AVARD | |
| Dr. V.H. Pai Panandhikar, Centre for Policy Research | |
Member-Secretary
2. In addition to the above composition, the following shall be Permanent Invitees to the Commission:-
Principal Secretary
to the Prime Minister
Cabinet Secretary
Secretary to the Prime Minister
Secretary, Department of
Elementary Education
Secretary, Department of
Family Welfare
Secretary, Finance
Secretary, Department of
Health
Secretary, Department of
Higher and Technical Education
Secretary/ Member-Secretary,
Planning Commission
Secretary, Department of
Social Justice and Empowerment
Secretary, Department of
Women and Child Development
Joint Secretary to the Prime
Minister (Incharge of Health and Family Welfare)
3. The terms of reference of the Commission shall be as under :-
(i) To review, monitor and give directions for the implementation of the National Population Policy with a view to meeting the goals set out in the Policy.
(ii) To promote synergy between demographic, educational, environmental and developmental programmes so as to hasten population stabilization.
(iii) To promote inter-sectoral coordination in planning and implementation across government agencies of the Central and State Governments, to involve the civil society and the private sector and to explore the possibilities of international cooperation in support of the goals set out in the Policy.
(iv) To facilitate the development of a vigorous people's movement in support of this national effort.
4. If necessary, the Commission may associate any Expert Body or person in pursuance of its objectives. The Commission shall normally meet twice every year or as often as may be considered necessary. The Commission may constitute Working Groups/Task Forces to plan and strategise initiatives necessary to implement the Population Policy.
5. The Secretariat to the Commission shall be located in the Planning Commission.
6. In the matters relating to the grant ofTA/DA to the Non-Official Members of the Commission for attending meetings etc. of the Commission or its subgroups, the expenditure will be borne by the Planning Commission and the necessary payment shall be made by it as per the rules governing grant of TA/DA to Non-Official Members. In the case of Official Members of the Commission, they will draw TA/DA from their respective Offices.
(N.C. Saxena)
Secretary to the Govt. of India
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ORDER
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ORDERED that a copy of the resolution be communicated
to :
1. All
the Members of the Commission
2. Chief Secretaries
of All States/Union Territories
3. Secretaries
of All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India
4. Secretary to
the President
5. Secretary to
the Prime Minister
6. Cabinet Secretary
7. Governor, Reserve
Bank of India
8. All Embassies/
High Commissions of India Abroad (Through Ministry of External Affairs)
ORDERED also that the resolution be published in the Gazette of India for general information.
(N.C. Saxena)
Secretary to the Govt. of India
The General Manager
Government of India Press
Faridabad.