Which of the following statement/s is/are correct in relation to India's National Population Policy, 2000 ?
A. Stabilizing the population of the country by 2050 with maximum two children norm.
B. Univ

Question

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct in relation to India's National Population Policy, 2000 ?
A. Stabilizing the population of the country by 2050 with maximum two children norm.
B. Universal immunization.
C. Reduction of infant mortality rate below 30% per thousand.

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Correct — option (4), only statement B. The National Population Policy (NPP), 2000 set out three tiers of objectives: an immediate objective to meet unmet needs for contraception and healthcare infrastructure, a medium-term objective to bring the total fertility rate to replacement level by 2010, and a long-term objective to achieve a stable population by 2045, consistent with sustainable economic growth and environmental protection. Universal immunisation of children against vaccine-preventable diseases is one of NPP 2000's explicitly stated socio-demographic goals, so statement B is a straightforward, correct description of the policy. Statement A is wrong on its stated date: NPP 2000's long-term population-stabilisation target year is 2045, not 2050, so a statement that names 2050 does not match the policy as adopted, regardless of whether a 'maximum two children' norm is part of the same conversation around population stabilisation. Statement C, as printed, claims a reduction in infant mortality rate to 'below 30% per thousand' — and that specific phrasing does not match NPP 2000's actual goal. The policy's genuine target is an IMR below 30 per 1,000 live births, a rate already expressed in per-thousand terms; adding a percentage on top of a per-thousand figure describes a different, far smaller number than the policy actually targets, so the statement as worded is not an accurate restatement of the NPP 2000 goal. With A misdated and C misstated, only B survives scrutiny, making option (4) the correct choice.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This includes B, which is genuinely correct, but also both A and C, which do not survive a precise check. Statement A gives 2050 as NPP 2000's population-stabilisation target year, when the policy's actual long-term goal is a stable population by 2045. Statement C's phrasing, an infant mortality rate 'below 30% per thousand', does not match the policy's actual goal of an IMR below 30 per 1,000 live births — the stated wording describes a different figure. A combination that accepts all three statements accepts two that do not match the policy as written.  (b) This combination drops B, the one statement that is genuinely and cleanly correct — universal immunisation of children is explicitly among NPP 2000's stated goals — while keeping A and C, neither of which matches the policy precisely. Statement A's target year of 2050 does not match NPP 2000's actual 2045 stabilisation goal, and statement C's 'below 30% per thousand' phrasing does not match the policy's actual IMR target of below 30 per 1,000. This pairing gets the correct/incorrect assessment backwards on all three statements.  (c) Statement A names 2050 as NPP 2000's population-stabilisation target year, but the policy's actual long-term objective is to achieve a stable population by 2045 — a different date. Since the statement does not match the policy as adopted, and the genuinely correct statement in this question is B (universal immunisation), selecting 'only A' both keeps a mismatched statement and excludes the one that is actually accurate.

Concept: The National Population Policy, 2000, adopted by the Government of India, set out a three-tier set of objectives for population stabilisation. Its immediate objective was to address the unmet needs for contraception, healthcare infrastructure and health personnel, and to provide integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child healthcare. Its medium-term objective was to bring the total fertility rate down to replacement level (2.1) by 2010. Its long-term objective was to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development and environmental protection. Alongside these, the policy laid out specific socio-demographic goals to be reached, including universal immunisation of children against vaccine-preventable diseases, reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1,000 live births, reducing maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100,000 live births, and achieving universal access to information and services for family planning.

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