Main objects of National Population Policy of 1976 are:
(1) Increase in the age of marriage from 15 to 18 for girls and from 18 to 21 for boys.
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(2) Freezing of the population figures at the 1971 level until the year 2001 for purposes of representation in the National Parliament as well as of allocation of Central assistance, devolution of taxes, etc. to the States.
(3) Linking of a part of Central assistance to the States for their development with ‘heir performance in the family.
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(4) Greater attention to girls education.
(5) Proper place for population education in the total system of education.
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(6) Involvement of all Ministries/Departments of the Government in the Family Planning Programme.
(7) Increase in monetary compensation for sterilisation.
(8) Institution of group wards as incentives for various organisations and bodies representing the people at local levels, including Zila Parishads and Panchayat Samities.
(9) Intimate association of voluntary organisations particularly those representing woman, with implementation of the programme.
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(10) Greater attention to research in this field.
(11) Greater use of motivational media, particularly in rural areas, for increasing acceptance of family planning.
The National Population Policy met with a great success.
All sectors of society welcomed it. States implemented it in right earnest Government departments involved themselves in this programme. Thus a climate in favour of the family planning was created.
Now women were encouraged to claim that they too had their say in planning the birth of their children- People realised the usefulness of small planned families.