National Population Commission (राष्ट्रीय जनसंख्या आयोग) is a commission of the
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
n government.
It was established in 11 May 2000. It is chaired by the
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
with the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission (now
NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog (; abbreviation for National Institution for Transforming India) serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative ...
) as vice chairman. Chief ministers of all states, ministers of the related central ministries, secretaries of the concerned departments, eminent physicians, demographers and the representatives of the civil society are members of the commission.
But presently this Commission is functioning under Ministry of Health.
Mandate
The commission has the mandate
*to review, monitor and give direction for implementation of the National Population Policy with the view to achieve the goals set in the Population Policy
*promote synergy between health, educational environmental and developmental programmes so as to hasten population stabilization
*promote inter sectoral coordination in planning and implementation of the programmes through different sectors and agencies in center and the states
*develop a vigorous peoples programme to support this national effort.
See also
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Demographics of India
India is the second most populated country in the world with a sixth of the world's population. According to official estimates, India's population stood at 1.38 billion.
Between 1975 and 2010, the population doubled to 1.2 billio ...
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Politics of India
Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic secular republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is t ...
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Human overpopulation
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, cultu ...
Notes and references
External links
Population Commission site
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Government agencies of India
Population concern organizations
Population organizations
Censuses in India
2000 establishments in India
Government agencies established in 2000