Speaking at the launch of the Draft Population Policy 2021-30 on the occasion of World Population Day, Yogi He said that the new policy, which covers various aspects of an individual from birth to old age, takes into account each community.
“High population is associated with poverty, so the issue needs awareness among the target people,” he said, adding that the issue was also related to the Sustainable Development Goals. United Nations by 2030.
“Uttar Pradesh, which is the most populous state in India, has to take steps,” he said. The policy aims to bring down the fertility rate to 2.1 by 2026 and to 1.9 by 2030.
The Chief Minister, who launched the Population Stability Pakhwada program starting on Sunday, said that there should be enough gap between two children for population control.
He said that the objective of the policy is not only to stabilize the population but also to bring prosperity in the lives of the people.
The state also needs to take steps to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Maternal mortality rate (MMR) We shall ensure that the population control measures do not adversely affect any community. We need to take every community along. The health of the mother and the child should also be kept in mind,” he said.
Yogi underlined the need to take steps to bring people closer to the schemes launched by the Centre, which aim to benefit different communities.
Stating that the issue of population control was not only related to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, the CM emphasized on inter-departmental coordination for better results.
“Departments like women and child welfare and education will have to make concerted efforts to control the population. It was the inter-departmental coordination that helped the state government to control not only the deadly Japanese encephalitis but also the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.
During this, the Chief Minister also inaugurated 11 laboratories. RT-PCR test. He said that the state government has made a huge jump in the coronavirus testing capacity from zero to four lakh per day within the last 16 months.
Now, the state has RT-PCR testing laboratories in 40 districts. The tests are being conducted in medical colleges in other districts.
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