Family Welfare Programmes in India

Abstract

The Family welfare programmes of the country are funded by the Central Government under 100 % centrally sponsored scheme. The schemes which are so funded by the Union Government include the (a) Family Planning Cell at the State Secretariat, (b) State Family Welfare Bureau, (c) District Family Welfare Bureau, (d) Regional Family Planning Training Centres, (e) Establishment and Maintenance of Rural Family Planning Sub-centres, (f) Establishment and Maintenance of Urban Family Planning, (g) Establishment and Maintenance of Sterilisation Beds. The state governments implement the related Centrally Sponsored Schemes based on its yearly allocation. Normally, no component of state fund is included on these programmes, though there is no bar for any state to have its own budgeted schemes, beyond the central allocation, on these areas or to any incidental areas thereto. In a way, the schemes, as mentioned above, are the core schemes for the family planning in India and has been in place for the last few decades. In addition to the above initiatives, the central government takes the responsibility of all issues connected with contraceptive management of the country under the national family planning programme. The Rural Health Mission and Urban Health Mission have now become the focal points for family welfare intervention programmes in India.