Q4(b). How Rashtriya Jansankhya Kosh (National population Stabilization Fund) will help in achieving a stable population?

“Population stabilisation is essential for sustainable development.”

– National Population Policy, 2000

The Rashtriya Jan-Sankhya Kosh (RJSK), established under the National Population Policy (2000), functions as an autonomous fund to promote population stabilisation by addressing unmet reproductive health needs and improving family planning outcomes.

Funding Innovations for Family Planning

Supports pilot projects, contraceptive access programmes, adolescent health initiatives, and new fertility-related technologies.

Incentive-Based Schemes

Provides financial incentives for:

• Delaying marriage,
• Increasing spacing between children,
• Promoting small family norms,
• Adoption of modern contraceptive methods.

These behavioural changes help achieve the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) target of 2.1.

Addressing High-Fertility Regions

Prioritises districts with high fertility, low education, and limited access to reproductive health. It helps reduce interstate fertility disparities (e.g., between UP–Bihar vs. South India).

Strengthening Reproductive Health Services

Supports:

• ASHA training,
• Mobile medical units,
• Maternal and child health camps.

Improved services, maternal mortality and increase contraceptive acceptance.

Awareness and Advocacy

Funds campaigns promoting:

• Gender equality,
• Delayed marriage age,
• Adolescent reproductive health,
• Birth spacing.

RJSK supplements government efforts, accelerates demographic transition, and aids in achieving stable, sustainable population growth aligned with SDG-3 and SDG-5.