Match List I with List II
| LIST-I (Programme/Regulations) | LIST-II (Year of adoption) | ||
| A. | National Health Policy | I. | 2000 |
| B. | Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique | II. | 2017 |
| C. | National Population Policy | III. | 1952 |
| D. | National Family Planning Programme | IV. | 1996 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
(A) National Health Policy — this matches (II) 2017. In 2017 the Government of India came out with the National Health Policy 2017, which took in most of the socio-demographic goals with new targets.
(B) Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique — this matches (IV) 1996. The Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, which bans the use of ultrasound to choose the sex of a child, has been in force since 1996 and was further strengthened in 2003.
(C) National Population Policy — this matches (I) 2000. A new set of guidelines was formulated as part of the National Population Policy of the year 2000.
(D) National Family Planning Programme — this matches (III) 1952. India was perhaps the first country to announce a population policy, in 1952, and the policy took the concrete form of the National Family Planning Programme.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.7 Population Policy in India … It is hardly surprising therefore that India has had an official population policy for more than a half century. In fact, India was perhaps the first country to explicitly announce such a policy in 1952. The population policy took the concrete form of the National Family Planning Programme.…” “…The National Family Planning Programme was renamed as the National Family Welfare Programme after the Emergency, and coercive methods were no longer used. The programme now has a broad-based set of socio-demographic objectives. A new set of guidelines were formulated as part of the National Population Policy of the year 2000. In 2017, Government of India came out with National Health Policy 2017 in which most of these socio–demographic goals were incorporated with new targets (Box 2.5). Read these policy goals and discuss their implications in the class.…” “2.4 The Declining Sex-ratio in India … Sometimes economically prosperous families decide to have fewer children – often only one or two now – they may also wish to choose the sex of their child. This becomes possible with the availablity of ultra-sound technology, although the government has passed strict laws banning this practice and imposing heavy fines and imprisonment as punishment. Known as the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, this law has been in force since 1996, and has been further strengthened in 2003.…” |