Choose the incorrect statement in the context of The Family Planning Programme in India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is option 4: All of the above
Option 1: The Family Planning Programme suffered a setback during the years of the National Emergency (1977–78) — Incorrect. The setback occurred during the Emergency period of 1975–76, not 1977–78.
Option 2: Medical procedures like vasectomy (for women) and tubectomy (for men) which prevent conception and childbirth were used forcefully for mass sterilisation. — Incorrect. The procedures have been reversed. Vasectomy is for men and tubectomy is for women.
Option 3: The National Family Planning Programme was renamed as the National Social Welfare Programme after the Emergency. — Incorrect. It was renamed the National Family Welfare Programme, not the National Social Welfare Programme.