FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMME

Tamil Nadu is the forerunner in the implementation of Family Welfare Programme all over the country. Family Welfare Programme is implemented as a peoples programme involving the active co-operation and participation of the community at large. The main aim of the programme is to bring down the fertility through improving maternal and child health care by bringing down Maternal and Infant Mortality Rate in the State. Under community needs Assessment Approach followed now the needs of the community have to be assessed based on the requirements of the people in the implementation of Family Welfare and Maternity Child Health Programmes.

Demographic Scenario:

??????????? The Demographic Scenario of Tamil Nadu compared with India is as follows

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INDICATORS

CURRENT LEVEL

TAMIL NADU

INDIA

1.

Population

6,24,05,679

102,70,15,247

2.

Decennial Growth Rate (%)

11.72

21.35

3.

Sex Ratio (female per 1000 males)

987

933

4.

Density of population (per sq. K.M.)

480

324

5.

Percentage of Urban population

44.04

27.78

6.

Literacy Rate (%)

Male

82.33

75.85

Female

64.55

54.16

Source: 2001 Census

7.

Crude Birth Rate (per 1000 population)

18.5

25.0

8.

Crude Death Rate (per 1000 population)

7.7

8.1

9.

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)

44

64

10.

Natural Growth Rate (%)

1.08

1.69

Source: SRS 2002

The Infrastructure facilities under Family Welfare programme:-

The Family Welfare and Maternity & Child Health Services are provided to the Eligible couples in the state, both rural and urban areas, through the following Governmental, Voluntary and Private Medical Institutions.

1

Primary Health Centres

1413

2

Health Sub-centres

8682

3

Rural Family Welfare Centres

382

4

Post Partum Centres

118

5

Urban Family Welfare Centres

101

6

Urban Health Posts

198

7

Voluntary Organisations

27

8

Private Approved Surgeries

1308

The Directorate of Family Welfare is incharge of implementing the Family welfare Programme in this State. At the District level, the Deputy Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and Family welfare is implementing the Family welfare Programme with the co-ordination of Deputy Director of Health Services in the overall supervision of Joint Director of Health Services.

Impact of Family Welfare Programme:

1.

Couple Protection Rate (as on 31st March 2003)

50.3 %

2.

Sterilisation acceptors with two and less than two living children 2003-2004

67.8 %

3.

Percentage of Higher Order Births (2002)

20.2 %

4.

Mean age at acceptance of sterilisation (2002-03)

26.9 Years

5.

Mean number of living children to the sterilisation acceptors (2002-03)

2.5

Physical performance:-

The district wise Performance on Family Welfare in Tamil Nadu for 2003-2004 is furnished below.

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ACHIEVEMENT UNDER FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMME FOR 2003-2004

SI.No.

District

Sterilisation

I.U.D.

O.P.Users

C.C.Users

1

Chennai

54402

55379

15477

32667

2

Coimbatore

26218

23147

9386

13598

3

Cuddalore

17096

18290

9250

11408

4

Dharmapuri

20489

15753

8333

8037

5

Dindigul

15380

14786

6275

6064

6

Erode

17583

15696

6541

9300

7

Kancheepuram

15879

13138

4714

5154

8

Kanyakumari

10437

11273

5258

5263

9

Karur

4775

7350

2947

2425

10

Madurai

20255

19942

8276

10112

11

Nagapattinam

6745

11912

4065

4336

12

Namakkal

9286

11777

4272

6590

13

Perambalur

6252

6817

2843

2633

14

Pudukkottai

8311

12740

5009

5550

15

Ramanathapuram

7607

8692

5404

5573

16

Salem

23455

19051

5341

7569

17

Sivagangai

7550

7247

4081

4858

18

Thanjavur

14289

18254

7838

7251

19

The Nilgiris

4750

4525

1194

1608

20

Theni

8566

7131

2598

2598

21

Thiruchirapalli

12088

14492

4130

3375

22

Thirunelveli

18409

19569

7708

9341

23

Thiruvallur

12096

11661

4806

5809

24

Thiruvannamalai

16044

15938

5737

6185

25

Thiruvarur

6955

10063

4444

4351

26

Thoothukudi

10932

10732

5128

3849

27

Vellore

24739

18768

7847

8618

28

Villupuram

16742

21227

7571

10621

29

Virudhunagar

12120

12223

5343

6896

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Total

429450

437573

171813

211636

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PERFORMANCE UNDER MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

S.No.

Name of the District?

2003 - 2004

No. of Institutions

Performance

1

Chennai

94

13395

2

Coimbatore

49

? 2969

3

Cuddalore

33

? 3815

4

Dharmapuri

44

? 2590

5

Dindigul

34

? 3882

6

Erode

54

? 1661

7

Kancheepuram

78

? 2093

8

Kanyakumari

37

? 1542

9

Karur

19

? 1308

10

Madurai

66

? 3912

11

Nagapattinam

18

?? 167

12

Namakkal

19

?2609

13

Perambalur

? 5

?? 418

14

Pudukkottai

37

?1049

15

Ramanathapuram

33

?? 731

16

Salem

25

?6910

17

Sivagangai

45

? 763

18

Thanjavur

19

?2493

19

The Nilgiris

9

? 684

20

Theni

18

? 893

21

Thiruchirappalli

37

?2706

22

Thirunelveli

77

?3977

23

Thiruvallur

52

?1375

24

Thiruvannamalai

22

?1262

25

Thiruvarur

18

?? 856

26

Thoothukudi

27

? 1122

27

Vellore

46

? 3046

28

Villupuram

23

? 1945

29

Virudhunagar

55

??? 858

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Total

1093

?71031

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Information, Education and Communication:

??????????? Govt. of India has released a sum of Rupees206.16 lakhs for implementation of IEC/BCC (Behaviour Change Communication) activities in Tamil Nadu for the year
2003-2004.? Based on the allocation of funds by the Govt. of India it has been decided to spend/proposed to be spend as follows:

Activities

Rs. in Lakhs

1. District Level activities

94.70

2. State Level activities

111.46

??????????? Under District level activities the amount is apportioned for Maintaining MSS and other IEC activities, Observance of World Population Day in all the Districts, Local BCC in Rural and Urban areas.? Following is the action Plan for State Level IEC.

S.No.

Details of activities

Allotted amounts in Lakhs (Rupees)

1.

For dissemination of FW & RCH Messages through Prasar Bharathi, Private

40.00

2.

For settlement of pending bills for the dissemination of FW & RCH messages during the period from March03 to October03

20.00

3.

For capacity building on BCC activities through Regional family Welfare Training centres

10.00

4.

For participating in Exhibitions at State & District levels

?5.00

5.

For organising Workshops, Seminars and Conferences etc. at State & Dist. Levels

?5.00

6.

For having observed World Population day on 11.7.03

? 2.46

7.

For dissemination of Family Welfare & RCH Messages through traditional Media like drama, Folk songs etc.

10.00

8.

For creation of Proto type danglers table top calendars conversion of VHS into CD and Purchase of VCD/Players printed materials etc.

11.00

9.

For Evaluation of IEC activities

?3.00

10.

Miscellaneous

?5.00

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Total

???? 111.46

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FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMME - OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (Rs. In thousands)

Sl.No

Details

Actual

2002-2003

Budget Estimate 2003-2004

Revised Estimate
2003-2004

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STATE PLAN

?

?

?

01

Salaries

267725

16

81528

03

D.A

115690

2

38586

04

Travel Expenses

8900

4

402

05

Office Expenses

1963

4

558

06

Rent Rates&Taxes

-

-

-

08

Advertising

-

-

-

09

Grants-in Aid

95239

92239

92239

10

Insurance Premium

-

-

6300

17

Minor works

50

-

0

19

Machinery and Equipments

119

2501

2501

21

Maintenance of functional vehicles

679

2

220

33

Payments for Professional and Special Services

-

-

4

42

Service Commitment Charges

2940

-

-

45

Petrol oil & Lubricants

3723

2

1446

46

Clothing,Tentage & Stores

365

2

136

49

Festival Advances

-

2

860

51

Compensation

-

-

44

59

Prizes and Awards

5

2

5

66

Medicines

6125

6125

6125

72

Training

101

-

-

76

Purchase

-

-

-

77

Deduct Recoveries

-

-2

-860

?

Total

503624

100899

230094

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FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMME - OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION

(Rs. In thousands)

Sl.No

Details

Actual 2002-2003

Budget Estimate 2003-2004

Revised Estimate
2003-2004

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CENTRALLY SPONSORED

?

?

?

01

Salaries

48879

72590

53811

03

D.A

20734

40653

24835

04

Travel Expenses

2174

2314

2316

05

Office Expenses

2565

2943

3095

06

Rent Rates&Taxes

471

560

560

08

Advertising

7433

1

20829

09

Grants-in-aid

111264

138300

138300

10

Contribution

3755

4500

4500

19

Machinery and Equipments

0

0

0

21

Maintenance of functional vehicles

215

330

330

24

Materials & Supplies

55115

50000

50000

33

Payments for Professional and Special Services

154

35

35

42

Service or Commitment Charges

885

2

26

45

Petrol oil & Lubricants

2419

2677

2846

46

Clothing, Tentage & Stores

330

145

142

49

Festival Advances

0

682

679

51

Compensation

86313

124154

124230

59

Prizes and Awards

3

27

27

66

Medicines

45981

132678

97126

67

Diet charges

0

0

0

72

Training

0

0

0

73

Transport charges

0

0

0

77

Deduct Recoveries

0

-682

-679

?

Total

388690

571909

523008

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