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Ch6- Population
Ch6-Sub Topic6-Adolescent Population, NPP
Sub-topics Lesson Notes
Adolescent Adolescent Population
Population,
NPP- (Pg. No- • The age-group of 10 to 19 years are considered as Adolescent Population. It
60,61) constitutes one-fifth of the total population of India.
• They are most important future resources for any country. Nutrition requirements
of adolescents are higher than those of a normal child or adult.
• In India, the diet available to adolescents is inadequate in all nutrients. A large
number of adolescent girls suffer from anemia (deficiency of red blood cells or
hemoglobin).
• The awareness can be improved through the spread of literacy and education
among adolescent girls.
National Population Policy
• The Government of India initiated the comprehensive Family Planning
Programme in 1952 for improving individual health and welfare.
• It sought to promote responsible and planned parenthood on a voluntary basis.
• National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 is the peak of years of planned efforts.
What NPP aims at?
→ It provides a policy framework for imparting free and compulsory school
education up to 14 years of age,
→ Reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births
→ Achieving universal immunization of children against all vaccine-preventable
diseases,
→ Promoting delayed marriage for girls
→ Making family welfare a people-centered programme.
NPP 2000 and Adolescents