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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
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