India’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) can rise an additional 13% by 2031 if family planning policies are actively prioritised, according to a new study. This can also prevent 2.9 million infant deaths and 1.2 million maternal deaths and save households Rs 77,600 crore (20%) of out-of-pocket health expenditure on childbirth and child hospitalisation, it added. Currently, family planning gets barely 4% of India’s National Health Mission allocations and this share has been stagnant for several years. ‘Cost of Inaction in Family Planning in India: An Analysis of Health and Economic Implications’ a study by Population Foundation of India, assessed the cost benefit analysis of family planning interventions at the national level and in four populous states--Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These together make for 37% of the country’s population.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/cost-inaction-family-planning-india-analysis-health-and-economic-implications
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Cost of Inaction in family planning in India.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/population-foundation-india
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/family-planning
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cost-benefit-analysis
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gdp
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india