India's Family Planning Programs — NEET Biology
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India was amongst the first countries in the world to initiate action plans and programmes at a national level to attain total reproductive health as a social goal. These programmes called 'family planning' were initiated in 1951 and were periodically assessed over the past decades. Improved programmes covering wider
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Q7. Identify the incorrect pair:
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Correct answer: B — RCH – Launched in 1971
Family planning was initiated in 1951; RCH is the updated version.
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India was amongst the first countries in the world to initiate action plans and programmes at a national level to attain total reproductive health as a social goal. These programmes called 'family planning' were initiated in 1951 and were periodically assessed over the past decades.
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Reproductive Health, Class 12 NCERT Biology.
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