To reduce total fertility rate from
4.3 in 1997 to 2.6 in 2011 and further to replacement
level fertility of 2.1 in 2016 with the following specific
objectives:
Increase use of modern
contraceptive methods from 22 percent in 1998-99
to 46 percent in 2011 and to 52 percent in 2016
by improving the demand, quality and access dimensions
of the family planning programme
Substantially reduce
unmet need for both spacing and terminal method
use from 56 percent in 1998-99 to 20 percent in
2011 and to 10 percent in 2016
Increase the average
age of the mother at the birth of her first child
from the current 18 years to 20 years by 2011 and
to 21 years by 2016 by promoting spacing method
use among newly married couples
Encourage all couples
with unmet need to use terminal or spacing methods
based on their choice, and to substantially reduce
the current unmet need, increase the number of new
users of sterilization services to at least 10 lakh
couples and provide spacing services to 30 lakh
couples per year by the year 2005
Develop region-specific
strategies and service delivery systems for each
of the five regions of UP
