India has received the Excellence in Leadership in Family Planning(EX...
India became the only country to receive the Excellence in Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards 2022 in the “country category”, at the International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand.
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data, India has achieved great progress
not just in improving access (68%), but also in the adoption of modern contraceptive methods,
encouraging couples to make informed family choices.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -5
According to NFHS-5 data, the overall Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) in India has improved
dramatically from 54% to 67% since NFHS-4.
The percentage of unmet needs for family planning has significantly decreased from 13% to 9%.
Mission Parivar Vikas, one of the flagship programs of the Government of India (GoI), aims to
address unmet family planning needs.
Unmet spacing needs have also dropped to less than 10%.
The total “demand satisfied” for family planning among currently married women aged 15-49 in India
increased from 66% in 2015-16 to 76% in 2019-21, surpassing the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 75 set for 2030.