In a bid to promote family planning, the Union Health Ministry plans to organise Saas-Bahu Sammelans in 146 districts where the fertility rate is 3 or more. The national average is 2.1. The meetings, the ministry hopes, will “bridge the gap” in mindset between the two generations and help in population stabilisation. The Sammelans will be part of a new family planning initiative called Mission Parivar Vikas. The initiative will be rolled out in 146 districts across seven high-focus states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam. These states account for 28 per cent of India’s population, 25-30 per cent of maternal deaths and 50 per cent of infant deaths.

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