Population Stabilization Fund (Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh-JSK)

The Population Stabilization Fund was set up in 2005 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with an aim to achieve population stabilization.

Structure

• JSK has been set up as an autonomous body registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• All State governments are members of JSK. The Union Health Minister is the chairperson of the General Body. Secretaries of the ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Rural Development, Planning Commission are also the members of the General Body of JSK.
• The General Body is also represented by experts in population studies and allied sectors, demographers, representatives of Industry & Trade, medical associations, banks, NGOs, general citizens etc.
• The Governing Board is the principle policy forming body of JSK. It will comprise not more than 15 members including the Chairperson and Member-Secretary. Out of 15, 10 members of the Board will be elected by the members of the General Body from amongst the members of the General Body for a period of two years.
• The Governing Board is chaired by the Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) along with secretaries of Key sectors of the Government of India along with representatives of CII, FICCI and NGOs.
• The governing board is responsible for approving various projects and programmes.

Funding

• JSK was set up with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. Subsequently, JSK was mandated to utilize the interest obtained on the corpus fund to carry on its activities.
• Annual report and accounts of JSK are tabled in Parliament. Similarly, the accounts of JSK can be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
• JSK’s funds consist of:
  • Grants secured from the union government or any member of the JSK,
  • Grants obtained from societies and foundations, and
  • Donations received from individuals or bodies etc.

Aims & Objectives

The following are the aims and objectives of JSK:

• To carry out activities that are aimed at achieving population stabilization by 2045 at levels consistent with the needs of sustainable economic growth, social development and environment protection.
• To promote schemes and projects to meet the so far unmet needs with respect to contraception and reproductive & child health care.
• To support innovative ideas with an aim to achieve the objectives mentioned in the National Population Policy, 2000.
• To promote the development of vigorous peoples movement which will support the cause of population stabilization.
• To offer a window to channelize contributions from individuals and trade organizations both within and outside the country to further the cause of population stabilization.

Santushti  & Prerna Strategies under JSK

Santushti  Strategy

Santushti is a strategy of Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) for the highly populated states of India viz Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Odisha.  Under this strategy, Jansankhya SthirataKosh, invites private sector gynaecologists and vasectomy surgeons to conduct sterilization operations in Public Private Partnership mode. According to this Scheme,   an accredited private Nursing Home/ Hospital can sign a tripartite MOU between the State Health Society as 1st party, accredited private health facility as 2nd party and JSK as the third party .Upon signing the MOU the private hospitals/nursing homes shall be entitled to incentive by JSK whenever it conducts 10 or more Tubectomy/Vasectomy cases in a month. The accreditation is done by the district and approved by the State Health Society.

 Prerna Strategy

In order to help push up the age of marriage of girls and space the birth of children in the interest of health of young mothers and infants, Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (National Population Stabilization Fund) has launched PRERNA, a Responsible Parenthood Strategy in seven focus states viz. Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Rajasthan. The strategy recognizes and awards couples who have broken the stereotype of early marriage, early childbirth and repeated child birth and have helped change the mindsets of the community.