Yogi Adityanath releases Uttar Pradesh's New Population Policy for 2021-2030

On the occasion of World Population Day, Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of India's most populous state, unveiled the state's new population control policy for 2021-2030.

I am happy to implement state's Population Policy 2021-2030 today: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/oYFvaZQA1W

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Improvement needed on indicators

• "In 2016, the total fertility rate (TFR) was 3.3, and at the national level it was 2.6. Today it is 2.7 in UP and 2.3 at the national level. This means that we need to take additional efforts," he said.
• Likewise, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in 2016 in Uttar Pradesh was 258 and today it has come down to 197. But at the national level it was 178 in 2016 and today it is 113, he said highlighting that the state needs to take better efforts in this direction.
• The (infant mortality rate) IMR in Uttar Pradesh in 2016 was at 53 and today it is 45, at the national level it was 42 and today it is 35. These parameters tell us that we need to pay attention to quality," Adityanath said.

Importance of gap between two children 

The chief minister also virtually inaugurated 11 RT-PCR test labs and launched the Uttar Pradesh Swasthya Kendra app. "Shagun kits" were given to two couples.