Sterilization: A Boon or Bane to "Growing" India?

Back in the 70’s, the central government headed by Indira Gandhi practiced a hostile, target-based sterilization program that featured similar incentives for participants, as well as compulsory vasectomies for men with two or more children. In such process, many men and women were tricked or compelled to get the operation by employing dangerous sterilization procedures.

According to Dr. Amarjit Singh, heads of the National Population Stabilization Fund, “It is making progress in getting people to use alternative forms of birth control, like intrauterine devices — a form of birth control that uses an object inserted into the uterus to prevent fertilization — in traditional problem states like Bihar and Orissa, which now have effective and proactive governments.”

The recent Right to Education Acts that encourage girls to educate themselves is one such means to delay childbearing years and also will increase the likelihood to use birth control.

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