ABSTRACT
The family planning movement can be said to have emerged on a national scale in the II Five Year Plan. In regard to training and education, training centres run by the Ministry of Health have been established at Bombay, Ramanagaram and Delhi. A pilot training team has been formed by the Family Planning Association of India with financial assistance from the Government of India. Instruction in regard to family planning methods has been incorporated at the instance of the Medical Council of India and the Indian Nursing Council in the curriculum of the courses of training/of doctors and nurses. A central Family Planning Board consisting of eminent social workers and leaders of public opinion has been set up with a subsidiary Standing Committee. Family planning advice and assistance should be available not only through the family planning clinics but should be an essential part of the activity of all health agencies.
