Family Planning Programme was started in the territory during the year 1965-66. It remained fully voluntary and the main effort was to provide services like sterilization, IUD insertion, distribution of contraceptives, MTP, immunization, antenatal, intranatal, postnatal services and prevention of nutritional anaemia. It was felt that health of women in the reproductive age group and children between the age group of 0-5 years is of crucial important for effective tackling of the population growth which led to the change in approach from Family Planning to Family Welfare. The prime objective of the programme is to stabilize the population at a level consistence with the needs of the National Development.
(Source: Directorate of Health Services)