Give an account of the need of family planning and its methods in India.
Or
How can increase in population be controlled? Describe in brief various scientific methods of family planning.
Or
What are the various methods of birth control ?
Answers
★ Solution :-
Clearly, these questions are interrelated to each other. So in order to understand them, the answer should be satisfying all these questions.
Let's do it !!
The required answer is as follows ::
• Needs of Family Planning in India :-
Resources in India are limited along with the land resource. When population increases, the demand for living also increases. More people start aspiring more place to live. In order to accomodate more people, other's have to compromise with their living. Then the place becomes conjested for many people to live.
Food, since most of the varieties come from agriculture, if population increases there would be more food requirement. More people will require more food. And in order to produce more food, more agricultural land will be required. And in order to create more agricultural land, more forest land will be cleared.
Water, which is one of the basic needs of human will be severely affected by increase in population. More number of people will require more water to complete their daily chores. This will lead to decrease in water resource per person. Hence eventually constant increase in population will cause scarcity of water.
Income, which is the most important thing for survival in today's era, will be affected by increase in population. More number of consumer in the family, will cuase more expenditure to attain basic needs. And more expenditure will cause decrease in saving of a family.
• Methods for family planning ::
Contraception, is an efficient way to control family planning. It eventually stops the zygote and foetus formation. Many different ways come under it. Contraception is safe and good method. A good contraceptive device shouldn't interfare in sexual drive of a person.
Barrier method, popularly known as the use of condoms is a good and easy method of contraception. It also includes use of membranes and coverings. This stops the transmitting of gametes from one body to another.
Surgical Methods, these are expensive but good methods of contraception. They simply require putting of surgical knots in the gamete transferring organs of reproductive system which inhibits the transport of gamates. They are popularly known as Tubectomy and Vasectomy.
Castration, is a good method but not very appropriate because it requires the removal of reproductive organs from a body which makes the body loose it's sexual drive and sexual desire.
Pills and Injections, are the medical methods which requires the medicinal drugs which change the hormonal balance of body to inhibit the formation of zygote.
Safe Sex, it is the most effective way of reducing birth control as it requires right time of sexual desire without using any external method in order to avoid pregnancy.
IUCD, also known as Intra - Uterine Copper Device is a surgical method of contraception which requires the placement of a copper device in the reproductive organs to inhibit the flow of gamates.
______________________________
Ques-:What are the various methods of birth control ?
Ans -: Barrier methods. Examples include male and female condoms, as well as the diaphragm, cervical cap and contraceptive sponge.
Short-acting hormonal methods. Examples include birth control pills, as well as the vaginal ring (NuvaRing), skin patch (Xulane) and contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera). These are considered short-acting methods because you have to remember to use them on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
Long-acting hormonal methods. Examples include the copper IUD (ParaGard), the hormonal IUD (Mirena, Skyla, Kyleena, others) and the contraceptive implant (Nexplanon). These are considered long-acting methods because they last for three to 10 years after insertion — depending on the device — or until you decide to have the device removed.
Sterilization. This is a permanent method of birth control. Examples include tubal ligation for women and vasectomy for men.
Fertility awareness methods. These methods focus on knowing which days of the month you are able to get pregnant (fertile), often based on basal body temperature and cervical mucus. To avoid getting pregnant, you do not have sex on or around the days you are fertile, or you use a barrier method of birth control.