APPENDIX I

RAJ NIWAS DELHI

PRESS NOTE
The Lt. Governor, Shri Krishan Chand, has been laying a great
deal of stress on Family Planning on December 26, 1975 he inaugurated
a special camp in Kasturba Hospital. A note worthy feature of this camp
is that the financial incentive was raised 5 times in the case of
motivators. Hitherto, motivators were paid Rs. 2/- per case. On the
special camp motivators were paid Rs. 10/-. In a special Camp held in
September 1975 as many as 425 operations had been performed within a
fortnight. This was considered a record. A second camp was organized in
the same area from December 26, 1975. In a fortnight about 1000
operations were performed.
In addition to various campswhich are going on in different parts of
the city including the Badarpur and Shahdara area, the Delhi
Administration, under the Lt. Governors directions, has been processing
several incentive and dis-incentive measure to lower the birth rate in the
Union Territory of Delhi.
It has now been decided that incentives and dis-incentives will
apply

both

to

the

general

public

and

the

employees

of

Delhi

Administration. The measures which are likely to come into force almost
immediately are as follow:For the General Public
(i)

Allotment of houses, flats, tenements, shops and plots in all

groups i.e. Janta, Lower, Middle and other income groups will be made to
only those who have limited their family to two children. And eligible
couples will be open to hire purchase and installment basis facilities.
Those couples that are not eligible would have to pay for all such houses
etc on lumpsum basis. (An eligible couple for the provision of these
facilities means a couple who has less than two children and has given

the prescribed undertaking, or a couple having two or more children who

get either spouse sterilized).
(ii)

Non-eligible couples will not be eligible to houses, buildings

loans. (As eligible couple for the provision of this facility means a couple
who has less than two children and has given the prescribed
undertaking, or a couple having two or more children who get either
spouse sterilized).
(iii)

Entrepreneurs having two children coming forward for

establishment of a small scale industry will be entitled to loan only if

they get themselves sterilized and produce a sterilization certificate from
the authority prescribed. Those having more than two children will not
be eligible at all. Those having no/one child they will be entitled to loan
only on furnishing and undertaking that they will restrict their family to
two children only. They will have, further, to furnish an yearly
declaration about the number of children and will also be bound to
inform the department of any addition in the family. Any breach of the
undertaking will entail withdrawal of loan facilities, forfeiture of the
payment already made and recovery of the balance as arrears of land
revenue.
(iv)

Only individuals who have been able to show by their ration

cards that they have two or less than two children will be allowed free
medical coverage in Government hospitals. Those having more than two
children will receive this free coverage only after producing a sterilization
certificate from the authority prescribed in respect of the husband. Those
who have failed to obtain this sterilization certificate will have failed to
obtain this sterilization certificate will have to pay a minimum of Rs.5/per visit for the OPD, and Rs. 10/- for the indoor.

(B)

Government Servants, Employees of Local Bodies, Government

Undertakings

etc.|

Autonomous

Institutions

Under

Delhi

Administration.
(i)

Recruitment Stage: At the time of interview individuals having two

or less than two children will get due weightage.

(ii)

Before appointment, unmarried/recently married/those having

less than two children will have to give an undertaking that they will
limit their family to two children. Breach of the undertaking will disentitle the employed member from confirmation.
(iii)

Such individuals who have more than two children, within two

months of the issue of this order will have to get sterilized before they
can be appointed and produce a sterilization certificate from the
authority prescribed.
(iv)

Employment of daily wages/seasonal basis e.g. Malaria Workers

will be only available to such individuals who have two or less than two
children or who have obtained sterilization certificates from the authority
prescribed.
In Service Personnel
(i)

Those having more than two children shall not be entitled to

festival advance, housing loan, car/scooter advance, cooperative loan,

allotment of scooter on priority basis till they get themselves sterilized or
until they give the prescribed undertaking. In the case of such personnel
already having more than two children, they will not be entitled to these
facilities until they get sterilized and produce a sterilization certificate
from the prescribed authority.
(ii)

Those having more than two children will not be entitled to

government accommodation if they do not get sterilized or if they fail to

give a written undertaking that they will limit their family to two
children. Those in occupation of Government accommodation will
become dis-entitled as soon as there is a child added to the family
beyond two children. In the case of such employees who are already in

occupation of Government accommodation and have already more than

two

children,

they

shall

be

entitled

to

retain

the

Government

accommodation only after getting sterilized and producing a sterilization

certificate from the authority prescribed.
(iii)

All freeships, provision of free book grants, children education

allowance, uniform allowance, washing allowance and similar other

allowances which the lower income group amongst the Government
servants enjoy today, will be available only to the employed members
from amongst eligible couples.
(iv)

Such Government servants who limit their families to one will be

entitled to out of turn allotment of plots, houses, tenements from Delhi

Development Authority. For this purpose a special quota will be reserved.
(C)

Community Incentives

(i)

Gaon Sabhas in the rural sector who produce the maximum

number of sterilization cases in one financial year (minimum 100 cases)

will be entitled to drinking water and irrigation water facilities on a
priority basis.
(ii)

A metropolitan constituency which produced the maximum

number of cases will be entitled to a certain community incentive like

beautification, additional schools, health benefits and similar services.
The elected representative of such a constituency will get an incentive of
Rs. 20,000/- to be used for the betterment of his constituency.
(iii)

Such Government servants especially who are opinion leaders in

their areas e.g. doctors, nurses, paramedical staff. Teacher who set 50 or
more than 50 sterilisation done in a year will be entitled to a letter of
commendation and an extra increment. A Government servant who tops
in this performance (family workers excluded) will in addition receive an
honorarium of Rs. 100/- per month the following year.