Population concerns in India : shifting trends, policies and programs / Krishnamurthy Srinivasan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Origins of family planning program : population concerns in British India -- Population policies and programs since independence until 1977 : birth of the official birth control program -- Post-emergency recovery of the program 1977-95 : recoil and recovery -- Post ICPD phase (1996-2015) : ineffective integration of programs -- Culture and natural fertility -- Nuptiality and stability of marriage -- Demographic levels, trends, differentials, and challenges -- India in comparison -- Wobbling international and academic concerns on population -- The way forward -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

The book explains and examines the shifting focus of concerns, policies and programs in the population front by the government of India and state governments since independence.