The correct answer is (c) and (d). Explanation & Key Takeaways: National Population Policy, 2000 • The National Population Policy (NPP), 2000 is the central government’s second population policy. • The NPP states its immediate objective as addressing the unmet needs for contraception, healthcare infrastructure, and health personnel, and providing integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child healthcare. • The medium-term objective of the NPP 2000 was to reduce the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to replacement levels by 2010. • The TFR was to be 2.1 children per woman. • The long-term objective is “ to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection.” Important features of National Population Policy • The NPP reinforces the vision of the government to encourage voluntary and informed choices and citizens’ agreeability in order to achieve maximum benefits from reproductive health services. • Making school education free and compulsory up to the age of 14 years and also reducing the dropout rates of both boys and girls below 20%. Hence statement (a) is incorrect. • Decreasing the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to under 30 per 1000 live births in the country (to be achieved by 2010 as prescribed when the NPP was brought out). Hence statement (b) is incorrect. • Reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to under 100 per 1 lakh live births (to be achieved by 2010 as prescribed when the NPP was brought out). Hence statement (c) is correct. • Achieving universal immunization for all children against vaccine-preventable diseases. • Encouraging delayed marriage for girls (preferably before 18 years and above 20 years). • Achieving 80 per cent institutional deliveries and 100 per cent deliveries by trained persons. • Attaining 100% registration of pregnancies, births, deaths and marriages. Hence statement (d) is correct. • Containing the spread of AIDS, boosting better coordination between the management of reproductive tract infections (RTI) and sexually transmitted infections (STI) and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). So, option 4 is correct.