Compensation for family planning hiked

NEW DELHI: Concerned over a decline of 4.3 per cent in sterilisation
performance in the country, the Union Health and Family Welfare
Ministry has further increased the compensation package for the loss
of wages to people who adopt family planning methods. The
compensation has been nearly doubled for men undergoing vasectomy to
boost male participation in family planning.

This is the second revision within a year as the compensation package
was revised on October 31 last. But despite this, sterilisation saw a
further fall of 4.3 per cent during 2006-07 as compared to the
previous year.

According to the new package, the compensation for vasectomy has been
increased to Rs. 1,500 from Rs. 800 and tubectomy to Rs. 1,000 from
Rs. 800 in public facilities and to Rs. 1,500 for both these
interventions in accredited private health facilities to all
categories of people in high focus States and those below the poverty
line, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the non-high
focus States.

In 2006, the Ministry enhanced the compensation package from Rs. 400
to Rs.800 for people of all categories in the high-focus States and
from Rs. 300 to Rs.800 for tubectomy and Rs.200 to Rs.800 for
vasectomy in non-high focus states for BPL acceptors only.

In the 18 high focus States where the facility is provided in the
public institutions, the acceptor (individual) receives Rs. 1,100,
motivator Rs. 200 and the remaining is to be kept aside for other
expenses accrued. Those going in for tubectomy will get Rs. 600 and
the motivator Rs. 150.

In the non-high focus 17 States and Union Territories, an individual
gets Rs. 1,100 for vasectomy while the BPL, the SC and the ST
categories opting for tubectomy will be paid Rs. 600.

The motivator in the first case receives Rs. 200 and Rs. 150 in the
second category. Amounts of Rs. 50 and Rs. 100 have been kept aside
for drugs in the two categories while the surgeon gets Rs. 100 and
Rs. 75.

Similarly, the compensation for tubectomy for those above poverty
line people in non-high focus States has gone up from Rs. 300 to Rs.
650 where the acceptor will now get Rs. 250 in the non-high focus
States.