{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.611Z","data":{"id":"janata-ls-1977-029","text":"Abolish coercive family planning and make family welfare strictly voluntary","quote":"Abolish all coercion, harassment, and compulsory sterilization in family planning, and make the family welfare programme completely voluntary.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"health","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"1982-03-24","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The Janata government immediately ended compulsory sterilization targets, renamed the Ministry of Family Planning to 'Ministry of Health and Family Welfare', and made contraception entirely voluntary (per The Emergency records).","evidence":[{"date":"1977-04-01","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"The Emergency (India)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)","quote":"Compulsory sterilization policies of the Emergency were completely abolished and the ministry was redesignated as Family Welfare.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"1977-04-01","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Morarji Desai","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morarji_Desai","quote":"The government dismantled the coercive sterilisation apparatus and instituted purely voluntary family welfare counselling.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["family-planning","family-welfare","emergency"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"repeatOf":[],"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-06","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"janata-ls-1977","partyId":"janata-party","electionId":"ls-1977"}}