Abolish coercive family planning and make family welfare strictly voluntary
“Abolish all coercion, harassment, and compulsory sterilization in family planning, and make the family welfare programme completely voluntary.”
VAADA POORAKept
The verdict
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).
Rule applied: Kept: achieved as promised, on time or within 6 months of the deadline → 10
Implied deadline (end of term): 24 Mar 1982Confidence: highAI draft · review pending
10/10
Evidence timeline
- Other1 Apr 1977· WikipediasupportsThe Emergency (India) ↗
“Compulsory sterilization policies of the Emergency were completely abolished and the ministry was redesignated as Family Welfare.”
- Other1 Apr 1977· WikipediasupportsMorarji Desai ↗
“The government dismantled the coercive sterilisation apparatus and instituted purely voluntary family welfare counselling.”
Promise ID janata-ls-1977-029 · drafted 6 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON