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A+ A-New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his I-Day speech raised the issue of uncontrolled population growth and its consequences for the country. Neither the home nor the country can be happy.”According to media reports, a national policy on family planning will soon be unveiled. Officials with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare suggested different ways to encourage the public about family planning through both incentives or disincentives. This isn’t the first time in the history of independent India when a government has tried to control the population. A similar fear led to the government to launch a family planning scheme in 1951, making India the first country in the world to launch a state-sponsored program for population control..