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title: "National Population Policy, 2000 — Definition & Meaning"
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The National Population Policy, 2000 is India's framework document committing to a stable population by 2045, with the immediate, medium-term and long-term objectives of addressing unmet contraceptive needs, reducing the Total Fertility Rate to replacement level, and achieving a stable population.

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