Q.Which of the following is the medium-term objective of India's National Population Policy, 2000?

NPP 2000's medium-term objective was specifically to bring the Total Fertility Rate down to replacement level — a distinct goal from its immediate and long-term objectives.

The National Population Policy (NPP), 2000 set goals at three time horizons:

• (a) "Achieve a stable population by 2045" is the long-term objective, not medium-term.
• (b) "Meet the unmet need for contraception and health infrastructure" is the immediate objective, not medium-term.
• (c) "Bring the Total Fertility Rate down to the replacement level" (originally targeted for 2010) is precisely the medium-term objective — this is the correct option.
• (d) NPP 2000 never proposed abolishing the family welfare programme; it reoriented it (from a …