Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh
Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh is a registered society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India started with a Rs 100 crore grant from government.
The society was established with the objective of highlighting the need for population stabilization. Its accounts can be audited by the CAG.
The "Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh" has been registered as an autonomous Society established under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. JSK has to promote and undertake activities aimed at achieving population stabilisation at a level consistent with the needs of sustainable economic growth, social development and environment protection, by 2045.
The Union Health Minister heads the General Body of JSK and the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Rural Development, Planning Commission are represented by their Secretaries on the General Body of JSK. All State Governments are members of JSK. Besides this the General Body has demographers, representatives of Industry & Trade, NGOs, medical and para-medical associations, general citizens as its members. This enables JSK run as a civil society movement drawing on the strength of its partners.
