Plan Your Family ! Get sterilized ! Win a car !

This is the story of a small town, Jhunjhunu ( Rajasthan, India ), as reported in Times of India / 30, June,2011 :

Problem  ?

• No of sterilization cases dropped from 13,265 in 2003 / 04  to 10,465 in 2009 / 10 ( - a drop in rank from 1 to 27  )

Solution  ?

• Dr. Sitaram Sharma, Chief Medical and Health Officer announced an incentive scheme for controlling births.

• Residents getting sterilized between July 1 and September 30 , will get coupons

• A draw of lots will be conducted and winners will take away :

            #     A  Nano car

            #     5,  Motor cycles

            #     5,  21” Color TV

            #     7,   Mixer-Grinders

Obviously, a win-win situation.

But even this may not stop India from overtaking China’s population of 1.3 billion by 2025 !

With regards

Hemen  Parekh