The correct answer is option 3. Explanation & Key Takeaways: National Population Policy 2000: • The National Population Policy (NPP), 2000 is the central government’s second population policy. • The NPP states its immediate objective as addressing the unmet needs for contraception, healthcare infrastructure, and health personnel, and providing integrated service delivery for basic reproductive and child healthcare. • The medium-term objective of the NPP 2000 was to reduce the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to replacement levels by 2010. • The long-term objective is “to achieve a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection.” Important Objectives: • Decreasing the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to under 30 per 1000 live births in the country (to be achieved by 2010 as prescribed when the NPP was brought out). • Reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to under 100 per 1 lakh live births (to be achieved by 2010 as prescribed when the NPP was brought out). • Achieving universal immunization for all children against vaccine-preventable diseases. • Bringing about a convergence of all related social programmes so that family planning and welfare become a people-centric programme. • The incentive to adopt two children small family • Vigorously furthering the small family norm.