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'''''From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic''''' is a book by Mohan Rao. It is a critique of the post-1990s [[Family planning in India|Indian family planning system]]. <ref>{{cite journal |last=Simon-Kumar |first=Rachel |title=Reviewed Work: ''From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic'' by Mohan Rao |journal=Social Scientist |volume=33 |issue=3/4 |year=2005 |pp=76–80 |jstor=3518115}}</ref>

In it, Rao endeavors to critique the family-planning programme in India, its assumptions, unstated bias, and implications. 
It describes the approach for health in India which is more about doctors, hospitals, and technical interventions rather than living conditions, work environment, and access to food etc., criticizing the over-dependence on technology in family planning program, and traces the evolution and growth of family-planning program in India. It also talks about the death and resurfacing of [[eugenic]] ideas, [[Malthusianism]] and [[Neo-Malthusian]] approach to population and the impact of the [[International Conference on Population and Development]] etc. {{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

It has been described as being outstanding for the depth of scholarship and insights of the author, and as having important policy implications. <ref>{{cite journal |last=Bose |first=Ashish |title=Book Reviews: ''From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic'', Mohan Rao (SAGE Publications, New Delhi) 2004 |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research |volume=124 |year=2006 |pp=213–214 |url=http://medind.nic.in/iby/t06/i8/ibyt06i8p213.pdf}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://www.thehindu.com/br/2005/08/30/stories/2005083000571600.htm ''From Population Control to Reproductive Health'' (review)] in ''The Hindu'', August 30, 2005

== Citation ==
* Rao, M. (2004). ''From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic''. New Delhi: Sage publication. {{ISBN|9780761932697}}

[[Category:Indian non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Population]]
[[Category:Health in India]]


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