<span style="color: #222222;">The projected population in the country this year is around 139 crore as per the report of the Technical Group on Population Projections. <br />''<br />''In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar said, the government accords top priority to the National Family Planning Programme to address the need for Family Planning. She said among the steps taken by the government to curb the population growth are expanded contraceptive choices, compensation scheme for sterilisation acceptors, post-pregnancy contraception and scheme for home delivery of contraceptives among other things.</span><br />