Indians now use birth control pills, condoms more: Family health survey

Survey records overall decline in family planning methods

The use of contraceptive pills and condoms has risen in India even as there has been a decline in adopting overall family planning methods, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Between the previous survey, 10 years ago, and now, among the people surveyed, the use of pills has risen to 4.1 per cent from 3.1 per cent, and that of condoms to 5.6 per cent from 5.2 per cent.

The rise in the use of pills has taken place despite the fact that 46.5 per cent of the users were told about the side-effects of modern methods,