Why was increasing access to health services considered necessary in the National Population Policy?

Correct answer: So family planning, maternal care and child care can be provided together

The correct answer is A. Population policy works best when people can actually reach reliable health services. A well-connected health system can provide family-planning information and methods, care during pregnancy and childbirth, and treatment and protection for infants and children. Providing these services together improves health, reduces avoidable risks, and helps families make voluntary and informed reproductive decisions. B is wrong because health-service access does not aim to reduce schools. C is wrong because the policy should serve rural as well as urban populations, not only cities. D is wrong because the purpose of health services is to prevent illness and deaths, not increase the death rate. Memory cue: access makes policy practical—information alone is insufficient if people cannot obtain respectful care.