The aim of this report is to examine India’s Family Planning programme; its objectives, its achievements, its failures against the ICPD POA, and to offer recommendations. A major part of the document seeks to bring into focus the results of monitoring efforts by civil society organisations in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha, from 2015 to 2018. The observation of sterilisation camps, services in public health facilities, documentation of failures and a thorough research of the attitudes, practices and knowledge prevalent in the community regarding family planning have been included.