Describe National Population Policy 2000 regarding adolescents in India.

(1) National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 identified adolescents as one of the major sections of the population that need greater attention.
(ii) Put greater emphasis on nutritional requirements, protection from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
(iii) Programmers to encourage delayed marriage and child-bearing, education of adolescents about the risks of unprotected sex, making contraceptive services accessible and affordable, providing food supplement, nutritional services, strengthening legal measures to prevent child marriage.