The National Family Welfare Programme was introduced in the First Five Year Plan in 1952 for stabilising population level by bringing down birth and death rates through various family planning measures. Subsequently, Maternal and Child Health Services were integrated with it during Fourth Five Year Plan period. This performance audit of implementation of the programme in Jammu and Kashmir covering the period 1995-96 to 1999-2000 revealed that implementation suffered adversely due to inadequate family control equipment/devices, medicines and absence of training to health workers. The scheme had degenerated into wage programme as expenditure on salaries during 1995-99 ranged between 70 and 100 per cent of the total expenditure. A few main audit findings are as below: • PAP smear tests were not conducted at PP centres Srinagar and Jammu and a cyto-technician posted at Srinagar centre was paid idle wages of Rs 3.66 lakh. • Family planning activities at Post Partum Centres suffered adversely as no funds for meeting recurring expenditure on contingency, maintenance of operation theatres, replacement of surgical equipments, POL for vehicles were provided to any PP Centre. Survey conducted by ORG-MARG revealed that Post-Partum care in the State was inadequate and PPCs were poorly equipped. • Sterilisations conducted under the Programme declined from 15714 in 1995-96 to 11040 in 1999-2000. • No training was imparted to health workers in all the eleven training schools which resulted in payment of idle wages of Rs 2.55 crore during 1995-96 to 1999-2000. • Inadequate manpower, non-availability of laparoscopes, family control devices and medicines affected adversely the working of family welfare centres.