The Union Health Ministry Tuesday termed “misleading” reports claiming that India’s family planning programme is likely to get severely affected due to the country’s central procurement agency’s failure in procuring contraceptives. “Such reports are ill-informed and provides misleading information,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Central Medical Services Society (CMSS), an autonomous body and a Central Procurement Agency under Union Ministry of Health, procures condoms for National Family Planning Programme and National AIDS Control Programme.