It is one thing to devise a means of contraception, quite another to get people to employ it. In
some
circumstances they can be bribed. The payment of inducements for vasectomy was first
introduced in Madras
State (Tamil Nadu) in 1956, where thirty rupees was paid to each man agreeing to submit
himself for the
operation. Later, payments were even made to anyone who successfully induced a man to
undergo vasectomy.