A high maternal mortality ratio (MMRatio) indicates low status of women in the society apart from poor functioning of the health services delivery system. Recently released data by the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin indicates that for the country as a whole the MMRatio has steadily declined from 398.0 in 1997-98 to 122.0 in 2015-17, which is a fall by -69.3 percent. Table-1 shows that india's MMRatio was 398.0 in 1997-98,...
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Turning the policy focus to child undernutrition -Sunny Jose
-The Hindu india has sustained its progress in reducing stunting and the number of underweight children in the last decade The Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) report, brought out recently by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, assumes salience, especially against two important factors. One, the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2019 ranks india at the 102nd position out of 117 countries. Two, india’s past performance in reducing child undernutrition has...
More »Population control in india: Plea in SC against Delhi HC order
-PTI The appeal filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has challenged the September 3 high court order, which said it was for Parliament and the state legislatures to enact laws and not for the court. New Delhi: A plea challenging a Delhi High Court order dismissing a PIL seeking implementation of certain steps, including the two-child norm, to control the country’s rising population has been...
More »Skills study: Over next 5 years, just 1 in 5 entrants to labour force a woman -Aanchal Magazine
-The indian Express While the NSO’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2017-18 had estimated female labour force participation rate for 15 years and above at 23.3 per cent, the comparative numbers of other countries highlight the labour market’s gender skew. Just one out of five persons — in the 15-30 years age bracket — entering the labour force is expected to be a female in the five years ending 2023, when...
More »Why Modi govt's decision to ease fumigation norms for onion import has experts worried -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Modi govt is importing more onions under relaxed rules to deal with supply & price issues. But experts fear for india’s agricultural biodiversity. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to relax fumigation norms for imported onions might result in the entry of disease-carrying onions and harmful pests in indian markets, agriculture experts have told ThePrint. On 6 November, the agriculture ministry relaxed fumigation norms and waived the penalty for non-compliance until...
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