After the release of the second phase data of the National Family Health Survey Fifth Round (NFHS-5), media commentators and experts have written that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) for India has gone down just below the replacement-level fertility. The TFR for the entire nation was 2.2 in 2015-16, which decreased to 2.0 in 2019-21. According to the United Nations, the replacement-level fertility is reached when the TFR of a...
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The need to reopen anganwadis -Divya Nair and Nina Badgaiyan
-The Hindu India must invest robustly in the world’s largest social programme on early childhood services Being closed since the April 2020-lockdown, anganwadis are slowly reopening. Those in Karnataka, Bihar and Tamil Nadu are opening or considering opening shortly. As part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), anganwadis play a crucial role in supporting households, particularly from low-income families, by providing childcare, health and nutrition, education, supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up...
More »The return of ‘naati’ ragi -G Krishna Prasad
-DeccanHerald.com Thanks to a farmers' initiative, Karnataka now has around 80 desi varieties of finger millet to choose from A group of farmers and members of women’s self-help groups have gathered at Eshwar Gouda Patil’s field to celebrate ‘Ragi Field Day’. This farm in Mattighatta village, in Dharwad’s Kundagol taluk, has as many as 72 varieties of ragi (finger millet), cultivated on half an acre of land, leaves visitors awestruck. Kumara Naidu, a farmer...
More »Crop insurance claims over Rs 3,300 crore pending due to payment failure, delay in state subsidy -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth Farmers belonging Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, and Maharashtra have the highest amounts pending under insurance claims Over Rs 3,300 crore is pending in payment to farmers across India in crop insurance claims since 2018-19 under the government’s flagship crop insurance scheme, due to ‘payment failure’ and delay in state subsidy. An amount of Rs 3,372.72 crore out of claims worth Rs 66,460 crore in the last three years under the Pradhan...
More »Over 30% Women from 14 States, UT Justify Beating by Husbands: NFHS
-PTI/ News18.com The lowest population of women that justified beating by husbands was in Himachal Pradesh (14.8 per cent). Over 30 per cent women from 14 of the 18 states and Union Territories that were surveyed justify men beating their wives under certain circumstances, while lesser percentage of men rationalised such behaviour, according to the recent National Family Health Survey (NHFS). According to NHFS-5, over 75 per cent women justified men beating their...
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