Commenting on the recently released fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data for 17 states and five Union Territories (UTs) in an article published in The Indian Express (dated 6th January, 2021), Arvind Subramanian and his co-authors have stated that India has made progress on certain outcomes, including infant mortality rate (IMR), under-five mortality rate (U5MR) and neonatal mortality rate (NNMR). Relying on various rounds of NFHS data,...
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Rajasthan bringing MGNREGA audits in line with village plans
-The Hindu Jaipur: The Congress government in Rajasthan has initiated action to bring the concurrent social audits of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’s (MGNREGA) works at village panchayats in line with the annual village plans. A target has been set to complete the exercise by January 26. Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya said here on Wednesday that socially excluded groups would be included in the Planning process, with the emphasis...
More »Health data shows India doesn’t need a two-child policy: experts -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Use of contraceptives on the rise, rural-urban gap narrowing, finds analysis of NFHS-5 The latest data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) provides evidence of an uptake in the use of modern contraceptives in rural and urban areas, an improvement in family Planning demands being met, and a decline in the average number of children borne by a woman, and prove that the country’s population is stabilising and fears...
More »Hazardous ideas for the Himalayas -CP Rajendran
-The Hindu By Planning hydropower projects, India and China are placing the region at great risk In an article published on the website of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, China announced that it is Planning to build a major hydropower project as a part of its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), on the Yarlung Zangbo River, in Mêdog County in Tibet. The hydropower generation station is expected to provide 300...
More »Anaemia prevalent among women, male participation in family Planning low: NFHS-5 -Neetu Chandra Sharma
-Livemint.com * Male engagement in family Planning continues to be limited as seen by the low uptake of condoms and male sterilization across states * While spousal violence has generally declined in most of the states and UTs, it has witnessed an increase in five states Majority of Indian women continue to suffer from anaemia and remain on the backseat in taking family Planning decisions, showed findings of the first phase of the...
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