India's Total Fertility Rate Declines to 2 from 2.2: Health Ministry Survey
3 years ago

India's Total Fertility Rate Declines to 2 from 2.2: Health Ministry Survey

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India’s Total Fertility Rate, the average number of children per woman, has further declined from 2.2 to 2 at the national level and ranged from 1.4 in Chandigarh to 2.4 in Uttar Pradesh, as per a Health Ministry survey. NITI Aayog’s Member, Health, Dr Vinod Kumar Paul, and Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Rajesh Bhushan released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India and 14 States and UTs clubbed under Phase 2 of the National Family Health Survey. The key indicator of the Health Ministry survey has revealed that the unmet needs of family planning have witnessed a significant decline from 13 per cent to 9 per cent at all-India level and in most of the Phase 2 states/UTs. The full immunisation drive among children aged 12-23 months has recorded substantial improvement from 62 per cent to 76 per cent at all-India level, underlined the survey.

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Naidu, Stalin and now Bhagwat flag India’s falling TFR: 8 things to know
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Naidu, Stalin and now Bhagwat flag India’s falling TFR: 8 things to know

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India is heading to IVF clinics, but what's behind the drop in fertility

India Today  

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Measuring the change: The Hindu Editorial on reliability of socio-economic surveys
2 years, 7 months ago

Measuring the change: The Hindu Editorial on reliability of socio-economic surveys

The Hindu  

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Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey
2 years, 7 months ago

Fertility falls, obesity goes up in India , says National Family Health Survey

The Hindu  

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India on verge of achieving SDG target of 70 per lakh live births by 2030: Govt
2 years, 9 months ago

India on verge of achieving SDG target of 70 per lakh live births by 2030: Govt

India TV News  

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India's fertility rate drops below replacement level for the first time: Details
3 years ago

India's fertility rate drops below replacement level for the first time: Details

India TV News  

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NFHS Survey: Fertility rate dips to 2.0; more than half women, children anaemic in 14 states, UTs
3 years ago

NFHS Survey: Fertility rate dips to 2.0; more than half women, children anaemic in 14 states, UTs

Firstpost  

The Centre has released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India as well as 14 states and UTs under phase two, of the 2019-21 NFHS-5 New Delhi: Anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern, with more than half of them being found anaemic in …

India's Birthrate Projected to Decline to 1.73 by 2035, Says Health Minister
3 years, 10 months ago

India's Birthrate Projected to Decline to 1.73 by 2035, Says Health Minister

News 18  

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the fertility rate of Indians may decline to 1.73 from the current 2.37 by the year 2035. “Population projection for India and States 2011-2036, released in July 2020, indicates that the Total Fertility Rate is expected to decline from 2.37 during 2011-2015 to 1.73 during 2031-35,” he said. Vardhan spoke about …

Population Control- Any Coercion To Have Specific Number Of Children Is Counter-Productive, Leads To Demographic Distortions: Centre Tells Supreme Court
4 years ago

Population Control- Any Coercion To Have Specific Number Of Children Is Counter-Productive, Leads To Demographic Distortions: Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

"The family welfare programme in India is voluntary in nature which enables couples to decide the size of their family and of the family planning methods, best suited to them. Filing its response to a petition filed by BJP leader and lawyer, Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay seeking enactment of law to control population and enforce family planning, the MoHFW avers that …

Mortality Rate of Infants, Those Under Five Years Dip in 18 States and UTs, Reveals National Health Survey
4 years ago

Mortality Rate of Infants, Those Under Five Years Dip in 18 States and UTs, Reveals National Health Survey

News 18  

Mortality rate among infants and those under five years of age fell in 18 states and union territories out of a total 22 surveyed, while 16 of them registered a rise in the percentage of under-five children who are underweight and severely wasted, according to the fifth National Family Health Survey. Thirteen states and UTs out of the 22 surveyed …

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