This press release by UNDP provides an in-depth study of three districts in the Indian state of West Bengal, namely, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Uttar Dinajpur.
The study reveals that where we live can determine our well-being as there are wide variations in human development between districts and also between rural & urban populations.
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's sex ratio of 972 females per 1,000 males looks comfortable. But, if the sex ratio of the child population in the age group 06 years is taken into account, it shrinks to only 953 girl child per 1,000 boys. Here lies the nagging problem. The problem of sex determination and female foeticide.
Pune Population stabilisation is the mandate of the State Family Welfare Bureau, located in the city. However, the data released by the bureau on the occasion of the World Population Day (July 11) show a dip in the number of couples living below the poverty line (BPL) who decide to undergo family planning operations after the birth of one or two girl children.
Every year, India adds the population of Australia to its already staggering ranks of 116.1 crore people. Every 10 years, we add the population of Brazil
Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai has introduced a test that can predict the number of fertile years a woman has got left, to help her plan pregnancy better. In the one month since the test was started, around 20 women from all parts of India have already approached the hospital to find out how fast their biological clock is ticking.
New Delhi: Despite progress in reducing maternal mortality, India is in the unenviable position of 73rd out of 77 middle-income countries rated by the new
