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Higher stress levels in rural India and faulty diet in cities have thrown up two most disturbing health concerns in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the data...

There is a resurgence of interest in holistic systems of health care, especially, in the prevention and management of chronic lifestyle related non-communicable diseases and systemic diseases. To...

Unemployment refers to a situation where the persons who are able to work and willing to work at the prevailing wage rate fail to secure jobs. Types of...

WPR in usual status was 39 per cent. Rural WPR (41 per cent) was higher than urban WPR (35 per cent). In both rural and urban areas, female...

India is a mixed economy in which both public and private institutions coexist. Today, most countries, including India, are trying to strengthen market economies where private institutions predominate....

It is a persistent and appreciable rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the price...

The NRHM launched in 2005 aims to improve accessibility to quality health care for the rural population, bridge gaps in health care, facilitate decentralised planning in the health...

Crude Birth Rate (CBR), General Fertility Rate (GFR) and Total Fertility Rate (TFR) The SRS 2014 estimates showed a Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of 21 and General Fertility...

The DDRS includes projects for providing education, vocational training, and rehabilitation of persons with orthopedic, speech, visual, and mental disabilities. It provides for 18 model projects covering various...

Objectives Improving the nutritional status of children in Classes I'VIII Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend schools throughout the country more regularly and help them...