inequality. The combined share of Schedule Tribe and Schedule Caste in the affluent population of India was less than 30 percent. Contrary to this, economically and socially stronger groupsconstituted the major part of the affluent population. Hence, indicating a strong relationship between caste and...
Rural India (where 70% of the population lives) is still quite “caste conscious” compared with the urban society where education and financial well-being has largely erased the caste divisions.Mahatma Gandhi tried to remove the social stigma of "untouchables" by giving them the label Harijan ...
On average, there is only one doctor and three nurses per lakh population in Jharkhand. The opposition BJP has capitalized on these healthcare shortcomings to criticize the Hemant government. They argue that announced schemes have not resulted in real improvements on the ground. Local residents and...
1). To measure the genetic differentiation of Indian Jewish in terms of inter and intra-regional as well as at population level, we first calculated Fst (Fig. 2a and Supplementary Table 2). The populationwise comparison analysis showed that the Indian Jewish share close affinity with their ...
ArcMap (v10.8) presented the caste-wise prevalence of early childbearing among the states and Union Territories (UTs).#Many women continue to have early childbearing despite a considerable reduction over the last three decades from 47% in 1992-93 to 15% in 2019-21. Compared to NFHS-1, the...
They were earlier referred as ‘untouchables’ mainly due to their low occupations i.e., cobbler, scavenger, sweeper.7 In a caste-dominated country like India, Dalits who comprises more than one-sixth of the Indian population (160 million approx), stand as a community whose ...
The total strength of the electorate was 41.1 million voters while the total population of Indian provinces was 299 million. Taking into account only the adult population (age of 20+, ~50% of the population), it implied 28% of the population were eligible to vote. ...
below replacement. India has "a baby factory in the north (#Bihar, #UP, #MP, #Rajasthan) and a jobs factory in the south (#TN, #Kerala, #Andhra, #Karnataka) " @dhume https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-may-face-a-population-implosion-fertility-rate-replacement-levels-children-1164028995...
Bhubaneswar : Odishas leopard population has seen a notable rise, with the latest census revealing that 696 leopards are currently thriving in the state's forests. This marks an increase from the 2022 census conducted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which reported 568 leopards...
widespread need for accessible and affordable oral health services, most countries have not included them in the universal health coverage programme. This affects vulnerable sections of the population deprived of needed care. The multi-country CORE study, which will map the unmet community needs for ...