At the dawn of Independence India was facing astiffchallenge of improving the health outcomes because it was having huge maternal mortality ratio (MMR) , infant mortality rate(IMR) ,under-5 mortality rate(U5MR), crude death rate(CDR)and very low life expectancy at birth (LEB). Ever since ...
For comparing these dimensions of development, different variables like Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) per capita, poverty estimate (head count ratio), Infant mortality rate (IMR) and Maternal mortality rate (MMR) Adult literacy rate, the elementary education dropout rate, Human Development ...
Comparing MMR and IMR it can be seen that the health scenario of India is not quite satisfactory. If we consider the picture of rural areas of India, the condition is even more acute. Infant mortality rate is 51(per1000 live births) compared to 31 in urban areas.Thus, it can be said...