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ET Graphics: Bengal picture abhi bhi baaki hai; SIR’s changing playbookIndia's Election Commission is revising voter lists, removing over 5.98 crore names. The process, starting in Bihar, has changed significan...18 Apr, 2026, 03.13 PM IST- Andhra plans third-child sops to tackle population imbalanceAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state's fertility rate has declined to 1.5 from 3.0 in 1993. According to 2023 f...07 Mar, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
- India's infant mortality rate touches low of 25, down from 40 in 2013India's infant mortality rate (IMR) has reached a historic low of 25, marking a 37.5% drop since 2013, according to the Registrar General o...04 Sep, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
- Study finds low birth weight from 4 states makes up half of India's casesAn analysis of the National Family Health Survey reveals that low birth weight cases in India have decreased from 26% in 1993 to 18% in 202...17 Jun, 2025, 01.32 PM IST
- 'Educated woman helps in birth control', Nitish Kumar stirs controversy; It's sex education, defends TejashviBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces backlash and demands for resignation after advocating for the role of women's education in birth co...08 Nov, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
- The district where India's population control battle is falteringSuccessive state governments have been aware of the population growth problem, particularly in this district, and have mounted programmes t...11 Apr, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
- Not women’s will, but governments’ failure behind large familiesAccording to the National Family Health survey (NFHS) report of 2015-16, the total wanted fertility rate or an estimate of what the fertili...22 Jul, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
- COVID underreporting: SBI economists say death reporting shortfall not a new phenomenonThe SBI report comes amidst a debate over underreporting of COVID deaths in the country especially after happenings like bodies floating in...30 Jun, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
- Good news! Laggard states see huge progress in healthAll EAG states (Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chhatisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, UP and Uttaranchal), and Assam have witnessed an increase of over 40 ...25 Sep, 2019, 04.21 PM IST
- Govt survey shows improved sex ratio, decline in infant mortality rateThe National Family Health Survey -4 (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 unveiled by the Health Ministry was conducted after collecting information from 6...28 Feb, 2017, 11.15 PM IST
- Here's why all 4 BIMARU states continue to lag behindPM Modi while addressing a meet asserted that of the four BIMARU states, only Bihar was lagging behind, while Rajasthan and MP had surged a...13 Aug, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
- India's birth rate declines by 0.2 points"The maximum Crude Birth Rate has been reported in Bihar (27.6) and the minimum in Kerala (14.7)," Sample Registration System survey said.23 Dec, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
- 'India unlikely to meet infant mortality rate target of 2015'"At this current rate of decline it seems it will be difficult for India to reach the target of less than 39 per 1,000 live births by the e...21 Dec, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
- Indian launches plan to drastically reduce newborn deathFlanked by Bill Gates and representatives of WHO and UNICEF and USAID, Harsh Vardhan unveiled the India Newborn Action Plan (INAP).18 Sep, 2014, 08.13 PM IST
- Uttarakhand performs well on key health indicators: SurveyAHS was conducted in Empowered Action Group states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha an...03 May, 2013, 08.12 PM IST
- Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in IndiaGoa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst.02 Feb, 2012, 06.43 AM IST
- Economic reforms bring in demographic changes in major statesEconomic reforms may not have succeeded in taking India's GDP growth rate to a higher altitude, as projected at the beginning of the reform...16 Dec, 2002, 04.13 AM IST
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