Equal infant mortality rate a win for Beti BachaoVariations among states persist though the direction is positive. In eight states, the IMR for girls is lower than for boys, while five sta...
04 Oct, 2022, 11.34 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
Girl child survival rate higher than boy in only five statesFemale infants experienced higher mortality rates than male infants in all states except Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu an...
23 Jul, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
Chhattisgarh: Raman Singh banks on health and education as election nearsAfter innovating the public distribution system – not just the distribution aspect but the entire cycle including production and procuremen...
03 Aug, 2018, 10.59 PM IST
Government set to launch 'Parivar Vikas' programme in 146 districtsThe districts, in the seven states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam, have a total fertility rate (...
15 Jun, 2017, 07.22 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
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh fails to curb infant deathsMost such deaths occur in the absence of well-equipped delivery rooms and doctors or when mother and child are weak. Only 23 states have be...
15 Jun, 2016, 11.59 AM IST
NITI Aayog sets timeline for social sector programmesCEO Amitabh Kant made several presentations to the Prime Minister last month on sectors such as education, health, rural development and in...
11 Apr, 2016, 01.19 AM IST
Bimaru states show the way in women empowermentOne of the parameters to judge women empowerment is by knowing how many are functioning as elected representatives.
18 Dec, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
India has lot more to do in implementing MDGs: Jagat Prakash NaddaNadda said India has emerged as one of the best performing states vis-a-vis the MDGs as both Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Morta...
28 Mar, 2015, 01.19 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
States with more doctors have better healthcare indices than those with better infra: ReportWhile better health outcomes depend on multiple reasons, it appears that doctor to population ratio had a far higher impact on infant morta...
19 Aug, 2014, 11.49 AM IST
India misses key health targets, but shows improvementIndia is lagging behind its key human development index targets, including population control, infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mor...
18 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
Narendra Modi dubs Congress as "untrustworthy"; exhorts people to reject it"I call the Congress untrustworthy because down the years, it has always made promises only to break them..it should be rooted out," Modi s...
20 Nov, 2013, 03.17 PM IST
- Uttarakhand performs well on key health indicators: Survey
AHS 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
- Rural Muslim poverty highest in Assam, WB, UP and Guj: UNDP
United Nations has observed that poverty head count ratio for Muslims is highest in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Guj...
18 Feb, 2013, 09.40 PM IST
- Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India
Goa 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