The percentage of undernourished people in the population has dropped from 18.2% in 2000 to 14.8% in 2018. The child mortality rate has halved from 9.2% to 4.3%, while child stunting (Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median) has dropped from 54.2% to 38.4% over the same period.[2]Continue reading “What is India’s average height !?”
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Do we need Two Child Policy?
Recently a Bill to punish people with more than two children has been introduced in Rajya Sabha. But, is our population really growing at faster pace? Data says otherwise. Let us look at the data below in order to understand the population growth in India. Below are the definitions which will be used: Total FertilityContinue reading “Do we need Two Child Policy?”
Why so simple? 