Decline in Fertility Rate
National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5) has recorded a decline in the total fertility rate (the average children a woman has) from 2.2 in the previous survey ( 2015-16) to 2.0 in the latest one.
It was 1.6 in an urban population and 2.1 in a rural setting.
Factors for this Demographic Transition
- The dip in fertility is attributed to a combination of factors, including better contraception initiatives and government health and family welfare schemes.
- But a key factor is the education of the girl child and efforts to improve overall health and nutrition.
Is it a Positive Development?
- With ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Society Watch
- 1 SC Directives for Effective Implementation of POSH Act
- 2 Supreme Court Raises Concerns on Sex Trafficking Legislation
- 3 Supreme Court Ruling on POCSO Act
- 4 Increased Female Workforce Participation in Economic Activity
- 5 Pradhan Mantri Vidyalaxmi Scheme
- 6 CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child
- 7 Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana Completes 10 Years
- 8 Issue of Deletion of Job Cards in MNREGA
- 9 New Initiatives under Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana
- 10 WHO Declares India Trachoma Free
