There are four major sources of vital statistics in India, namely (i) the Civil Registration System (CRS); (ii) the Sample Registration System (SRS); (iii) indirect estimates from the decennial census ...

There has been significant progress with respect to women operating bank accounts, from 53 per cent to 79 per cent at all-India level, according to findings of phase two of the National Family Health ...

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 (2015) data, which show an incredible drop in Kerala’s Infant Mortality Rate (IMR- death of infants of 0-1 year) from the prevailing figure of 12 (per 1,000 ...

Kerala's infant mortality rate (IMR)-the number of children under the age of 1 who die for every 1,000 born has been brought down to 6, a level equal to that of the US and the average for developed ...