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BJP-RSS to push for population policy despite fertility rate dip

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BJP-RSS to push for population policy despite fertility rate dip

The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) released by the union health ministry on Wednesday shows that fertility rate of the country at 1.6% in urban areas and 2.1% in rural India is stabilising, but this finding is unlikely to reduce the push for laws for population control by the RSS and specifically from BJP … Read more

Unseen reasons for the fall in women’s labour force participation in India

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Unseen reasons for the fall in women’s labour force participation in India

India is a country where less than a quarter of women have joined the labour force and only a fifth are employed. By Mitali Nikore,  In the year 2017, India achieved two milestones. First, it earned the moniker of the world’s fastest-growing major economy, maintaining growth rates above 7 percent consistently since 2011-12. The second … Read more