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UK to cut its aid to UN Family Planning Programme
The United Kingdom is to cut its fund to the United Nations Global Family Planning Programme. According to the UN Population Fund, the UK had pledged 154 million Euros. However, now UK is to provide only 23 million Euros. About the Fund Cuts In 2020, the UK Government announced that it will reduce its UK ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Abortion • Family planning • Infant Mortality Rate • Maternal Mortality Rate • Population • total fertility rate • UK • UN Population Fund • United Nations
Jaya Jaitly Task Force Constituted
The Government of India has constituted Jaya Jaitly Task Force that will work on the issues of women and child development. About the task force The task force was constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The team will work on the following Lowering Maternal Mortality Rate. Improve Nutritional Levels. Examine issues that ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Child Sex Ratio • Infant Mortality Rate • Maternal Mortality Rate • Nutrition • sex ratio • total fertility rate • Women and Child Development • Women Empowerment
Total Fertility Rate : Sample Registration System Survey
The Sample Registration System (SRS) is the largest demographic survey in the country mandated to provide annual estimates of fertility as well as mortality indicators at the state and national level. The survey is released by the Registrar General of India (RGI). Findings from the Sample Registration System Survey for 2017 The total fertility rate ..
Topics: Jammu & Kashmir • Karnataka • Kerala • Odisha • Punjab • Registrar General of India • Sample Registration System • TFR • total fertility rate • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
Economic Survey 2018-19
The Economic Survey 2018-19 was tabled in the parliament by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. The Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2018-19 are as follows: India’s GDP (gross domestic product) is projected to grow at a rate of 7 per cent in the fiscal year 2019-20. The survey views Indian Economy as ..
Topics: judicial system • Poshan Abhiyaan • Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandara Yojana • Private Investment • social protection schemes • Swachh Bharat Mission • Tax Evasion • TFR • total fertility rate • Ujjwala Scheme • Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs • wilful defaults • Women Empowerment
UNFPA publishes a State of World Population 2019 report
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recently released a State of World Population 2019 report. The report stated that India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, which is more than double the annual growth rate of China. According to the report, in India, total ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Demography • Environmental social science • Health in Azerbaijan • Health in Singapore • Human overpopulation • Life expectancy • total fertility rate • World Population