Agriculture is the largest employer and it provides employment to both Men and Women but the ratio of their employment in the sector is not significantly different.

Notwithstanding the impressive economic growth record in the recent past, India continues to have high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children.

Son preference, or the privileging of sons over daughters in accordance to a patriarchal system, isa growing phenomenon in India.

IT was once thought that fertility below a level could not be achieved without changes in the material conditions of the people.