- Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata2022
Since India’s independence, population stabilization has been one of the prime concerns in its development agenda.
- Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata2018
- Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS)2017
Notwithstanding the impressive economic growth record in the recent past, India continues to have high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children.
- A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies2017
- Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur2010
This paper examines two interrelated questions; What is the extent of gender gap in adult malnutrition in India and whether such gender gap is specific to India alone? These questions analyzing the National Family Health Survey (2005-06) unit-level data.
- Oxford University Press1994
Demographic literature is replete with observations of an inverse relation between certain attributes of modernity and family size (Thompson 1929; Notestein 1945; Coale and Hoover 1958; Leiberman 1980, Srinivasan 1986).
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, is a critical piece of legislation in India aimed at addressing and curbing the practice of sex-selective abortions and ensuring the ethical use of prenatal diagnostic technologies.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, is an Indian law aimed at regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm or egg donation, and surrogacy.