The Covid-19 pandemic has not caused a baby boom, but quite the opposite in the city. Mumbai registered nearly 24% fewer births in 2021 compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019—the second year of the country's second most populous city recording a significant drop in birth registrations.
NEW DELHI: India’s life expectancy at birth inched up to 69.7 in the 2015-19 period, well below the estimated global average life expectancy of 72.6 years. It has taken almost ten years to add two years to life expectancy.
Union Budget 2022-23, presented amidst the third wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, had many expectaons to fulfil.
Gender Responsive Budgeting practices have been in force in India for over fifteen years.
Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can be a powerful strategy for empowering women and achieving gender equality, by addressing gender concerns along the policy cycle of