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As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world.
One peripheral health centre for 30,000 population in plains and 20,000 population in tribal and hilly areas; one sub-centre for a population of 5000 people in the plains and for 3000 in tribal and hilly areas; one community health centre for a population of 100,000; The establishment of peripheral health centres, their up gradation also come ...
Studies of India's population since 1881 have focused on such topics as total population, birth and death rates, geographic distribution, literacy, the rural and urban divide, cities of a million, and the three cities with populations over eight million: Delhi, Greater Mumbai (Bombay), and Kolkata (Calcutta). [52]
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), now under National Health Mission [1] is an initiative undertaken by the government of India to address the health needs of under-served rural areas. Launched on 12 April 2005 by then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , the NRHM was initially tasked with addressing the health needs of 18 states that ...
Health issues confronted by rural people are many and diverse – from severe malaria to uncontrolled diabetes, from a badly infected wound to cancer. [49] Postpartum maternal illness is a serious problem in resource-poor settings and contributes to maternal mortality, particularly in rural India. [50]
It includes two interrelated components: Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). [15] In 2006, the Public Health Foundation of India was started by the Prime Minister of India as both a private and public initiative. The goal of this organisation is to incorporate more public health policies and diverse ...
Many Indian news outlets have reported the study’s findings verbatim: “Study Shows India’s Hindu Population Shrank By 7.8%, Busts 3 Liberal Lies,” stated one report by News18.
These four states together contain two-fifths of India's rural population and reported high open defecation rates, over 87% in 2016. [4] By 2016, three states/UTs namely Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala had been declared ODF. [5] Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two states that had declared themselves open defecation-free, are yet to achieve that ...