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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077863
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017996
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Book Review: Being Mothers
Yesudian, P. Princy - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of Janani: Mothers, Daughters, Motherhood edited by Rinki Bhattacharya; Sage India, New Delhi, 2006; Pp 200, Rs …
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Final Report on the Functioning of Anganwadi Centres in Assam and Meghalya
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011
order to elicit views from stakeholders who are mainly mothers, pregnant women and lactating mothers and children and the …
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A Study of Children Dependent on Prostitutes in Selected Areas of Uttar Pradesh
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2010
Many studies simply demonstrate that there is paucity of empirical data, research findings and literature on the status of children dependent on prostitutes in Uttar Pradesh. Thus, it is imperative to conduct a field survey in the state of Uttar Pradesh to examine the social problem of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008751877
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of the ASER 2009’s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2010 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2011
tuition, parents’ education, household and village characteristics are retained. In addition, this year ASER tests mothers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828476
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The Youth Employment Crisis: A Call for Action
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2013
Resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012. [ILO].
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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary
Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge … Foundation, Mumbai on a commission from the UN-HABITAT Global Urban Youth Research Network of which it is part, is a first … attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. …
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012
The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100 …% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports during 10th Plan namely, Promotion of Youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945283