affects the meager resources of households and impacts dependent women and children. These Cases have been formulated on basis … respondents comprising mainly of urban poor, selected from three major slums and other poverty pockets of Varanasi city in India … and children of households and makes them further vulnerable to multiple crises. This paper urges that the addicts and …

show that the functional extinction of vultures in India increased human mortality because of a negative shock to … sanitation. Vultures are efficient scavengers and feed only on carrion. In India, a country with over 500 million livestock …

among children in India, that gender bias in mortality is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in China and India, and that …

One-third of India's urba ... …

), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in South and East … Asia, and often related to sex-selective abortions and postbirth neglect of female children. In contrast, estimates of …

), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in South and East … Asia, and often related to sex-selective abortions and postbirth neglect of female children. In contrast, estimates of …

previously found (4-5 million excess female deaths per year), is as severe among adults as it is among children in India, is …The existing literature on "missing women" has suggested that the problem is mostly concentrated in India and China …, and mostly related to sex-selective abortions and post-birth neglect of female children. In a recent paper in the Review …

is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the … children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …