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News ScanGovt aims to come out with quicker, more accurate census data Inaugurating a recent Data Users Conference for Census 2011, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the census organisation must try and release the scheduled 2011 census data within two or three years from its date of completion More... Shivpuri men prefer guns to money as sterilisation inducementGetting the men of Shivpuri district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, to undergo a vasectomy by enticing them with the promise of a gun licence seems to be working better than monetary inducement More... Married Indian women prefer abstinence to contraception: studyDespite a 13% increase in awareness about contraceptive methods, a growing number of married women prefer traditional birth control measures and operative procedures like sterilisation over condoms More... Decline in fertility leads to reduction in poverty, says expertOfficial data suggests that the number of people living below the poverty line in India has decreased from 55% in 1973/74 to 26% in 1999/2000. Interestingly, fertility too had begun to decline during the '70s More... Tamil Nadu offers tsunami survivors free reversals of birth control proceduresAlthough many parents who lost children in the disaster are applauding the government's decision to conduct free sterilisation reversals, experts point out that the move reveals a flawed reproductive health policy in India More... Stiffer penalty for sex selection: NCWWhile acknowledging increasing incidents of sex-selective abortion, the National Commission for Women demands stringent action to end the practice More... |
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