What does the decreased total fertility rate mean? How should we read the decreased sex ratio? How does India fare on the nutrition front? What could be a few policy implications of these? Apurva Kumar and Suman Joshi try to unpack these and other findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS5) report.
Suggested Readings:
National Family Health Survey, India
A close reading of the NFHS-5, the health of India - Ashwini Deshpande
NFHS: Does India really have more women than men? - Geeta Pandey
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