Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsPOPULATION2 Marks
Question
Give the reasons for high infant mortality rate in India.
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Answer
During planning in India infant mortality rate was $146$ which reduced to $39$ in $2014.$
Still in comparison to developed countries it is quite high.
For this many factors are responsible such as poverty, contempt for the birth of a daughter, lack of nutritive food, frequent miscarriage of female, less gap between two children, inadequate health related facilities etc.
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