Population
Population
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                                   Is population growth responsible for poverty or poverty                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Briefly discuss the factors responsible for failure
                                   responsible for population growth. Discuss 10 m
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &                 associated issues                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of Natonsl population policies in India.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            In recent times there have been debates wrt New
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            National Population Policy being the ened of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Negative impact of globalisation                                                                hour. In context of this statement discuss what
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Changing value system                                                                        should be the prime concerns of new policy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Isolation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Disintegration of family
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4. Fixation with material
                                                                          Demo - population; Graphy - characteristics— characteristics of population                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           success
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        changes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Health facilities- infra have improved
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. The supranational orgn WHO -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           implementation of active ageing- result of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      society                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             policy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           globalisation.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                   by Females
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                +educ
                                                                                    literacy, structure ( age ) and composition.                                                                                    ↓                       to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          safely.                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Democratic decentralised planning
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Concept                                                                          3. Checking the trend of putting entire onus on
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                                                                                                                                                                                     ell                Causes for High Fertility Rate
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                                                  a                             <Types of demography                                                                                                    1. Poverty and illiteracy
         Liability
                                               Mathisia
                                                                                                                                                                               -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               According to Census 2011 8.6%                                                                                                                                       4. Broader coverage wrt composition of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Religious ideologies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Universality of institution of marriage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      population is above 60 years.                                                       It is defined as purposeful measure which                                          population
                                                                                                                                                                                 Fertility refers to actual reproductive performance
                                                                                                                                                                                 of an individual. Currently our total fertility rate is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              4. Early marriage or child marriage.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              5. Preference for a male child, son meta
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1. Critically examine to what extent urbanisation has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    aggravated the vulnerability of old age population.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Within this decade 2001-2011 has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               increased by 35.5%.                                                                 is aimed at affecting demographic                                               5. Checking the trends of migration wrt
                                                                                                                                                                                 2.2 which is expected to reduce to replacement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               70% living in Rural areas -                                                         processes such as fertility, mortality and
            Creates pressure on existing
                                                                                      ->    Formal                                                                                                                                                               preference - desired no. of male child.                                                ) Child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ·                 Labour
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            National
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2. What do you mean by longevity dividend ?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enumerate teh steps that should be taken by the                            Ruralisation of old age.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   migration.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       concentration of population in few pockets in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              6. Lack of awareness among women wrt                                                           prohibition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A                                                     Policy                          for        children                      2013
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lack of uniformity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 reproductive health.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Discuss the +ve and -ve impact of globalisation on the                     > no. of males in old age bracket —
                                                                                                                                                                                 Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland- fertility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  6. Promoting the culture of geriatric care.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Factories
                                                                                           It refers to statistical component of population
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            Responsible for relative deprivation &                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 old age population.                                                         Kerala has highest share of old age
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              7. High Infant and Child mortality rate                                                                                                             1. The policy was introduced in 2013 to give           National plan of Action
                                                                                                                                                                                 rate more then national average.                                                                                                                                              Juvenile Justice Act                                                                                                                                                                                                                            population - 12.6% share in total.                                                                                                                                  7. Entire burden of family planning is on
            social unrest                                                                  change.                                                                                                                                                            8. Lack of availability and affordability of                                                                                                           effect to UNCRC.                                    1. Survival:- Universal Maternal &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Child health, Universal Immunisation,                 ISSUES                  · user health
                                                                                                                                                                                 Implications:-                                                                  contraceptive methods. ( 4A’s ).                                                                                                                 2. It declares every individual less than 18 to be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a child.                                            Quality pre natal, peri natal and post natal          1. Failing health - ageing is synonymous with declining
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Y                                                                                        bureaucracy rather active participation of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              9. Joint family norm                                                                                         ((28)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          policies                                                                     NGO’s , civil society in the process of family
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               POCSO
                                                                                      ->     Social                                                                               high fertility rate >> resource deificit >> Health
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              10. Heterosexual forms of marriages.                                                                       According to United Nations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Every child has 4 basic rights — right to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     health and survival, right to education &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         care.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2. Development:- Universal qualitative                   health and this provess is further aggravated due to                               1. integrated for older person 1992
                                                                                                                                                                                 ( malnourishment), education and overall well-                                                                                                                                          Convention on Right of Child                                                                    early childhood care & education,                        lack of availability, accessibility, affordability,                                2. Indira Gandhi national old age pension                                                                                                                         planning rather than just bureaucracy.
           <     Asset                                                                   Social demography deals with social cause and
                                                                                                                                                                                 being of child would Suffer, attention deficit >>                                                                                   Their is no keener                                  ( UNCRC ) every individual less
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         than 18 is a child. Every
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     development, right to participation and right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to protection.                                      secondary education.                                     awareness and quality wrt healthcare.                                                 scheme 1995                                                                                                                                                8. Promoting sex and adolescent education,
                                                                                                                                                                                 chances of juvenile delinquency would be high                                                                                  revealation of the soul of the                           individual by the virtue of being a      To implement the policy Ministry of Women              3. Protection:- strengthening legislative,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2. Income insecurity - absence of assured and sufficient                              3. National policy for older persons 1999.                                   There sre two types of population policies
                                                                                         consequences of the statistics.                                                         >> child labour >> worst sufferer would be girl                                                                                  Nation than the treatment                              child has four rights. India is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         signatory and has ratified this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and Child development will prepare National            administrative & institutional mechanism
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         for child protection .                                   income created the feeling of insecurity among the                                 4. Maintenance and welfare of senior citizen                                 1. ANTE - NATAL :- to reduce the birth rate and stabilise                           Alternative methods of contraception, delayed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   mid ce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  plan of action for children.
                                                                                                                                                                                 child.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    given to its children
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ~ Nelson Madela
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         convention.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1. Right to Survival                   National coordination and action group is              4. Participation:- active participation of               older generation. The older population is unable to                                   act 2007.                                                                                      the population.                                                pregnancy, proper spacing etc.
               If it gets transformed into Human capital                            It has been observed that the emergence of female vote bank in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       children in planning & implementation of                 compete with young minds due to following factors
                                                                                    the recent elections has made political parties and leaders take                           On Women :-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2. Right to development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3. Right to participation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  responsible for implementation of the policy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         programs concerning them.                                                                                                                   5. National program for healthcare for elderly                               2. DISTRIBUTIONAL :- deals with concentration,                                   9. Culture of vasectomy needs to be promoted.
               1. Cultural capital :- education, skills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Right to protection                                                                                                                                  > limited physical and mental capacity                                               2010.
                                                                                    women related issues seriously. Critically examine in context of                           1. Low participation in labour market because
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   > chronic malnutrition                                                                                                                                                                structure and composition of the                          10. Changing social norms in the society.
               2. Social capital :- source of networking,                           electoral mobilisation in India in recent times.                                              most of her productive years she is busy or                                                                                                                                       Issues                                                                According to the study of Ministry of Women and Child                                                                                                                       NATIONAL POLICY FOR SENIOR CITIZEN, 2011                                                                                                                     11. Checking the trend of skewed sex ratio.
                   mutual trust and harmony.                                                                                                                                      involved in the task of birth giving.                                  Family :- Standard of living gets impacted, social                                                                                                                               Development 53% of the children sre subjted to some kind of                              > family and social mindsets                                                                                                                                                          population.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ( WAY FORWARD)
                                                                                                                                                                               2. Health suffers Nash the physical capacity of                           cohesion in family gets negatively impacted.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          sexual abuse out of which in more than 90% cases the abuse                               > limited access to resources                                                                                                                                  In Context of India population policies have always been                         12. Improved access , education and
               3. Economic capital :- work opportunity,                             Sabarimala Temple entry, Ujjwala scheme, banning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      is committed by a known person however only 6% cases are                                 > lack of awareness wrt the rights and entitlements.                               1.Mainstream the concerns of senior citizens
                                                                                                                                                                                  the women comes under threat, high chances                                                                                                                                   >Child Sexual House                                                        reported.                                                                                                                                                                     specifically the older women.                                             ante natal rather than distributional. Now that the fertility                         empowerment of women.
                   environment at workplace, wages.                                 of liquor shops, banning of casinos in Goa.                                                   of anaemia or maternal mortality rate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  According to NCRB there is 336% increase in child rape
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Isolation and Neglect ( agewell foundation - 43% of old
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Nation :- if women I am not participating, children                                                                                                                                                                                                                      people are suffering from isolation and neglect).                                   2. Promote income security, pension ,                                       rate is about to reach the replacement level so we have
                                                                                                                                                                               3. if women is not financially independent and                                                                                                                                                                                                             cases from 2010-2014.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         or unhealthy the quality of the workforce gets
                                                                                                                                                                                  physically not fit her social status will be low.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CAUSES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ECONOMIC CAUSES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  # disintegration of joint family                                                       healthcare, insurance etc.                                               controlled the Birth rate , the need of the hour is to shift
  There has been a contrast in the demography of the North                                                                                                                                                                                               compromised demographic dividend will turn into                                                         PSYCHOLOGICAL                                                                                                                                                    # dual career families                                                              3. Promote the care of old people in the family                             the focus towards distributional policies.                                  West Bengal’s Kanyashree scheme offers financial aid
                                                                                    Demographic
  and south India. Explain this phenomenon and Discuss its                     ->                                                   dividend                                   4. Ultimately neither she is socially empowered                           a disaster, economic development will suffer,                                                           1. Psychopath
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2. Relative deprivation there is an urge to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Poverty - easy victim and also relative dep.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Caste rigidities                                                                     # changing value system where older generation is                                      and to consider the institutional care as the                                                                                                        to girls wanting to pursue higher studies. Bihar and
                                                                                                                                                                                  nor financially empowered so inability to                              Status of India and global level would be                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   considered as a liability rather than an asset.
  policy implications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Failure of education system -                                                                                                                                               last resort.
                                                                                                                                                                                  bring about change in society.                                         negatively impacted.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    impose your hegemony.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  # emergence of specialised institutions of knowledge                                                                                                                                                                                        other States have been implementing a cycle scheme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Evolut ion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3. Victim - that person him/herself has been                                lack of moral values - corrupt value system.                                                                                                                             4. Consider old people as the valuable resource                                              -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    victimof the same.                                                       Lack of sex and adolescent education                                                    which has reduced the importance of older people                                   and efforts shoukd be made to make them                                                                                                               to ensure girls reach safely to school
                                                                                    It is referred as potential of economic growth created due to                                Government efforts :- Mission Parivar Vikas - targeting those districts                                                                                                         4. Broken window theory - lack of deterrence                             4. Lack of space spaces -                                                                  as the source of wisdom.                                                                                                                                 ->
   Fertility rate is high in North India whereas in                                                                                                                              where fertility rate is high, Vasectomy fortnight - to promote male sterilisation,                                                                                                 if a person is not punished for petty crimes                                                                                                                                                                                                        economically productive ( vocational trainers,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           olicy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5. Lack of proper institutional care of children                                     4. Abuse - since they are perceived to be passive, weak
                                                                                    the bulge in working age population                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           cutionsaddressing
  South India it has already reached the                                                                                                                                         Contraceptive pills through PM Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana, involvement of Asha                                                                                                        the chances of committing heinous crimes                                 without functional families e.g. shelter homes.                                                                                                                            their experience can be used in think tanks,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and dependent they are prone to different types of
  replacement level.                                                                                                                                                             workers at ground level- to create awareness about family planning.                                                                                                                at later stage of life are high.                                      6. Lack of awareness among parents wrt                                                                                                                                        they can be recruited as counsellors,
                                                                                                                                        ratio declines                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            abuses e.g. physical, financial, emotional and sexual.
  Death rate has also declined due to better                                                Got             dependency                                                           Indirectly:- Beti Padhao Bet Bachao, Sukanya Samridhi Yojana to encourage                                                                                                      GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. POCSO :- Protection of Child against Sexual Offence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             different types of abuses.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               5. There is lack of formal awareness program in India                                    encourage self employment, SHG’s and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         cooperative ventures can play a significant
                                                                                                                                                                                 small families.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                LIMITATIONS OF POCSO                                                                              which prepares an individual for old age. It sets in
  health infrastructure.                                                                                                    4
                                                                                                                                        Exped                                                                                                                                                                                                                   It is Gender neutral. It defines different types of sexual
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         role in strengthening the capacity of old
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                                                                                                            Income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Lack of awareness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 empowerg creating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                abuse. Any person having any awareness of child                                                                                                                   quitely and suddenly. LONGEVITY DIVIDEND
  Age structure also undergoing a change
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Pre-Independence
                                                                                                                                                                            Infant Mortality
                                                                                                                                    ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Stigmatisation of the issue                                                                                                                                                           population.                                                                 ->
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                sexual abuse it is mandatory to reports such cases. In
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                case of aggravated assault onus of innocence on                 3. Lack of infrastructure high number of pending cases.                                                                          The economic growth potential
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Promote geriatric care - specialised old care.                                                                                                                                                               cocietal
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 created due to increase in life
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              proper public
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. Lack of hospital staff both in quality and quantity.                                                                                                                                  encouraged on lines of Germany.
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                                                                                           215                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  rehabilitation of the child , time bound completion of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    religious sentiments, culture. So after the revolt of
                                                                                                                                            for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  WAY FORWARD
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                                                                                                                                                  eco                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ~
                                                                                                         creates
                                                                                                                            scope                                                                                                                      Causes of High Mortality Rate:-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -Persona                                                                                                                                                                       1857 Britishers decided they will not intervene in
                                                                                                                                                                           Infant Mortality rate is the most important                                                                                                                                          trial.                                                           1. Sensitisation of police officials                                                                                                       given by     who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Disabilitymi                                                                                                                                                                               infrastructure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Early marriage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Persons
                                                                                                            groute
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                                                                                                            Domestic demand                                                                                                                           3. Female foeticide and infanticide
                                                                                                                                                                           socio economic environment.                                                                                                                                                          Only 3 states have Children’s court - Goa, Telangana             well - punishment should be there.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. Lack of girl education                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           INDIFFERENCE — They were least bothered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       picked
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              officers
                             easom                                                                                                                                         Currently IMR is 33.                                                       5. Lack of institutional deliveries - concept
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and Delhi.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Prohibition
                                                                                                            Labour demand
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ·                                                                                                                                                                                 CAUSES - PUSH FACTOR                                                                                                                                                                           to recourse
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          whether the population is increasing or decreasing.                               Child
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Disacutai
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ->
                                                                                    Average age in india is 29 years as against Japan 47 ,                                 There is a social stigma attached to infant                                6. Superstitious belief system i.e. lack of                                                                                                              2. Unemployment of the parents.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2. Easy to hire and fire
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 limited   access
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       to
                                                                                                                                                                           violence and women falling prey to superstition.                           7. Slums of lack of safe neighbourhood (                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       infra                 hazards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gram
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ↑
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     community support
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritatve Abhiyaan
                                                                                                                                                                          Y                                                                               hygiene — WASH .                                                                                   India has highest no. of child labourers in the      content                                  4. Some industries do not need                                          # A differently abled person is disabled not                 The 2.21 % of population is disabled                                                                      established by Indian National Congress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             world.                                            7. Socio- cultural constraints e.g.            skilled labour e.g. bidhi rolling                                      due to physical or mental impairment but                   There is lack of uniformity wrt definition of
                                                                                    ‘Demographic dividend if not nurtured properly will turn                                   ( ante natal care - during pregnancy) 9th day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           eay                        8. Avoiding vaccination, immunisation due                                                                                                                   cultural acceptance of girl child                                                                                  due to the social perception of the society                disability due to which there is lack of credible
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. R.K. Mukherjee
                                                                                                                                                                          2.   Janani Surakhsha Yojana ( perinatal care -                                to various belief system.                                                                             Critically examine the social and economic                                                     bangle , garment packing ,
                                                                                    into a demographic disaster’ Discuss the statement in                                 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       doing domestic chores, bonded
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cotton plucking, tea plucking                                          which stigmatised the disability.                          data >> lack of effective policy making.                                                                  2. Bhore committee.
                                                                                                                                                                                institutional deliveries).                                            9. The economic status or the household                                                                  consequences of abolishing child labour.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  labour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  12 000       child
                            old                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 There is lack of reporting due to stigma associated                                                                                                                                                                         ,
                                      pop? L                                        context of Indian society.                                                            3.   Janani Shishu suraksha Karayakram - post                                  income is also an important determinant                                                              Birth rate would decline , eco. families more    8. Lack of state run juvenile homes            mines   etc.                                                         # Disability in India is considered as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Disability in India is treated as a medical problem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ODISHA        -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Rorau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      towards differently abled.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ·
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Fertility rate more then the religious                                                 economy.                                                      child labour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         A series of such interventions — and recommendations of
                                                                                     absorb that workforce.                                                                   depending upon what is the cause there can be a scheme.                                  factors is closely related to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   PERSON WITH DISABILITY ACT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. 40 % disability must for reservation,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1. Period of neutrality ( 1947- 51 )                                                          the Shivraj Patil Committee report in 2011 — have helped
                      destination                                                    Efforts taken by government: –                                                        2. Bottom up approach - community participation is the need                                 education level and socio economic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           which involves subjectivity and what                                                                                                                                                                         bring down the percentage of child marriages in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       development within a state.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1. It clearly defines what constitutes           about people who have 39% disability.                                                                          Indians realised that controlling population is the need of the hour but
                                                                                     Stand-up India, start up India, make in India, skill                                     of the hour.
                                                                                                                                                                           3. There should be proper awareness wrt scheme.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Elaborate. Enumerate the steps that                                                     Party                                                                                                                                                                   discrimination. However there is a           2. 4% reservation is way too less as                                                                           in the initial five years India was undergoing so many problems that they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Karnataka (from 42% in 200506 to 21.3% in 201920).
                ↓                                                                    development programmes – Pradhan Mantri                                                                                                                                           can be taken to stabilise the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   caveat that discrimination is allowed        cases are under reported.
                                                                                                                                                                           4. The medical staff needs to be improved both quality and                                  population.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       if it is a proportionate means of                                                                                                                           didn’t had time to create a policy for population control like integration
    Policy implication: –                                                            Kaushal Vikas Yojana.                                                                    quantity for proper implementation of the schemes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. No provision for National Commission
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       achieving legitimate aims .                  for Disabled people & advisory bodies                                                                          of princely states, Kashmir issue, first war with Pakistan, partition on
   Control the fertility rate in north India                                         But this is not sufficient more needs to be done                                      5. Proper social audits needs to be conducted.                                                                                                                                    CHILD LABOUR PROHIBITION ACT
                                                                                                                                                                           6. Ambit of education should be broadened- sex education                                                                                                                          The child labour is banned less than 14 years of age except family                                                                                                    2. Number of disabilities have increased         are toothless tiger.                                                                                           communal lines.
   whereas geriatric care for the old-age                                            Agriculture sector needs to be developed,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        from 7 to 21.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             enterprise, audio-visual industry barring circus. In the 14-18 it is allowed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  M.S. Swaminathan Report 1994
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             but prohibited for mines, inflammable substances, hazardous process.                            child labour prohibition act will be effective in reducing            3. However there is a benchmark clause of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ( it is against the secondary edu - imp. Linking pin b/w primary and                            the incidences of child labour in India.                                                                                  1. Promoting teh culture of e-learning,                                                                     2. Period of experiment ( 1951-61)                                                      1. Discontinue monetary incentive
   Focus more on education in north India                                            employment needs to be promoted, robust                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          40% to avail the benefits of reservation.
                                                                                                                                                                               Mu
                                                                                                                                                                                      f
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             higher education by allowing work in 14-18. )                                                 Dual burder on children , family enterprise can be misused,             4. It provides for reservation of 4% in                proper training of care givers on                                                                          > National Family Program 1952                                                        2. Decentralised and democratic family
                                                                                                                                                                                                     grainnem
   because younger crowd.                                                            education at primary secondary and higher levels,                                ->
                                                                                                                                                                                                 O
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             There is a provision for child and adolescent rehabilitation fund. The                        missing secondary edu will kick in vicious circle of poverty,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -                         -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lines of National Skill Development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -
                                                                                                                                                                                                         -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             central government may omit the list of prohibited occupation just by an                      Lack of accountability wrt to the operations of fund,                     government jobs and 5 % in higher                                                                                                                               > Clinical approach- government decided to provide services to                                bottom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -
up should be
   Focus more on health in South India as                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    executive order without any parliament’s approval.                                                                                                                      educational institutions.                            authority guidelines.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            people                 -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sterlisa-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Complete eradication of child labour - Indian society is not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       those who were already motivated to visit the family planning                               approach                          choice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            given should not
   well as stable job opportunities                                                                                                                              -                                                                                                                                                                                           There are penalties both in terms of jail term and finein case of                             ready for it - significant dent on economically depressed.                                                                  2. Promote   inclusive education                                                                                                                                                                                                                            be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    j
  regions have                                                 migration                                                                                                         Low remunerative character of agriculture,                 Emergence of new middle class leading to                                                                              committee.                                                       becker
                                 development but                                                                        )
                                                                                                                        ·
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ~Transgende
  adverse sex ratio?                                                                                                                                                             Lack of basic infrastructure- health and education
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            High standard of living
                                                               ↑Rural-wason
                                                                                                                                                                                 Due to existence of traditional structure based on                                                                                                                                                                                                                    9. Over obsession with goals. You do not shy away from
                                 also social                   -    Rural-rural                                                                                                                                                             Better opportunities for higher education                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                cafeteria approach was adopted under which couples were given
                                                                                                                                Semi-permanent
                                                                                                                                                                                 rigid caste system                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       accepting illegitimate means to achieve the goal.
                                                                                                                        )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          > petty crime ( less than 3 years )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -
                                                                                                                                                                      i
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Absence of caste rigidities etc.                                                                                                                                                                           11. Vicious cycle due to stigmatisation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            # less than 16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           When the sex assigned at                                         the final choice was left to them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               -
                                 discuss the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      #                                                          cent         Child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           to a                          Rehab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          .                 Centre                         should not happen because according to
                                                               ->
                                                                    "urban-rural                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               undignified jobs.                                                                                     referred as transgender.
                                 causes of internal                                                              Temporary/ circular or seasonal                                                                                   ECONOMIC CAUSES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   > petty crime ( less than 3 years )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           UNCRC every person below 18 is a child.                                                                                                                                                                                                   targeting them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               50-60% transgenders have never ended schools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SOCIO- CULTURAL                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Crime committed by juvenile is only about
                                 migration in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            wo m e n
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   > serious crime ( 3 < 7 years )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     e
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   POLITICAL FACTORS                                                                                                          # 16 < 18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Male                                  >Transwomen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sent        to a       Child          Rehab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         .           Centre                   4% .                                                             They do not figure on the agenda of sny political                                                                                                                   4. First National Population Policy ( 1978 )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           3. Asish Nandi - sociologist — No child is a born
                                                                                                                                                                                PULL BACK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      parties.                                                                                             Female                       men
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tra n s m e n
                                                                                                                                        ll
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             PUSH BACK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    >
                                                                                                                                                                                Government schemes:- MGNREGA , NRLM,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Congestion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   > heinous crime ( > 7 years )                                           criminal it is the circumstances that make him                                                                                                                                                                                          The censes 1971 it was found that the decadal growth rate of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Only 2% transgenders live with tehir family.
                                                       Impact
                                                                                                                                                                                Counter magnets :- development of Chandigarh and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Intersex
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           criminal, if a child is committing serious and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Overcrowding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Juvenile                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   population for 19 61–71 was 24.6%.
                                                                                                    Migrants
                                                                                                                                                                                Jaipur to reduce pressure on Delhi, development of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Health cost has increased                                                                                                                                            Justice Board                            heinous crime then society needs to introspect.
                                                                                    on                                                                                          Pune and Nashik to reduce pressure on Mumbai,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Quality of life has declined
                                                                                                                                                                                development of Hyderabad to reduce pressure on
                                                                                                                                                                                Bangalore, Noida example of sub urbanisation-                Unemployment or underemployment                                                                                                                                                                               4. Lack of infrastructure- place of safety                            NALSA JUDGEMENT                                                                                 CRITICAL ANALYSIS
                                                                                                                                                                                Greater noida is counter magnet.                             Intolerance                                                                                                                                 child                     adult                                   5. Tool of measurement is subjective- child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1. Transgenders should have right to Self                                                                                                                         The government approach shifted from family planning to family
                                                                                                                                                                                Sense of belongingness/ feeling of nativism                  Lack of trust between natives and migrants                                                                                                  capacity                  capacity                                capacity or adult capacity and if the child has                                                                                                                       1. To obtain identification from DM so
                                                                                                                                                                                Family reunification                                         Lack of cultural integration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 identification                                                                                                                                                    welfare.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           reformed their behaviour or not.                                                                                                                                         no right to self identification nor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Replication of inequalities wrt caste, religion etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mildren                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Implementation of Child Marriage restrain Act where the minimum age
                                                                                                                                                                                Marriage
NEGATIVE                                            ↓                                                                                   ↓                                       Change in political leadership                               Son of soil policy                                                                                                                                  Rehab                                                                                                                           2. They should be treated as third gender.                                                         OBC reservation in the bill.
                                                                                                        POSITIVE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              .
Migrants constitutes the largest part of India’s unorganised sector, there                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               centre                                                            + people who use child as a shield to commit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3. Tehy should be given reservation under OBC                                                                                                                     of marriage was increased to 21 and 18 for boys and girls respectively.
entry in labour market is marked by several disadvantages                                               1. Social mobility:- upward
                                                                                                                                                                 ->                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ↓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           crimes cannot do so now.                                                                                                                                              2. None of the laws of adoption,
                                                                                                                                                                 IMPLICATIONS FOR SOURCE REGION                                                                                                                            place of safety                                                                                                                                                                                       status.                                                                                                                                                           Making sterilisation voluntary.
1. Devoid of critical skills, information and bargaining power the migrant
                                                                                                           movement wrt social status of an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   IMPLICATIONS — DESTINATION AREAS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 property & marriage have been
   workers are often caught in exploitative labour arrangement.                                                                                                  ECONOMIC                                          1. Migrants are perceived to take away the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              till
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     yes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Including population education as a part of study curriculum.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Si
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    amended to incorporate
                                                                                                           individual.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        favour                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Monetary incentives for sterilisation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          -
2. Lack of identity and documentation further aggravates their problem.                                                                                          1. Loss of Human Resource if migration is of         jobs of locals. It creates competition for                                                                         if n o a  te
3. Hardship magnifies when the state borders are crossed. Intrastate                                    2. Social tolerance: accommodative                                                                            basic amenities, feeling of relative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  AIL                                                                                 th en   J                                                                                 TRANSGENDER BILL                                                                                    transgenders.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Use of media for spreading awareness.
                                                                                                                                                                    employable people however if migration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3. Begging has been criminalised for
   migration is 4 times the interstate Eco. Survey 2017                                                    of diversity and dissent .                               draws upon the surplus labour then it is the      deprivation, increase   in crime  rate.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           According to Census 2011 30.2% of married
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. It defines the concept of transgender.                                                                                                                          Encouraging research in field of contraceptives.
4. Migrants become easy victim of identity politics and parochialism.
5. They are denied social and economic benefits both in destination and
                                                                                                        3. Social Capital:- network and PR
                                                                                                        4. Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                    win win situation.
                                                                                                                                                                 2. It orovides opportunity to the state to employ
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2.  Mismanaged   migration    also result into
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       slum proliferation which has public cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ->       Child
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           women were married before the age of 18.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION ACT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Marriage                                                                                                                               2. Transgenders have to obtain a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   certificate of identity from District
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    them which was the only source of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    livelihood and alternative source
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY 2000
   source areas - Eco. Survey 2017 suggested portability of benefits— BPL                                                                                                                                              associated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of livelihood has not been created.
   at pan Indian basis.                                                                                                                                             greater focus in improving economic            DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCE                        This practice of child has its roots in traditional, cultural child marriage is a nin bailable and cognisable offence. It clearly                                                                                                                                Magistrate                                                                                                                                                      It was introduced with the objective of economic and social
                                                                                                                                                                    condition of reduced population                                                               and religious practices. However is sustained by poor               defines who is a child and what is a child marriage. It clearly lays
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 4. Molestation of transgenders at
6. Migrants are usually out of the bounds of government and civil society                                                                                                                                          Skewed sex ratio- male specific migration.     economic condition. That is poverty and dowry system down a punishment for an adult male marrying a minor. There is                                                                                                                                           3. Transgenders are protected against                                                                the hands of police officials have                            development.
   because they are invisible due to lack of credible data.                                                                                                         3. Benefit of remittances.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     To improve the quality of life of people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  are considered as two main reasons behind this practice.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      a provision for a Child marriage prohibition officer. For some                                                                                                                               any discrimination wrt education,                                                                 neither been recognised nor
                                                                                                                  Way forward
7. There is one act wrt migrants— Interstate migrant workmen act 1979. It is                                                                                       POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
   not being properly implemented.                                                                                        z                                        1. Lack of incentive among political
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SOCIO - PSYCHOLOGICAL                                CAUSES                                                         special ocassions on which mass child marriages takes place DM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   employment, access to public spaces                                                               punished under the act.                                       To provide them opportunity to become productive assets in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  intermixing of diverse cultures, broadening of       1. Poverty                                                     is given spevial powers to prohibit child marriages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         society.
                                                                                                                                                                       leaders to work for the welfare of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  mental horizons of people, insulation on the         2. Dowry system                                                Child marriage per say is not null and void until and unless any                                                                                                                             etc.                                                                                                                                                            It had three fold objectives :-
                                                                                                                                                                       population.
                                                                1. Government should provide basic opportunities wrt education, skill,                             2. Reduced representation e.g. ghost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  part of natives against cultural synthesis with      3. Girls being a symbol of prestige for                        party approaches the court for its nullification.                                                                                                                                         4. They have the right to household i.e. a                                                                                                                         Immediate - to address the unmet need for contraception, healthcare
                                                                  jobs in source region so as to reduce the incidences of migration.                                   hamlets in Uttarakhand.                    the migrants e.g. North East exodus.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          family + lack of safety and security.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       4. It is a customary practice which is existing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     WAY FORWARD                                                                                                                                                                                    transgender child cannot be                                                                        Transgenders                                                              infrastructure, workforce and integrated service delivery
                                                                2. Destination areas should be developed with an aim to accommodate                                                                               The political leadership gets the opportunity           since ages hence any effort to move away 1. Proper law enforcement                                                                                                                                                                                        separated from the family until the                                                                                                                                          wrt reproductive and child health ( RCH).
                                                                   migrants.
                                                                                                                                                                  DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCE
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Male specific migration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  to mobilise people on the issue of                      from it will lead to social ostracisation.                 2. Empowerment of girls with respect to life skills and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         protection skills.                                                                                                                                                                        court intervenes otherwise.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           a re
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 defeated                          Medium - to reduce TFR to 2.1 by 2010 ( missed it to be achieved by
                                                                3. Active participation of NGOs, civil society to drive away the mistrust                                                                         competition for scarce resources such as son 5. The orime objective of the existence of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     2020)
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Low Borth rate                                                                                       women is to bear and beget a male child.                   3. Community mobilisation through media and effective                                                                                                                                      5. There is a provision for National
                                                                   between natives and migrants.                                                                  3. Increased dependent population               of soil policy.                                      6. In the backdrop of skewed sex ratio the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Long term — to stabilise population by 2045.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         leadership.
                                                                4. Judicial implementation of the Migrant Act both in letter and spirit.                          4. Feminisation of workforce                                                                            young brides attract a decent bride price. 4. Convergence of various schemes to ensure efficiency in                                                                                                                                                     council for transgenders.
                                                                5. Portability of benefits.                                                                       5. Incidences of child labour increased                                                              7. Entrenched gender inequality and a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         eradication of child marriage.                                                                                                                                                         6. Begging is a criminal offence wrt
                                                                6. Mandatory registration of migrants both in source and destination                                                                                                                                      perception that girl child is economic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        High prevalence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ·
                                                                                                                                                                  SOCIO - PSYCHOLOGICAL                                                                                   liability has resulted into increased no. Of               5. A social movement should be initiated on the lines of                                                                                                                                      transgenders.                                                                                                           could arrage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ~
                                                                  areas.                                                                                           Migration is an agent of social change, New ideas related to                                           child marriages.                                               Bachpan Bachao Andolan - Kailash Satyarthi ) to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of
                                                                                                                                                                  technology, family planning, girl education gets diffused to                                                                                                           create social awareness wrt negative effect of child
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Beti B achad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ~
                                                                                                                                                                  the source areas. Absence of male for a very long period of                                                                                         ↑
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         marriages e.g. Mukti Carvans.                                                                                                                                                         Data shows that child marriage is a key determinant of high                                                              ~        ~
Hoverty -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               fertility, poor maternal and child health, and lower social status of
                                                                                                                                                                   time may cause dislocation of family.                                                                                                                             6. Conditional cash transfers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ---
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ~
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Beti Padhao                                                                                                                                                                                                                            women. Among the bigger States, West Bengal and Bihar have the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     7. Mandatory registration of marriages.
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