Analysis of the situation of children in India

Contents
Chapter 1 The Economy
1 Rate of growth
2 Progress in agriculture
3 Industrial production
4 Saving and investment
5 Balance of payments
6 Mobilizing resources
7 Sectoral outlays
8 Social equity
Chapter || Demographic Trends
1 Emerging patterns
2 Projections
3 Variations
4 Growth
5 Child population
6 Density
7 Urbanization
8 Fertility and its control
9 Mortality
10 Infant mortality
11 Differentials in infant mortality
12 Dimensions of infant mortality
13 Child mortality
14 Female mortality
15 Life expectancy
16 More men than women
Chapter III Health
1 Major health hazards
2 Maternal and child health
3 Maternal mortality
4 Health services
Health expenditure
6 The non-government sector
7 Impact of health services
8 Coverage and use
9 Primary health care
10 Essential drugs
11 Immunization
Chapter IV Nutrition
1 Food production and
consumption
2 Malnutrition
3 Micro-nutrient deficiencies
4 Infant feeding practices
5 Weaning: concept and
practice
6 Maternal malnutrition
7 Low birth weight
8 Supplementary feeding
programmes
Chapter V Education
1 Literacy
2 School education
3 Adult education
4 Pre-school learning
5 Non-formal alternatives
6 Expenditure on education
Chapter VI Women
1 Demographic imbalance
2 Unequal acess to health
and nutrition
3 Dual economic role
4 Educational neglect
5 Earning potential
6 Legal protection
7 Political participation
8 Social solidarity
Chapter VII Environmental Sanitation
Water Supply and Urban
Shelter
1 Environment
2 Sanitation
3 Water
4 Slums
Chapter VIII Disability, Destitution
and Labour
1 Childhood disability
2 Destitute children
3 Child labour
Chapter IX Communication
1 A development resource
2 The community level
3 The mass media
4 Options are open
5 Future imperatives
Chapter X Perspectives
1 Policy orientation
2 Contours of change
3 Lessons in strategy
Annex
Indicative Costs of
Child Survival
Bibliography