Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Human Development and Population in India: the Case of Madhya Pradesh Aalok Ranjan Chaurasia

Human Development and Population in India covers a range of human development and population related issues specific to Madhya Pradesh, one of the least developed states of the country. It covers pertinent human development issues - social class and regional disparities, child deprivation, poverty trends and differentials, economic growth, health and longevity, elementary education and as contemporary population concerns - transition in the age and sex structure of the population, fertility and child mortality. The topics covered in the monograph highlight the prevailing human development scenario and the progress in population transition in the state. The monograph emphasises integration of programmes and interventions directed towards hastening the pace of population transition with human development processes and calls for creating, strengthening and sustaining institutions to build up the capacity in this regard.