Any family which is below the poverty line gets a ration card. A ration card can buy them a stipulated amount of certain essential commodities like food grains or kerosene, every month from a nearby ration shop.
Any family which is below the poverty line gets a ration card. A ration card can buy them a stipulated amount of certain essential commodities like food grains or kerosene, every month from a nearby ration shop.
Ration Shops, also known as Fair Price Shops, keep stocks of food grains' sugar, kerosene oil, etc. These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price.
Ration Shops, also known as Fair Price Shops, keep stocks of food grains’ sugar, kerosene oil, etc. These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price.
(i) Health is an important component of population composition, which affects the process of development. (ii) Sustained efforts of the government programmes have registered significant improvements in the health conditions of the Indian population. (iii) As a result, the death rates have declined fRead more
(i) Health is an important component of population composition, which affects the process of development.
(ii) Sustained efforts of the government programmes have registered significant improvements in the health conditions of the Indian population.
(iii) As a result, the death rates have declined from 2E per 1,000 populations in 1951 to 8.1 per 1,000 in 2001 and life expectancy at birth has also increased (36.7 years in 1951 to 64.6 years in 2001).
(iv) This has been possible due to improvement in public health, precautions against infections and diseases, and application of modern medical practices in diagnosis and in the treatment of ailments.
Following improvements have been made in the health status of our population: (i) Diseases like small pox and plague have been eradicated. (ii) Inoculation and vaccinations are provided to control dengue fever, leprosy, TB and polio, etc. (iii) The infant mortality rate has also substantially reduceRead more
Following improvements have been made in the health status of our population:
(i) Diseases like small pox and plague have been eradicated.
(ii) Inoculation and vaccinations are provided to control dengue fever, leprosy, TB and polio, etc.
(iii) The infant mortality rate has also substantially reduced.
(iv) Improvement has been shown in sex ratio also in some states of India.
(v) Good public health facilities are provided to prevent spread of diseases and periodically information is imparted to the public to take precautions.
When was rationing system introduced in India?
The rationing system introduced in India in 1940s after the disastrous Bengal famine occurred
The rationing system introduced in India in 1940s after the disastrous Bengal famine occurred
See lessWhich families can buy from these Ration Shops?
Any family which is below the poverty line gets a ration card. A ration card can buy them a stipulated amount of certain essential commodities like food grains or kerosene, every month from a nearby ration shop.
Any family which is below the poverty line gets a ration card. A ration card can buy them a stipulated amount of certain essential commodities like food grains or kerosene, every month from a nearby ration shop.
See lessWhat are Fair Price Shops?
Ration Shops, also known as Fair Price Shops, keep stocks of food grains' sugar, kerosene oil, etc. These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price.
Ration Shops, also known as Fair Price Shops, keep stocks of food grains’ sugar, kerosene oil, etc. These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price.
See lessWhat are the advantages of having a healthy population?
(i) Health is an important component of population composition, which affects the process of development. (ii) Sustained efforts of the government programmes have registered significant improvements in the health conditions of the Indian population. (iii) As a result, the death rates have declined fRead more
(i) Health is an important component of population composition, which affects the process of development.
See less(ii) Sustained efforts of the government programmes have registered significant improvements in the health conditions of the Indian population.
(iii) As a result, the death rates have declined from 2E per 1,000 populations in 1951 to 8.1 per 1,000 in 2001 and life expectancy at birth has also increased (36.7 years in 1951 to 64.6 years in 2001).
(iv) This has been possible due to improvement in public health, precautions against infections and diseases, and application of modern medical practices in diagnosis and in the treatment of ailments.
What significant improvements have been noticed in the health status of our population?
Following improvements have been made in the health status of our population: (i) Diseases like small pox and plague have been eradicated. (ii) Inoculation and vaccinations are provided to control dengue fever, leprosy, TB and polio, etc. (iii) The infant mortality rate has also substantially reduceRead more
Following improvements have been made in the health status of our population:
See less(i) Diseases like small pox and plague have been eradicated.
(ii) Inoculation and vaccinations are provided to control dengue fever, leprosy, TB and polio, etc.
(iii) The infant mortality rate has also substantially reduced.
(iv) Improvement has been shown in sex ratio also in some states of India.
(v) Good public health facilities are provided to prevent spread of diseases and periodically information is imparted to the public to take precautions.