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Surprise! Punjab, Bengal lead in curbing birth rate silently, and without much sarkari fanfare, dramatic changes are taking place in the population indicators of some states that you won't see reflected in country level data. Crude birth rate dipped from 26.4 to 22.8 for the whole country between 1998 and 2008. That's a 14% decline. But in eight major states, the decline was much more. In Punjab, the birth rate fell by a whopping 23%, followed by Kerala and Maharashtra (both 20%) and West Bengal (18%).
Countrywide, the crude death rate, came down by 18% in a decade. Again there were surprises in the toppers' list. Both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan saw a 23% dip in death rates, closely followed by Bihar (22%) and U.P. (20%).
These astonishing figures are computed from the annual Sample Registration System survey done by the Government's Census office for the years 1998 and 2008, the latest available, covering a sample of 7.1 million people spread across the country.
There has been a significant decline in the infant mortality rate in India from 72 in 1998 to 53 in 2008. Although the figure is still shocking, at least there has been a decline of 26% over the past decade.

Name the states with maximum amount of decline in birth rate and in death rate. What does the fall in death rate and birth rate indicate?

What does social exclusion refer to?

What is 'Jajmani System'?

What is a proprietary caste group?

Highlight the features of Ascriptive Identity.

Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Surprise! Punjab, Bengal lead in curbing birth rate silently, and without much sarkari fanfare, dramatic changes are taking place in the population indicators of some states that you won't see reflected in country level data. Crude birth rate dipped from 26.4 to 22.8 for the whole country between 1998 and 2008. That's a 14% decline. But in eight major states, the decline was much more. In Punjab, the birth rate fell by a whopping 23%, followed by Kerala and Maharashtra (both 20%) and West Bengal (18%).
Countrywide, the crude death rate, came down by 18% in a decade. Again there were surprises in the toppers' list. Both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan saw a 23% dip in death rates, closely followed by Bihar (22%) and U.P. (20%).
These astonishing figures are computed from the annual Sample Registration System survey done by the Government's Census office for the years 1998 and 2008, the latest available, covering a sample of 7.1 million people spread across the country.
There has been a significant decline in the infant mortality rate in India from 72 in 1998 to 53 in 2008. Although the figure is still shocking, at least there has been a decline of 26% over the past decade.

What is crude birth rate and natural growth rate of population?

What is meant by communalism in the Indian context? Why has it been a recurrent source of tension and violence?

Who wrote 'Street Purush Tulana'? What does it explain?

Mention two factors that encourage regionalism.

Highlight the role of Colonialism in the emergence of new business communities, with the help of any one example.