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How do you relate the growth of development of metropolis and its impact on the mental and social life of people in India?

  • UPSC 2018
  • 20 marks
  • Industrialization and Urbanisation in India

The National Mental Health Survey (2015–16) found current mental morbidity among adults at 14.7 per cent in urban metros against 9.6 per cent in rural India, with a treatment gap of about 84 per cent. That single contrast is the relationship the question asks about — but the relationship is neither uniform nor automatic, and…

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  • The growth in question
  • The lens on mental life
  • Indian evidence on mental life
  • Impact on social life
  • Conclusion

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