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Write short note on the following in not more than 150 words. Your answer should have a sociological perspective: Infant Mortality Rate is the most sensitive index for measuring development. Comment.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Population Dynamics

The claim treats infant survival as a summary of a society's capacity to protect its most dependent members. An infant cannot compensate for a bad environment by effort, income or migration; whether it lives is decided entirely by what household and state provide. That is a strong argument — but "most sensitive" is not "sufficient",…

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