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Child Deprivation

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This chapter analyses regional, residence and social class variation in child deprivation in India. The underlying premise of the chapter is that deprivation should be measured in terms of services and facilities that need to be provided to children to ensure their survival, growth, development and protection. Child deprivation in India remains highly pervasive. A substantial proportion of Indian children are devoid of even the basic services and facilities necessary for their survival, growth, development and protection. Improving the needs effectiveness and increasing the administrative capacity of child well-being efforts may contribute substantially towards addressing the deprivation faced by the children of the country.

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See Tables 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.13.

Table 9.8 Estimates of CDI in India and states by residence and social class: 2013–2014
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Table 9.9 Estimates of SDI in India and states by residence and social class, 2013–2014
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Table 9.10 Estimates of GDI in India and states by residence and social class, 2013–2014
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Table 9.11 Estimates of DDI in India and states by residence and social class, 2013–2014
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Table 9.12 Estimates of PDI in India and states by residence and social class, 2013–2014
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Table 9.13 Estimates of EDI in India and states by residence and social class, 2013–2014
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Chaurasia, A. (2020). Child Deprivation. In: Population and Sustainable Development in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9212-3_9

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