<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>SOURCE – INDIAN EXPRESS</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>GS PAPER – 2</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>CONTEXT -</span></span></span></span></b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report of a survey titled ‘Health in India’, whose main objective was to gather basic quantitative information on India’s health sector.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>KEY FACTS –</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The report details aspects of the role played by government and private sector facilities, and also contains health information for separate religious communities, including estimates of their susceptibility to ailments.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The report have highlighted on the health of religious communities across country.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The Zoroastrian community remains the most susceptible to ailments, the report says.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:13px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> Results from the National Sample Survey (NSS)’s 75th Round released in July show that 31.1 per cent of Zoroastrians reported that they were suffering from an ailment at the time the survey was conducted.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>The report highlights that around 7.5% of Indians suffered from ailments.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”> 6.8% suffered from ailments in the rural area while in Urban area, the numbers were high at 9.1%.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>The percentage of sick people other communities are</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Jains: 11.2%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Sikhs: 11%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Christians: 10.5%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Muslims: 8.1%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Buddhists: 8%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Hindus: 7.2%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Report states that, women were more susceptible to suffering than men.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Around 6.1% of males were suffering from ailments in rural area while percentage of women in rural area was 7.6%. On the other hand, In urban areas, 8.2% of males and 10% of females were sick of ailments.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Thus, number of females suffered from ailments were high as compared to male in both the urban and rural area.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:black”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>The survey defines ailment as a deviation faced by the person in his or her physical well being</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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