Health and Family Welfare Status of Mundari Sub-caste of Bagdah Block under the District of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Bipul Chakraborty; Dr. Amitava Bhowmick; Dr. Debashis Dhar

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i04.032

Health and Family Welfare Status of Mundari Sub-caste of Bagdah Block under the District of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Author(s)	Bipul Chakraborty, Dr. Amitava Bhowmick, Dr. Debashis Dhar
Country	India
Abstract	Over 84 million of India’s people belong to Scheduled Tribes. While tribal populations make up only 8% of India’s population, they account for over a quarter of the country’s poorest people. The paper represents, considerable progress over the years - poverty among tribal groups declined by more than a third between 2011 and 2022 - nearly half the country’s Scheduled Tribe population remains in poverty, due to their low starting point. The Bagdah block of North 24 Parganas, has the largest population of Scheduled Tribes like Mundari sub-caste in the district, constituting over 6.39% of the block population. The paper also represents the family system and Mundari caste solidarity the need for seeking guidance in intimate family matter from people outside the family or caste group did not often arise. Even if such necessity arose, the people sought the advice of friends, priests or senior members of their community. The disintegration of the families was also not to the extent as it is today, particularly in the Bagdah block as a study area. The paper has also clear presentation of In recent years, there have been a number of additional statewide initiatives to enhance the reach and quality of healthcare to improve the health of people. These include the multi-disease surveillance system, several measures towards streamlining drug procurement, distribution and rational use of drugs; total risk coverage for five major communicable diseases through the Panchabyadhi Chikitsa Scheme, the Infant Mortality Rate Reduction Mission, mandatory pre-/post-graduate placement of doctors to serve in difficult areas establishment of district cadres for paramedical staff, among others for family well fare development in Bagdah block.
Keywords	Healthcare, Family Planning, Disadvantaged Groups
Field	Sociology > Health
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August 2022
Published On	2022-08-11
Cite This	Health and Family Welfare Status of Mundari Sub-caste of Bagdah Block under the District of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal - Bipul Chakraborty, Dr. Amitava Bhowmick, Dr. Debashis Dhar - IJFMR Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August 2022. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i04.032
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i04.032
Short DOI	https://doi.org/10/gqpmmb

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