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Considerable improvement in tribal health parameters: Govt

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 31 2018 | 6:56 PM IST

Health parameters of the tribal population have considerably improved over the years though some gaps still exist in comparison to the general population, the Centre informed Parliament Monday.

"There have been considerable improvements in the socio-economic conditions of Scheduled Tribes (STs). For example, infant mortality rate (among STs) has declined from 62.1 (per thousand live births) in 2005-06 to 44.4 in

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