Healthy and educated persons are always considered as a boon for any country. India is a diverse country in all respects. There are affluent and deprived sections, as there are educated, literates, non-literates and neo-literates. Education and health care services are always considered as basic inputs for human development as well as for development of nation.
In India, millions lack minimum food security, who simultaneously are deprived of the facilities of basic health care services. Illiteracy and lack of education are disruptive demographic factors. In India, while the growth of population is still alarming, quality of life moves in the reverse direction.
Although the decadal growth of population has shown a declining trend, yet the absolute growth of population is still staggering. If the rate of growth continues as per the present pace no government can promote human resources effectively nor can provide infrastructure facilities for the teeming millions. Although family welfare programmes are becoming more and more popular the overall scenario is dismal. Acceptance of family welfare programmes are in conformity with the rural-urban dichotomy.
As the urbanities have greater access to electronic media their awareness level is higher and the new communication technology has influenced a large part of their demographic behaviour. In contrast to the urban situation in India, the rural areas have been still shrouded in the rain-shadow area of ignorance. Therefore, demographic factors do not indicate any encouraging and promising effect. When we look at the rate of infant mortality both in urban and rural areas the figures indicate that the situation in the latter is alarming.