March 09, 2017 01:54 am | Updated 01:54 am IST
Kerala, Palakkad, 28/02/2017. A mother and kid at a tribal settlement at Attappady in Palakkad. Yet another infant death was reported from the tribal belts of Attappady on Tuesday. Photo: K. K. Mustafah. Kerala, Palakkad, 28/02/2017. A mother and kid at a tribal settlement at Attappady in Palakkad. Yet another infant death was reported from the tribal belts of Attappady on Tuesday. Photo: K. K. Mustafah. -
In India, there has been an 8.7 percentage jump in C-section deliveries in 2015-16 compared to 2005-06.
While such deliveries went up across all States, some such as Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Manipur saw an increase of more than 10 percentage points.
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