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South India, the Best Place for Children to Live In
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Monday, 14 November 2011, 23:36 IST |
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Bangalore: South India is found to be the best place for children to live in as 4 of the 5 best performing states in India's first national child rights index, are from Southern region of the country. The Child Rights Index (CRI) published by NGO HAQ placed Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh among the top five best performing states in India with Maharashtra being only state from the west.
Karnataka is ranked the best state for children to live in for its least number of cases of crime against children, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
The detailed study finds that economic growth does not necessarily ensure child rights performance as it's shown in the case of Kerala which ranks first in the national child rights but stands 9th in its GDP status while Maharashtra, which ranks first amongst the states in GDP, is ranked third in child rights. Moreover, the state is also ranked among the worst 5 states in sex ratio and second worst cohort at rank 20 in child marriage which clearly points out a severe lack of attention to children. Uttar Pradesh with the second highest GDP in the country, ranks18th in child rights and ranks 27th in provision of health care. Jharkhand is the only state whose economic status matches its child rights rank - both at 17.
