Kerala

Question 1

Where is Kerala?

Answer 1

It is in the SW of India

Question 2

India was the first developing nation to launch a family planning programme. What year did it launch this programme?

Answer 2

1952

Question 3

What is Kerala’s population and what percentage of India’s total population does it make up?

Answer 3

32 million and 3.4%

Question 4

What is India’s population density and how many times the national average is it?

Answer 4

819 people per km^2 which is 3x the national average

Question 5

What stage of the DTM has Kerala reached?

Answer 5

Stage 4, one of the few regions in the developing world to achieve this

Question 6

How does Kerala’s GDP per capita of $2950 compare to the U.K’s?

Answer 6

It is roughly 1/10 of the UK’s

Question 7

What did Kerala’s population policy involve (10 points)

Answer 7

1. Improving education standards and treating girls as equal to boys
2. Providing adult literacy classes in towns and villages
3. Educating people to understand the benefits of smaller families
4. Reducing IMR so people no longer needed to have so many children
5. Improving children’s health through vaccines
6. Providing free contraception and advice
7. Encouraging a higher age of marriage
8. Allowing maternity leave for the first two babies only
9. Providing extra retirement benefits for those w/ small families
10. Following a land reform programme

Question 8

The results of the policy

Answer 8

1. Today more girls than boys go to university
2. Right to literacy programme
3. Land in Kerala was redistributed so nobody was landless
4. No family was allowed more than 8ha and everyone was self sufficient meaning that larger families were at a disadvantage