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2020
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 Sample Registration Survey/ System - 2020

About Sample Registration System

• The Sample Registration System (SRS) is a large-scale demographic survey for providing
reliable annual estimates of:
o Infant mortality rate,
o birth rate,
o death rate and
o other fertility & mortality indicators at the national and subnational levels.
• It was Initiated on a pilot basis by the Registrar General of India in a few states in 1964-65,
it became fully operational during 1969-70.
• The SRS sample is replaced every ten years based on the latest census frame.
• The current sample is based on the 2011 Census frame.
• At present, SRS is operational in 8847 sample units (4,961 rural and 3,886 urban) covering
about 8.1 million population, spread across all States and Union territories.

Sample Registration System (SRS) 2020:

Sample Registration System (SRS)bulletin has been released by the Registrar General of India. It is based
on data collected for 2018. This figure represents India’s position in 2018 at a glance:

Birth Rate (20 in 2018):

• Birth Rate gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and
year.
• Declining tendency:
o The birth rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last four decades
from 36.9 in 1971 to 20.0 in 2018.
o There has been about an 11 per cent decline in birth rate in the last decade, from
22.5 in 2009 to 20.0 in 2018.
 o The corresponding decline in rural areas is 24.1 to 21.6, and in urban areas, it is
18.3 to 16.7.
• Rural-urban differential: The rural-urban differential has also narrowed. However, the birth
rate has continued to be higher in rural areas compared to urban areas in the last four
decades.
• Highest and lowest: The highest birth rate has been recorded in Bihar (26.2) while the
lowest in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (11.2).

Death rate (6.2 in 2018):

• Death rate is defined as the number of deaths per thousand population in a given region
and time period.
• Declining tendency:
o The death rate of India has witnessed a significant decline over the last four decades
from 14.9 in 1971 to 6.2 in 2018.
o In the last decade, death rate at an all-India level has declined from 7.3 to 6.2.
o The corresponding decline in rural areas is 7.8 to 6.7 and in urban areas, 5.8 to 5.1.
• Rural-urban differential: The decline has been steeper in rural areas.
• Highest and lowest: Chhattisgarh (8) has the highest death rate, while Delhi (3.3) has the
lowest.
Infant Mortality Rate (32 in 2018):
• Infant Mortality Rate is defined as the infant deaths (less than one year) per thousand live
births in a given time period and for a given region.
• Declining tendency:
o It is about one-fourth as compared to 1971 (129).
o The present level of IMR (32) is about one-fourth as compared to 1971 (129).
o The IMR at an all-India level has declined from 50 to 32 in the last decade.
• Rural-urban differential: In the last 10 years, IMR has witnessed a decline of about 35
per cent in rural areas and about 32 per cent in urban areas.
• Highest and lowest: Madhya Pradesh (48) has the worst infant mortality rate in the
country while Nagaland (4) has the best.
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