Define the following Terms
1. Literacy rate
2. Infant Mortality Ratio
3. Public Distribution System
4. Life expectancy at birth.
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Answer:
1. literacy rate is the level that how many people are educated....
2.It means killing off the infant girls....
3.It was the system organised by the government so that people can afford good food at lower rates
Literacy rate the total % of the population of an area at a particular time.
Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births.
Public distribution is the most important step taken by govt towards foodsecurity.
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender.