An Indian civil-service exam preparation publisher's current-affairs explainer on the Jiyo Parsi scheme, stating that India's Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated the scheme in 2013 to reverse the declining trend of the Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions. States the Parsi population fell from roughly 114,000 in 1941 to 57,264 by the 2011 census, a decline of about half over seven decades while India's overall population more than tripled across the same span.
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Reliability Tier3
An Indian current-affairs explainer publisher aimed at competitive-exam preparation, tier 3, naming the launching ministry and the scheme's year and demographic figures plainly; corroborated below on the ministry and the 2013 launch year by an independent second explainer publisher, and its population figures match other current-affairs coverage of the same scheme. NotesUsed for the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the 2013 launch year, and the Parsi population decline the scheme responds to.
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PublisherDrishti IAS
URLhttps://www.drishtiias.com/daily-news-analysis/jiyo-parsi-scheme
Source Typereference
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