Q. The “Empowered Action Group (EAG) States” often seen in news, which of the following states are under EAG?
1. Uttarakhand
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Jharkhand
4. Madhya Pradesh
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Rajasthan
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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[A] 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 only

[B] 1, 2, 4 and 5 only

[C] 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only

[D] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Answer: D
Notes:

India’s MMR has declined from 130 per 1 lakh live births in 2014-2016 to 122 per 1 lakh live births in 2015-2017 as per the recently released Sample Registration System (SRS) 2015-2017 bulletin for MMR. A decline of 8 points (6.2%) has been observed.  

  • The bulletin categorizes the country into three groups: Empowered Action Group (EAG), Southern States and other states.  
  • The following states are comes under EAG are Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Rajasthan. 

Source: The Hindu 

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