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knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no  05 PARSI POPULATION  Recent data show that Parsi population in the country has gone up by 233 since the launch of the Jiyo Parsi Scheme.  The population of Parsis a notified minority community under National Commission of Minorities Act 1992 had declined from 114000 in 1941 to 57264 in 2011. In this backdrop the scheme was introduced.  Jiyo Parsi scheme launched in 2013 aims to arrest the decline in population of the Parsi Community in India.  It comprises of three components Advocacy Component Health of the Community Component and Medical Component.  The scheme adopts a scientific protocol and structured interventions to stabilise the Parsi population.  Some reasons identified by National Commission for Minorities (NCM) for decline in population of Parsis o Late and nonmarriages o Fertility decline o Emigration o OutMarriages and o Separation and divorces. About Parsis (Zoroastrians)  Parsis follow Zoroastrianism which was founded by the Prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) in ancient Iran.  They emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by Muslims in around 8th century.  They live chiefly in Mumbai and also in Karachi (Pakistan) and Bengaluru (Karnataka India) knowledge questions magazine buy. 

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