2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
This yearbook presents current trends and emerging topics in Asia and the Pacific, grouped around the themes of people, the environment, the economy and connectivity. It provides the international and
The 2011 report continues the tradition of collection of socio-economic statistics from decadal population censuses, annual national sample surveys, adhoc-surveys and administration statistics. This report
Basin-wise live storage capacities under major & medium irrigation project in India (statistical data).
The purpose of this study is to ascertain the impact of and Sri Lankan policy responses to the global food and financial crises with special emphasis on the country's agricultural sector.
The “Basic Statistics on Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas, 2010-11” is the sixteenth in a series that was first released in 1996. It is a skeletal forerunner of the detailed annual Statistics Bulletin published
When heads of state and health ministers gather in New York next week for the first United Nations (UN) high-level summit on non-communicable disease (NCD), they will be presented with some jaw-dropping
In this paper we demonstrate that the high level of wheat procurement during 2008-09 and 2009-10 at a higher minimum support price was necessitated by the difficult circumstances that the government faced,
<p> <span id="itro1">This study released by World Economic Forum at the UN summit on NCDs in New York warns that five common chronic diseases - heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes
This manual on Animal Husbandry Statistics is one of series of manuals on statistical indicators proposed to be brought out by the CSO. The basic purpose of this manual is to provide the users of Animal
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 which is a rights-based flagship scheme of the Government of India with effect from 2 February, 2006, guarantees at least 100