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 amounted to US$202.7 billion. The 2023 earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic was the most catastrophic event …
This publication presents data on financial aspects in respect of Major, Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects, Minor Irrigation projects, Command Area Development Programme as available in the Finance Accounts of the Union and State Governments brought out by Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Accountant General of respective States. …
Despite evidence from a number of Earth systems that abrupt temporal changes known as regime shifts are important, their nature, scale and mechanisms remain poorly documented and understood. Applying principal component analysis, change-point analysis and a sequential t-test analysis of regime shifts to 72 time series, we confirm that the …
The Global Gender Gap Index featured in the 2015 Report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, health-based and political indicators. With a decade of data, this edition of the Global Gender Gap Report – first published in …
At 6.20pm on Tuesday , Bengaluru smiled.An hour later, the smile turned to a wide-eyed, toothy grin as dust settled and the air became cleaner. Graphic artist Michael Fluckiger's face of the city, a cheerful yellow smiley, practically beamed with pleasure. Fluckiger has created emojis that smile or frown as …
The OECD released the Environment at a Glance 2015. This report updates key environmental indicators and relevant socio-economic and sectoral indicators to track OECD country progress on major environmental issues since 2000 and inform policy development and evaluation. Environmental challenges include air and water pollution, climate change, waste management, and …
Imagine a forest of the size of Bengaluru city being wiped out. That's what has happened in Karnataka over the years. At least 81,776 hectares of forest land in the state is under encroachment — Bengaluru't total land area is 74,100 ha — according to the union ministry of environment, …
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015, the 46th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and …
Jabalpur is a city having highest number of lakes in Madhya Pradesh. A Systematic study has been done by author on lakes of Jabalpur, in coordination with other departments i.e. District Administration Jabalpur, Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) , Jabalpur Development Authority (JDA) , Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB), Agriculture …
The report on Review of Performance of Hydro Power Stations during the year 2014-15 is 28th in the series of such publication by Central Electricity Authority in partial fulfillment of the statutory obligations under Section 73(i) & (j) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The report provides exhaustive analysis of performance …
A report released by the government details how food insecurity and undernutrition are affecting the people of Nepal. The report ‘Small Area Estimation of Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Nepal’ provides insights into food poverty, stunting and low levels of calorie intake with detailed analysis of Nepal’s latest population census, …
The European health report is a flagship publication, published every three years. The 2012 report set the baseline for monitoring progress towards the six targets of the European policy framework, Health 2020. The 2015 report presents the progress made since the baseline. An assessment of the available data on all …
As per National Health Profile 2015, there will be 19 percent increase in cancer among men by 2020 with mouth cancer registering the highest spike and a 23 percent increase among women with gall bladder cancer showing the sharpest increase. The cancer incidence in men will rise from the current …
The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in 2000, aiming to stop the spread of infection and alleviate suffering. Mass drug administration (MDA) is the recommended preventive chemotherapy (PC) strategy of delivering safe, anthelminthic drugs to populations at risk of LF to prevent morbidity due to infection …
The SAARC Development Goals consisting of 22 goals & 67 indicators representing the status of social development in the country.The present report gives the statistical appraisal of the achievements made on the SAARC Development Goals in India. In addition to the mutually agreed 67 indicators, some additional indicators have also …
In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), knowledge about health and its determinants has been integrated into a comparable framework to inform health policy. Outputs of this analysis are relevant to current policy questions in England and elsewhere, particularly on health inequalities. We use GBD 2013 data …
Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according to a new report released. Under-five deaths have dropped from 12.7 million per year in 1990 to 5.9 million in 2015. New estimates in “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2015,” released by …
The area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of environmental condition. This study presents and analyses results from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 (FRA 2015) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FRA 2015 was based on responses to surveys by …
Contributions to historical climate change have varied substantially among nations. These differences reflect underlying inequalities in wealth and development, and pose a fundamental challenge to the implementation of a globally equitable climate mitigation strategy. This Letter presents a new way to quantify historical inequalities among nations using carbon and climate …
This paper contributes to the ongoing debate about economic inequality in India during the post-reform period. It analyses consumption inequality through the hitherto neglected lens of non-food expenditure. Using household level consumption expenditure data from the quinquennial "thick" rounds of the National Sample Survey, the paper shows that inequality within …
From January 1 to August 31, 2015, Karnataka has seen 400 farmer suicides, a seven-fold jump from last year. Addressing a day-long meeting of regional commissioners, deputy commissioners of districts and chief executive officers of zilla panchayats here, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday reeled out statistics and expressed concern over …
