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 …
BHOPAL: The population of Madhya Pradesh has increased by over a crore in the last 10 years. Currently at 7.2 crore, the population density of the state is about 230 per sq km which is much less than the national average. The state has a growth rate of about 20% …
India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest public works employment project in the world, employing 55 million households in 2010-11. The program places an emphasis on rural poverty reduction, granting rural households a legal right to employment of up to 100 days per year in …
For 62 years, the BP Statistical Review of World Energy has provided high-quality objective and globally consistent data on world energy markets. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 - the 62nd annual report - reveals that 2012 had the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, …
India is the third largest market for new wind turbines worldwide, adding 2,5 GW according to this report released by World Wind Energy Association. 100 countries worldwide now produce electricity with wind power. So far, it's a boom that has mainly occurred in Asia, North America and Western Europe. Now, …
Jaipur:Around 29,692 hectares of forest land is under encroachment in Rajasthan, according to the latest figures of the ministry of environment and forests. While the country boasts of over 19.57 lakh hectares of encroached forest land as compared to 17,94,879 hectares in 2009. The data shows that the encroachments on …
A common continuing criticism of the economic reforms in India has been that despite accelerated growth and all-around poverty reduction, the country continues to suffer from worse child malnutrition than nearly all Sub-Saharan African countries with lower per capita incomes. This paper argues that this narrative, nearly universally accepted around …
Over 2,000 Fires Reported, Many Were Deliberate, Says State Forest Department Pune: As many as 2,420 fires spread through 24,000 hectares of the state’s forest area in 2012-13, resulting in an estimated loss of Rs 19 lakh, the latest statistics available with the state forest department showed. In the previous …
World Health Statistics 2013 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of reducing the gaps between …
This CGWB report presents the over-all scenario of ground water resource utilization and availability of the country. Ground water levels are being measured four times a year during January, April/ May, August and November. The regime monitoring started in the year 1969 by Central Ground Water Board. At present a …
Jaipur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated that the Central government plans to increase the installed capacity of solar power by an additional 10,000 MW by 2017. Of this, 40% is likely to come from Rajasthan. While speaking at the inauguration of the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial in New …
Survey in March records steady depletion While skyscrapers increase in height and density at the cost of natural water resources like paddy fields, the groundwater level in the district has touched a new low this year. A March-2013 survey by the Groundwater Department of their 54 sample wells across the …
World Development Indicators is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development. The database contains more than 1,200 time series indicators for 214 economies and more than 30 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years. World Development Indicators 2013 is organized …
For effective infrastructure planning and investment decisions a comprehensive database on infrastructure is needed. To meet this requirement, Central Statistics Office has compiled infrastructure statistics under six major sub sectors of infrastructure viz. Transport, Energy, Communication, Drinking Water and sanitation, Irrigation and Storage. The first issue of this publication was …
The Little Data Book 2013 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators2013. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The database, which covers more than 1,200 indicators and spans more than 50 years. The 214 country tables …
The Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) 2012 Report summarizes the results of the household survey undertaken by the National Statistics Bureau with assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report presents the analysis on the progress of Bhutan in improving their people's lives in terms of health, education, employment, …
This study examines the impact of mandated reservations for female sarpanch (elected heads of gram panchayats) on perceptions of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data from Sangli district in Maharashtra, it finds that the availability of basic public services is significantly higher in female sarpanch villages compared …
The Statistical Abstract of Punjab is published annually by the Economic & Statistical Organisation. It contains the latest available data on important socioeconomic indicators of the State’s economy. Every year, it is presented in the Legislative Assembly along with other budget documents.
29 lakh ration cardholders face exclusion from scheme The proposed National Food Security Act, touted as the flagship social security programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, will turn out to be a damp squib for the Congress-led United Democratic Front …
The future of urbanization points to increasing agglomeration forces through which towns and cities merge into huge continuously built up areas with variations in the diversity of economic activity. This paper reports the results of a study of urban agglomeration trends in Eastern Africa and the implications for urban policy …
This publication titled “Energy Statistics” is brought out every year by Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the present one is the 20th in the series. The publication contains the latest data available from the concerned line Ministries of the Government of India, in respect of different energy sources and a …
