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 …
India has the world’s second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in healthrelated indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest quartile and the rest of the urban population …
Cities are blamed for the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So too are more affluent, highly urbanized countries. If all production- and consumption-based emissions that result from lifestyle and purchasing habits are included, urban residents and their associated affluence likely account for more than 80 per cent of the …
The publication titled “Energy Statistics 2011”, is brought out every year by Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the present one is 18th in the series. The publication contains the latest data available in respect of different energy sources, with different agencies/ organizations and a brief analysis of the data on …
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.8 percent in 2010 due to increased power generation, largely due to cold weather early and late in the year, provisional data from the government showed. In 2010, UK emissions were provisionally estimated at 582.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, compared to 566.3 million …
This paper attempts to measure the effect of castereservation policies on the provision of public goods and services in gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh using data from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The investigation finds that the effect of reservation varies tremendously in different social, political, and institutional contexts, …
The Compendium of Environment Statistics 2010 prepared under the broad Framework for Development of Environment Statistics provided by the United Nations Statistics Division and adopted by the Steering Committee on Environment Statistics set up by CSO during 1996. The five parameters of the framework, namely, biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water, and …
Projections of the incidence of cancer serve several purposes. These range from making investment decisions on cancer treatment facilities and planning manpower requirements, to formulation and evaluation of policies for control of cancer. Different statistical methods can be used for such projections. In recent years, these have been translated to …
The Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is one flagship programme of the UPA government where the entire budgeted allocation of Rs 33,000 crore has been committed, but the desired result is still elusive. RGGVY, a component of Bharat Nirman, was launched in April 2005 with a mandate to electrify …
New Delhi, 13 Feb: A government committee has recommended setting up of National Crop Statistics Centre (NCSC) for meticulous data collection on diverse crops, in collaboration with the departments of Agriculture and Space. Primary responsibility of NCSC will be to provide reliable and timely estimates at state and national levels …
New Delhi: India’s industrial production fell to a 20-month low of 1.6% in December, dragged down by sluggish manufacturing but economists said it was not yet time to press the panic button. Economists attributed the decline to the statistical base effect as industrial output had risen 18% in the same …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee can take credit for ending 2010-11 with a fiscal deficit significantly lower than 5.5 per cent of GDP that his team estimated in the beginning of the year. A higher-than-expected GDP growth rate of 8.6 per cent will give him enough headroom to close the year …
THE economy is set to expand 8.6% in the fiscal year ending March compared with 8% in the previous year, the government said on Monday. The forecast belies fears of a sharp slowdown in the second half of the year while leaving more room for the Reserve Bank of India, …
Manufacturing Showing Signs Of Slowdown. New Delhi: India’s agricultural sector, often branded as a laggard, has come to the economy’s rescue. The government’s statistical office is expected to peg gross domestic product at 8.5% for the current financial year in the advance estimates that are due to be released on …
The expert committee set up under the chairmanship of Prof. A Vaidyanathan to suggest ways to improve agricultural statistics has called for using remote sensing and restructuring the data collectionmachinery. In its interim report, the expert committee has recommended setting up of the National Crop Statistics Centre (NCSC) to deal …
Rain is the only source of water on the earth and for conserving this precious resource, the base is the land. Shortage of rainfall coupled with its erratic distribution during rainy season causes severe water deficit conditions resulting in various intensities of droughts. Drought varies in different parts of the …
The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions. It presents data from 184 WHO Member States, covering 98% of the world’s population. Facts and …
