Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Four new states joined the list in 2017-18; joblessness rate rose fastest in Gujarat: NSSO Unemployment in 11 states exceeds national average, shows NSSO report As many as 11 states had an unemployment rate higher than the pan-Indian average in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO’s) annual …
India's unemployment rate hit a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, as per the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The latest data on unemployment in India, which is yet to come in public domain, is the …
Putting the figure in perspective, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech said the total number of beneficiaries will equal the total population of the US, Canada and Mexico. Moving to lessen the healthcare woes of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the Pradhan …
This report is based on the Survey on Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) conducted in the 73rd round of NSS during July 2015 to June 2016. The survey was conducted over whole Indian Union with a sample of 290113 enterprises (143179 enterprises from 8488 villages and 146934 enterprises from 7860 …
Move in sync with govt’s intent to mitigate rural distress, boost consumption Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce agricultural credit target of Rs 12 lakh crore for 2018-19, up 20% from the level for the current year, as he lends focus to addressing rural distress in the coming Budget. While …
Technology refers to the practical application of scientific knowledge for a purpose. It also includes the capability and skills required to apply the knowledge.The term technology comes from the Greek word techno, meaning art and craft, and the word logy, meaning word and speech. It was first used to describe …
Eight years after it was launched, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana remains hamstrung by inflexible procedures and an inadequate coverage ceiling, finds new evaluation of its impact. In India’s public health calendar, the recent past has been eventful. The head of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the report titled “Key Indicators of Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) in India’ based on the information collected under 73rd round of its survey conducted during July, 2015 to June, 2016 as a follow-up survey of the …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) conducts nationwide socio-economic surveys as part of its “rounds”, each round normally of a year’s duration. The NSS are usually a household survey, the respondent households being selected at random through a scientific statistical design covering practically the entire geographical area of the country. …
Expansion in India's health insurance coverage, particularly the government schemes, has helped improve various health indicators as more people seek treatment and medical services. For instance, insurance penetration has resulted in a rise of over 15% in institutional deliveries, thus reducing maternal and infant mortality . Similarly , people in …
Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest State while Jharkhand comes last in the list on the condition of sanitation in rural areas of 26 states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State, Gujarat is ranked 14th. The results of the survey carried out last year by the National Sample Survey Office …
Churu is among the top 10 cleanest districts in plains, according to the first-ever survey of rural areas across the country. The survey was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of the sanitation ministry covering nearly 70,000 household across 2,530 villages. It was released by drinking water …
Eight Of Top 10 Dists From Bengal, Maha Mandi in Himachal Pradesh is the cleanest district followed by Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, according to the firstever survey of rural areas among 75 short-listed districts across the country . The survey was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report titled “ Key Indicators of Household Expenditure on Services and Durable Goods” based on the related information collected during July, 2014 to June 2015 as part of NSS 72nd Round. This survey on household …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report titled “Key Indicators of Domestic Tourism in India” based on the related information collected during July, 2014 to June, 2015 as a part of NSS 72nd Round. Similar survey on the same subject was …
This report provides National and State/UT level broad features pertaining to income from and expenditure for various economic activities performed by the agricultural households, including farm and non-farm business and wage/salaried employment and the expenditure incurred on productive assets during the agricultural year July 2012 - June 2013. The report …
More than half of people in rural areas still go for open defecation finds this survey on 'Swachhta' Status conducted by the NSSO during May-June 2015 covering 3,788 villages and 2,907 urban blocks. A sample survey by the government on availability and usage of toilets indicates that access to lavatories …
Urban India is more sick than the rural hinterland despite the mushrooming of health and wellness clinics and super-specialty hospitals, besides better per capita earnings. And this could well be attributed to increasing pollution levels and unhealthy dietary habits. A government health survey has revealed that around 11.8% of urban …
80% not covered by any insurance, dependent on private sector for treatment. Over 80 per cent of India’s population is not covered under any health insurance scheme, says the latest National Sample Survey (NSS) released on Monday. The data reveals that despite seven years of the Centre-run Rashtriya Swasthya Bima …
Urban India is more sick than the rural hinterland despite the mushrooming of health and wellness clinics and super-specialty hospitals, besides better per capita earnings. And this could well be attributed to increasing pollution levels and unhealthy dietary habits. A government health survey has revealed that around 11.8% of urban …
