The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
Asia has a unique opportunity to fight climate change and lift many more people out of poverty if it invests more in the communities living in its forests, experts said. More than 450 million people in the region rely on forests for income and food, but forest dwellers often struggle …
The provisional socio-economic data for Rural India has been released. The survey has been completed in all the 640 districts. It is provisional as the final lists are being uploaded in some districts after addressing all the objections received. It is being released as its use in evidence based planning …
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh's disabled population has witnessed a whopping rise of 48% from 2001 to 2011 with the number of disabled going up from 4.19 lakh to 6.24 lakh during the period. These include 2.31 lakh males and 1.88 lakh females. According to the latest Census Report (2011), number of disabled …
In a context of rapid growth, an increasing proportion of minorities and indigenous peoples are now living in urban areas. But while they offer the possibility of greater freedoms, improved livelihoods and more equitable opportunities, cities often magnify existing patterns of discrimination and insecurity. This year's edition of State of …
Women tribal farmers are helming many community managed automatic weather stations at various agro-ecological zones here that could be game changers for the region in providing timely and accurate forecasts and ensuring food and nutrition security. Of the seven automatic weather stations in the hill ranges here, four are run …
This eleventh edition of Progress for Children is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It presents latest data that show while the MDGs helped drive tremendous advances in the lives of the world’s children, development efforts in the past 15 years failed to reach millions of …
The Population Institute released a report on how population growth is affecting the development prospects of the world’s most fragile countries. The report, “Demographic Vulnerability: Where population growth poses the greatest challenges,” identifies and ranks the 20 countries facing the greatest demographic challenges with respect to hunger, poverty, water scarcity, …
A new guide by FAO aims to help ensure anti-child labour measures are included in agricultural and rural development programmes, in particular those targeting family farmers. Programs intended to boost local food production and support family farmers often do include components to address the issue of child labour in agriculture. …
The second volume of the ILO World Report on Child Labour series highlights the close linkages between child labour and good youth employment outcomes, and the consequent need for common policy approaches to addressing challenges arising in countries where both child labour and youth unemployment prevail. The Report presents empirical …
K'taka & West Bengal to be part of scheme in addition to 12 states already covered. The BJP-led central government is all set to introduce minimum support price for minor forest produce in Cong ress-ruled Karnataka and election-bound West Bengal. An initiative of the previous Congress-led UPA government, conceived as …
A new picture book aims to help show the nearly 100 million children who labour on farms how best to handle the toxic pesticides many are exposed to in their work. The book, launched on Wednesday by two U.N. agencies, comes in four languages. The easy-to-follow pictures are adapted for …
For the first time, trends point to suburbanisation The city’s population grew by a staggering 44.58 per cent over the last decade (2001–11), powered by the unprecedented suburban growth. In contrast, an analysis of the 2001 and 2011 Census data for the city, throws up an interesting trend of 30 …
State government has decided to prepare an eight-year perspective plan for overall development of tribals by identifying gaps in growth of tribal areas vis-à-vis plain areas, Minister for Social Welfare Ravela Kishore Babu said here on Monday. Addressing a press conference after holding a State-level conference with officials of the …
The Ogiek and other indigenous communities will now be allowed back to forests for activities the government deems compatible with conservation. The plan has been mooted under the National Forest Programme (NFP), and is spearheaded by the Ministry of Environment. "The government is committed to conservation of forests resources while …
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The first report was published in 2012, the second in 2013, and the third on April 23, 2015. Leading experts across fields – economics, psychology, survey analysis, national statistics, health, public policy and more – describe …
A new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says the projects funded by the World Bank have over the past decade physically or economically displaced 3.4 million people globally. The story is no different for India, but World Bank India claimed the projects cleared by it followed …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Voluntary Health Association of Punjab Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2015 regarding sex ratio of India especially Delhi.
This report details significant hurdles to assigning personal accountability for the actions of fully autonomous weapons under both criminal and civil law. It also elaborates on the consequences of failing to assign legal responsibility.
PANAJI: The slums in the state are located in Ponda, Margao and Mormugao, but the area with the port town holds 90% of the slum population in the state. According to the Economic Survey 2014-15, there are 5,497 households with a population of 26,247 persons, comprising 13,826 males and 12,421 …
