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 …
Virginius Xaxa-headed commission to also examine mining in tribal areas The government has set up a commission – its third since independence --to examine various issues of development and welfare of tribals, including the contentious issue of mining in tribal-dominated areas. Headed by sociologist and National Advisory Council member Virginius …
Stating that by 2030 India’s population will be the highest in the world and cross 170 crore in 2060, a public interest writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to frame credible and self-sustainable population control measures. Social activist Avishek Goenka, in …
In human practice of manual scavenging is unabated till today despite having 20 year old law to prohibit it which is no longer effective. In order to effective total eradication of the practice, The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Lok …
They can finally look forward to education, health care and economic empowerment Left untouched by the Centre’s welfare juggernaut, the denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) that comprise about 10 per cent of the country’s population can finally look forward to education, health care and economic empowerment among other benefits. …
Manual Scavenger means a person engaged or employed on regular or frequent basis by an individual or a local authority or a public or private agency, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling in any manner, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or …
Unemployment was highest among Sikhs living in cities and towns during 2009-10 while the rate of joblessness showed a downward trend for Muslims in both urban and rural areas, a government survey released this month has revealed. Muslims had the lowest per capita spending, according to the National Sample Survey …
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is moving towards finalising the draft National Tribal Policy, hanging fire since it was conceptualised in 2006, to address development concerns of the Scheduled Tribes in an integrated manner. Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo told The Indian Express that he plans to convene …
Prof Vir Bala Aggarwal, chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), has been honoured with the Bharat Nirman Award for her outstanding contribution in the field of mass communication. The award was given to Professor Aggarwal at the 20th annual award ceremony held at Kolkata recently. …
Since Ganga river bank in Varanasi is the major tourist attraction, particularly for the heavy ornamentation of ghats and temples on the western bank of the river flowing in the reverse direction i.e., from south to north at this place, this of course depicts the base of the life & …
The Labour Department of Sri Lanka says that a majority of the child laborers are below the age of 14 and also most of them are girls. The majority of the boys engaged in child labor are from rural areas working as agricultural workers while the girls are mostly used …
India’s population will touch 1.4 billion in 2025 India will become the most populous country in the world by 2028, surpassing China, while Nigeria will have more people than the United States by 2050, a latest report has said. The World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the …
State’s Population May Rise To 28 Crore By 2028 Lucknow:The United Nations on Friday said that the population of India is expected to surpass that of China by 2028, when both the countries will have around 145 crore people each. Uttar Pradesh, with 1/6 of India’s population, would be a …
KARACHI: As the world observed international day against child labour, at least 10 million Pakistani children were reported engaged in labour practices, putting a big question mark on the status of children rights in this country. World Day against Child Labour was observed across the globe on June 12 with …
The District Secretary and the Administration of Ratnapura, assisted by the Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations, with technical and financial support from the ILO are embarking on a journey that will make the district officially free of Child Labour by June 2016, the ILO announced yesterday. "Ratnapura is home …
The 2012 Revision of World Population Prospects represents the latest global demographic estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. This volume provides, for each country and area, a brief description of the data sources and demographic …
Delhi’s population, estimated at 1.67 crore, registered a rise of over 21 per cent in 10 years, higher than the national average of about 17 per cent during 2001-2011. However, the sex ratio improved with the female population growing by 24.9 per cent compared to the male population growth of …
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% …
Hopes Rise For Better Quality Of Life Mumbai: Maharashtra’s urban population growth is slowing down. The latest Census 2011 figures show that in the 2001-2011 decade, the state urban population grew at 23.67% as against 34.57% in the 1991-2001 decade. Census officials attribute the declining growth rate to lower fertility …
Financially dependent on others for daily needs Around 82.18 lakh persons in J&K;, which works out to 65.5 per cent of the state’s population, are non-workers and are dependent on their family members or others for their daily needs. As per the updated Census-2011 figures, the percentage of workers in …
New Delhi: At one level the city government is preparing a comprehensive plan to combat climate change and at another, civic society is taking matters in its own hands, calling the government’s measures so far to be unsystematic with a misplaced sense of priority. Environmentalists and activists have come together …
