Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than 200 families. Head of the Molecular Biology unit at the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Dr Sunit Kumar Singh, …
Urban governance and housing for all are a challenge and states and union territories need to work together to achieve this goal, said Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Slum-free plan of action is the need of the hour, he said. The Minister was addressing the Conclave of Ministers of …
PUNE: The city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has advised people to stay alert and take precautionary measures after 34% of the total samples it had screened in June tested positive for the dengue virus. The premier virology institute received a total of 361 samples in June, mainly from Pune …
With the completion of distribution of new ration cards among intended beneficiaries of National Food Security Scheme (NFSS) in most of the 13 districts in Uttarakhand, the State Government is going to implement this scheme from Tuesday. “Except four districts, including Dehradun, Pauri, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, the remaining nine districts …
New Delhi : In the decade spanning 2001-2011, the urban population of India grew annually by 2.8% adding 9.1 crore people to India’s population residing in cities. According to an Assocham study, this urban population is expected to grow up to 590 million by 2030, accounting for nearly 40% of …
A report `Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change' drafted recently by various departments of the state government with the help of TERI has also pointed out that the quality of ground water was a major issue The quality of ground water is a major concern for the state. At least …
To deal with the perennial water problems, the city needs to urgently introduce conservation measures in totality, and not sporadically. A holistic approach to water conservation, including encouraging use of water-efficient devices, both in residential and industrial units, treatment of sewage, economic usage of water at an individual level and …
INDORE: Replicating foreign projects without studying local needs has its implications and Indore's BRTS is classic example. The popular view on the first day of the two-day conference on BRTS was that a study of the local needs was important for the successful implementation of such projects. Officials of Union …
Experts have said that the ongoing water scarcity in the city was man-made to create a favourable atmosphere for the proposed Rs 792-crore parallel water supply pipeline project, which has been pending for about two years. Experts said that the municipal administration has overlooked maintenance of the existing water distribution …
The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which makes them vulnerable to sexual violence. Lack of toilets is also a …
Over 350 villages in "water stressed" Churu district have no water woes. The ongoing Apni Yojna project drawing water from Indira Gandhi Canal is providing potable drinking water to a population of 9 lakh for 7 to 8 hours a day in this parched region. The project has been demonstrating …
Poor infrastructure in the way of legal entitlement of foodgrain for poor In line with the Centre's promise to work in close coordination with state governments, the Union government is considering extending the deadline given to states for identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act beyond July 5. …
The state government has directed the Revenue and Forest Department to start physical verification of the actual area under occupation by Tibetans at various settlements in the state to verify cases of forest encroachments in the light of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders. The government had sought time from …
RAIPUR: When it comes to population growth, while Chhattisgarh has taken over its mother state, Madhya Pradesh, registering a growth rate of 22.59%, as compared to 20.30% of the latter, the population growth has declined in the Naxalite affected areas of the state in the last decade (2001-2011). According to …
Census figures point out that over 50 per cent of migration into the state was due to the availability of employment and business opportunitie at large. Mumbai, the sprawling megapolis spread over 600 sq km, has seen its population grow at a rate which is twice that of Maharashtra’s and …
Project ‘Meri Shakti Meri Beti’, which has been running in Delhi for the past several years, is now all set to roll out in Gurgaon and Manesar. The project, implemented by the Centre for Social Research (CSR) and supported by the German Embassy, aims at addressing gender-biased sex selection, replicating …
Focus on creating new jobs in rural India The Agriculture Ministry is likely to get a high profile in the Narendra Modi government’s economic revival and rural jobs agenda. “Agriculture will be one of the most important Ministries for the new government,” a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader told The …
The Livestock Statistics 2013 is the 8th series of statistics publication by the Department of Livestock (DoL) in its comprehensive effort to record information on livestock and production in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The publication is presented in two section: Section I contains livestock population and production data at Dzongkhag …
A 2010 survey conducted by the Scheduled Tribes Development Department had found that nearly half of the total deaths in the ST communities over the previous five years were premature or unnatural. The department recently prepared a state-level socio-economic status report based on the survey data which is yet to …
Navi Mumbai: A recent medical survey conducted by in the city by a group of ophthalmologists has revealed that nearly 29% of diabetic patients are not aware that they are slowly becoming blind due to the permanent damage caused to the retina. Of the 2,520 diabetic patients screened recently at …
