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 …
After announcing the direct cash transfer rollout from January 1, the focus has come back on the Food Security Bill, for which the UPA government is looking at the Budget Session for passage. The parliamentary standing committee is learnt to have given its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. …
Scheme To Be Launched At All Medical Colleges And District Hospitals In The State From April 7 Jaipur: As instances of lifestyle diseases are on the rise, the state government is intensifying the fight to check its growing threat on the urban as well as the rural population. In one …
The source of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at Ooramana has been found to be unsafe injections that the people received in 2011. A study conducted by Manipal Virus Research Centre said that inadequate hygiene and infection control practices at barbershops also led to the spread of the disease. An …
Improved water and sanitation facilities, better housing, streamlined transportation systems and waste management are some of the services that smaller cities in the country can look forwards to in the next phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the flagship programme of the Union Urban Development Ministry. The …
This S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor submitted to UPA government in December 2012 set the criteria for identifying the poor living in urban areas for various government schemes.
With loss of habitat and rising incidents of human-bear conflicts plaguing the sloth bear population in Rajasthan, the state government has drawn up an ambitious conservation plan for the nocturnal animal. During a recent survey conducted by the Wildlife Trust of India, the sloth bear population was found to be …
Urban noise could be the key cause of the declining sparrow population in the city. A research on urban noise pollution says it is limiting communication between the birds and their chicks to such an extent that adult sparrows are unable to hear their young, impairing the chicks' growth as …
Climate and water expert Pavel Kabat — director and CEO of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis in Austria — calls for a long-term system approach to water research, new partnerships with the developing world and a change in donor practices, to tackle water-climate issues. He talks to Nature …
The population of Dhaka city has been growing at a pace of almost four percent annually, the fastest among the South Asian cities, as all the major manufacturing industries are concentrating here, attracting hordes of migrants, speakers said at a workshop on urban policy yesterday. In the last decade, 15 …
The sex ratio in the national capital has increased from 821 in 2001 census to 866 in 2011, but it is still below the national ratio, according to data released by the Delhi government which puts the city’s population at 1.67 crore. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit released the Delhi …
Eminent economist Abhijit Banerjee adds that cash transfer not the only answer to end poverty Seeking a new, renegotiated role for the state in development of India and ending poverty, eminent economist Abhijit Banerjee and Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said a fresh look was needed at what the …
BMC will set up a committee to enable equitable distribution of water in the city. The committee will survey the distribution system to identify areas where supply is not equal. Additional municipal commissioner Rajeev Jalota told a standing committee meeting on Monday, “Through the committee headed by Mahadev Chitale, BMC …
A study has found that the poor households earned a total of Rs 1,545 cr, spent a total of Rs 1,185 cr, and contributed a savings of Rs 360 cr to the city in 2011 Urban poor living in slums of Bangalore contribute 3-3.5 per cent of the City’s economy. …
Amalabharathom programme at Sabarimala concludes Over 3,200 volunteers of the Amalabharathom campaign, attached to Mata Amritanandamayi Math, took part in a two-day cleaning drive which concluded at Sabarimala here on Sunday. A host of prominent people, including former union Minister O. Rajagopal; Amrita University vice chancellor P. Venkat Rangan; and …
Report says urbanisation will be the single-largest factor driving demand for real estate and housing in particular Urbanisation will be the single-largest factor driving demand for real estate and housing in particular. This growing population has rapidly fueled the process of urbanisation. With 31 out of every 100 people in …
Family planning is a human right. Yet today some 222 million women in developing countries are unable to exercise that right because they lack access to contraceptives, information and quality services or because social and economic forces prevent them from taking advantage of services even where they are available. The …
Over 5 lakh vehicles were registered in Delhi in 2011-12, reveals this 37th issue of Delhi Statistical Handbook brought out by Directorate of Economics and Statistics containing data related to various socio-economic parameters on the capital city. Delhi Statistical Hand Book-2012 is the 37th issue being published by Directorate of …
Geetam Tiwari, Professor of Transport Planning in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi, on Monday, called upon decision makers to consider the impact of transport hazards on health. She also recommended that programmes be designed to help implement sustainable public transport across the country. Speaking at the fourth edition …
Jaipur: The state capital of Rajasthan will soon join the club of top ten most populated cities of urban agglomerations in the country. With an expected population of 4.2 million by 2025, Jaipur will rank 10th in the list, a jump of four positions from 1990. The other non-metros which …
On Tuesday, Bhojan Yatra, a campaign demanding a comprehensive food security bill, reached here after travelling through Bihar, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. In a rally, organised from Bistupur to Ram Mandir maidan, Right to Food (RTF) activists demanded that the proposed National Food Security Bill (NFSB) give universal access to …
