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 …
Copenhagen: The Copenhagen climate meeting, which brought together 115 world leaders to deliberate on the perils facing the world from growing emissions, is near its bitter end. The conference has ended with meaningless commitments
Vasectomies made up just 4% of sterilisations in India in three years n Chandigarh tops in condom use, Punjab second When it comes to family planning, Indian men would rather have women make the efforts. The trend is real, even in so-called empowered states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Not …
New Delhi: The Suresh Tendulkar committee report revising upwards poverty estimates across the country may further strain government finances with many of the states already demanding special status to address the issue and an enhanced allocation under many of the pro-poor schemes. The committee, in its report submitted to the …
The poverty ratio or the number of poor as a percentage of total population in India for 2004-05 is estimated at 37.2 per cent, according to a new report submitted on Tuesday by the Suresh Tendulkar committee to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. The committee, headed by Tendulkar, …
This data sheet assesses the countries' resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change impacts, and highlights the objectives carried by the Millennium Development Goals, such as improving infrastructure to enhance food and water security, and investments in education, health, and gender equity, that can be cost-effective components of national and …
The Draft Master Development Plan for Jaipur Region prepared for the horizon year 2025 is approved in the Jaipur Development Authority 57th Authority Meeting Dated 14/10/2009. It is notified for objections and suggestions under section 23(1) of Jaipur Development Authority Act 1982 vide notification JDA/STPMP/2009/09/D312 dated 06/11/2009. http://121.242.213.11/Jaipurjda/DMDP4download.aspx
This book broadens and deepens understanding of a wide range of population-climate change linkages. Incorporating population dynamics into research, policymaking and advocacy around climate change is critical for understanding the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions, for developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus for global and national efforts to …
Studies on internal migration are constrained by the fact that no international organisation systematically collects or tabulates even the basic demographic information on internal migration in a cross-sectionally and temporally comparable manner. Researchers have surprisingly concluded that internal migration within Asian countries is high and increasing over time. This alarmist …
CLIMATE change is fast turning out to be a big challenge for mega cities. While experts list coastal mega cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangkok, Manila, Chittagong and Tokyo as among the most vulnerable to climate change, they feel that Asian cities could lead a fight back by turning into
Despite an improvement in child mortality figures, 5,000 children under the age of five die in India everyday due to preventable causes, according to the latest Unicef report
Population Not Culprit; Emission Up Due To Lifestyle & Consumption: Ramesh Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI THE Centre on Thursday confirmed that there was no possibility of reaching a climate change treaty at the Copenhagen summit.
United National Population Fund released its State of World Population Report-2009 at a grand programme held on Thursday at Hotel Palash, TT Nagar. The report of this year has been focused on "facing a changing world women, population and climate". Dr Prakash Deo, UNFPA, State Programme Coordinator welcomed the delegates …
The Swedish Prime Minister, representing the EU presidency, visits Delhi on 5th and 6th of Nov. 2009. The visit comes just three days after he visited Washington, and two days after he wrote an op-ed that says:
Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change as they make up the majority of the world's 1,5-billion people living on less than $1 a day and the climate-change debate needs to be reframed putting people at the centre,concludes this annual report released by UNFPA. How do population dynamics affect …
New CSE analysis puts the lie to claims that rich Indians emit as much as their developed country counterparts. The richest 10% of Indians emit no more greenhouse gases per person than the poorest 10% of Americans, according to this analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment. This study …
