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 …
UNITED NATIONS - The world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis due to increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuels production, the United Nations warned on Thursday. By 2030, nearly half of the world's people will be living in areas of acute water …
New Delhi: Migration to cities from rural areas seems to be the panacea for lifting people out of poverty as per the latest World Development Report (WDR) released by The World Bank in Delhi on Thursday. The new report challenges the assumption that economic activities should be spread geographically for …
Taking a dig at India and other countries that believe economic activities must be spread geographically to benefit the poor, a new World Bank report has called for concentration of production, mobility of people and economic integration to lift rural people out of poverty. Population shift from villages to cities …
The world's population will hit seven billion early in 2012 and top nine billion in 2050, with the vast majority of the increase coming in the developing countries of Asia and Africa, according to a new UN estimate, The Associated Press reported from the United Nations, New York. Hania Zlotnik, …
Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj said Sasihitlu village near Surathkal with 2,800 population is one of the four villages selected by the Central Census Commissionerate for the pilot project. A tiny village near Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada has been selected for a pilot project to implement National Identity Card, which is …
ANAND K. SAHAY India has a dubious record in respect of women. We have had powerful women political leaders, and there are more women in the public sphere than before, but the record of roughly the past one hundred years suggests a
At least 34 births and 10 deaths are registered in the country every minute, according to the Registrar General of India. As many as 49,481 births and 14,475 deaths are registered in the country every day, as per data revealed by the Census body. However, it may be noted that …
Girls in / Madhya Pradesh have a valid reason to smile - and so does the government Ladli Laxmi Yojana, the brainchild of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, launched for the empowerment of girl child in Madhya Pradesh, has after Delhi now been emulated by Uttar Pradesh. The scheme …
Maharashtra has proved to be the slow but steady winner. On the surface a proverbial tortoise without any flashy attributes, the state has performed as well as a long-haul horse in a gruelling race. The study of the Institute for Competitiveness has adjudged Maharashtra to be the No. 1 state …
Time to rely on yield within the country by Sucha Singh Gill THE concept of food security involves availability access and affordability of food in adequate quantity and quality to meet nutritional needs. The existence of under-nourishment in the long run highlights the marked prevalence of hunger in the countries …
The present issue of the publication viz. Statistical Pocket Book, India 2008, which is the 46th edition in the series gives data on various socio economic trends prevailing in the country on an All India basis. The publication contains data for the latest 3 years besides the data for the …
Special Correspondent CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised State in the country with 44 per cent urban population as per the 2001 census, said Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, Minister for Information. Participating in a national conference of Ministers dealing with Housing, Urban Development and Municipal Administration in New Delhi, Mr. Ilamvazhuthi …
Tribune News Service Mandi, January 8 Information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has exposed discrepancies in the census report of 2001 as regards Dhar Kalwad village in the Shiva Thana gram panchayat in the district. The report showed there were just five members of the SC category …
The increasing air pollution levels in urban areas, particularly in the metropolitan cities, are seriously affecting the health of the inhabiting citizens. In the present study, the ambient air quality (with respect to sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and suspended particulate matter) of the city of Delhi is analysed in conjunction …
This Master Plan is aimed to develop Port Blair and its environs progressively into self sustaining community, with socio-economic development and enhancement in quality life keeping in view of its ecologically fragile environment. The main objectives of the plan are: Regulating new physical entities and activities in an orderly manner; …
This Master Plan is aimed to develop Port Blair and its environs progressively into self sustaining community, with socio-economic development and enhancement in quality life keeping in view of its ecologically fragile environment. The main objectives of the plan are: Regulating new physical entities and activities in an orderly manner; …
