The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in four low income states -- UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam. The project, directed towards improving piped water supply and sanitation services through decentralised delivery systems will be confined to the east …
Multi-lateral funding agency, the World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. “The World Bank has approved a $ 500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Project for Low Income …
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to continue its construction ban in 17 green belts of the town, an official said on Sunday. "The cabinet last evening (Saturday) decided to continue with the ban on construction in the 17 green belts falling within the Shimla Municipal Corporation limits," a government …
BHOPAL: 28% of Madhya Pradesh's urban population lives in slum areas, says the Census 2011 data released by directorate of census, on Thursday. Data released by the directorate say that slum area has been identified in 303 towns out of the total 304 statutory towns, in which 28.34 % of …
One-eighth of India’s urban population lives in slums: NSSO Maharashtra accounts for 23 per cent of total slum population, followed by Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal Just under nine million households, or roughly one-eighth of India’s urban population, lives in a slum, according to data from the latest round of …
As Delhi heads for polls, some key issues are agitating the common voter although these may not be felt as much by the city’s well-heeled sections. One such issue is water. According to Census 2011, about a quarter of the city’s 1.67 crore population does not get treated piped water. …
Govt ropes in NGOs to spread awareness on sanitation As World Toilet Day was observed yesterday, the government efforts towards making people improve sanitation by constructing toilets have not borne much fruit. While nearly 50 per cent of the households in J&K; continue to remain without toilets, the Public Health …
New Delhi: A good number of dalits and tribals may be left out of the ambit of the ambitious Food Security Act, with the socio-economic caste census reporting less number of households of the two communities than found by the decennial census, a prospect that has made the government jittery. …
Less painful now, but future uncertain The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) ambitious National Food Security Bill might soon become reality. After getting approval from the Lok Sabha, the Bill is headed for the Upper House of Parliament for approval. The big debate is on the financial implications as and when …
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s child population (age 0-6 years) is on the decline. Demographers say that the primary census abstract 2011 shows that Maharashtra has joined the southern states in a phase of replacement growth. In 2011, the number of children was 1.33 crore, a drop of 3.45 lakh (2.52%) over the …
Inclusive growth and providing basic amenities to people living in rural areas dominates political discourse but recent government data shows that over 67% of rural households don't have access to toilets while members of at least 22% rural households have to trudge more than half a kilometer to fetch drinking …
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011. As the government gears up to meet the overall housing shortfall of nearly 18.7 million in the urban areas, a statistical compendium of households with basic amenities, including water, electricity and sanitation, better …
The 2011 census stated that Mumbai has 1,137 manual scavengers, the highest in Maharashtra, but BMC’s survey says there are none. According to the census, Mumbai was followed by Akot Municipal Council in Akola district with 530 manual scavengers. BMC invited responses both through self-declaration and door-to-door survey and completed …
Dismayed at the Census 2011 figures that highlighted the decline in child sex ratio (0-6 years) to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys as compared to 927 in 2001, over 200 civil society organisations this past week joined hands with the National Foundation for India (NFI) in launching a campaign …
Raises questions with regard to official claims of crackdown on prenatal sex determination Primary abstract of 2011 census, released on Monday, has indicated an alarming level of female foeticide in Jammu and Kashmir as a drastic decrease of 79 females per thousand of children has been noticed in the basic …
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 …
State officials are apprehensive of targeted coverage and allocations The National Food Security Bill, which is again in news these days, may be generating much excitement in most parts of the country, but not in Tamil Nadu. The reason: a more comprehensive model in the form of universal public distribution …
