Census 2011

MMR population is set to stabilise

Unreasonable growth, over-population and congestion in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have always remained matters of serious concern for policymakers. However, an assessment by economist, Abhay Pethe, indicates that the population in the MMR will, in fact, stabilise. “Mumbai is not growing at the same rate as expected and people …

Now, Tier-II cities qualify for Metro: Centre To Consider Proposals From Urban Centres With 20 Lakh Population

New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …

Population is still a ticking time bomb

The country does not appear alarmed or worried at the growth of population. Political parties and the media seem oblivious to the threat and the government appears reluctant to take tough measures. But if dehumanising poverty is to be eliminated, ways must be found to slow down the growth of …

First phase BPL survey begins in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday started the socio-economic and caste census-2011 to identify the Below-Poverty-Line families in seven out of 30 districts in the first phase. The fresh BPL survey in the state was taken up under the Central guideline to ascertain the real poorest-of-the-poor families as the Planning …

We are seven billion now

Behind the numbers, a complex story of birth and ageing Baby Nargis, the world's seven billionth person, born in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, and the 102-year-old Hilla Sorab Billimoria of Kolkata represent, between them, two ends of India's complex population story. At one end are the staggering numbers. With an …

Mumbai India's most populous city, Delhi largest urban spread

Mumbai is India's most populated city with over 1.84 crore (18.4 million) people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore (16.3 million) and Kolkata with 1.41 crore (14.1 million), making these India's 'mega-cities', according to the preliminary Census 2011 results. In terms of urban agglomeration or spread as an extended …

In 16 years, farm suicides cross a quarter million

Past eight years show rising trend It's official. The country has seen over a quarter of a million farmers’ suicides between 1995 and 2010. The National Crime Records Bureau’s latest report on ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India’ places the number for 2010 at 15,964. That brings the cumulative 16-year …

Female fertility level declines in Karnataka

Study shows the birth rate drop is more drastic in southern districts There has been an alarming decline in the fertility rates of women in Karnataka in the past decade, a study of the available 2011 census data has revealed. The study conducted by the Population Research Centre at Institute …

Delhi topples Mumbai as maximum city: Capital’s Urban Sprawl Has Over 2cr Popn

Delhi/ Mumbai: The urban agglomeration of Delhi has for the first time overtaken that of Mumbai, a TOI analysis of census data just released shows. Close to 22 million people now live in Delhi’s extended urban sprawl, while Mumbai is home to close to 20 million. The census defines an …

NCR population shot up by 40% in 10 years

Delhi/Mumbai: The urban agglomeration of Delhi has for the first time overtaken that of Mumbai, whose UA’s population in 2011 stood at 18.4 million according to the latest census data, but if Vasai-Virar municipal corporation is added to Mumbai UA, it still stands shy of 20 million. If the same …

Capital not yet in million club

BHUBANESWAR: Just nine urban centres of the State can boast of a population of one lakh and more. None has touched the one million mark. According to Census 2011 provisional figures, even the fast growing Bhubaneswar is not a million population City, the head count standing at 8,81,988 persons residing …

New BPL census in State from Dec 1

The State Government will kick-start the new Socio Economic Task Census (BPL census) from December 1. This was announced by State Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Rockybul Hussain while talking to mediapersons today. Hussain said that the new recommendations laid down by the Central Government will automatically exclude families …

Food security: Centre to study States' needs

The Union government is inclined to examine specific requirements of States individually while implementing the proposed legislation on food security. When it was brought to his attention that crores of people in the State would be left out of the Public Distribution System as the ceiling for coverage of urban …

BPL census to assess poverty better: Plan panel

The below poverty line (BPL) census, which is expected to put the issue of poverty in perspective, will be a scientific exercise of counting the poor, the Planning Commission believes. Embarrassed by the debate on whether its suggestion that a human being can live on Rs 32 a day in …

Plan panel may wait for socio-economic census figures

In the wake of criticism from civil society groups over its Supreme court affidavit setting a spending threshold of Rs 32 as urban poverty line, the Planning Commission is likely to spell out its stand on Monday on the issue of food entitlement for those Below Poverty Line (BPL). Available …

Method in madness: Urban data from 2011 census

The 2011 Census has reported a marginally higher growth in the urban population, yet it also reports a phenomenal increase of 2,774 new “census towns” – greater than the number of such new towns identified in all of the 20th century. Could this be the result of some kind of …

Tribals, nomads urged to get ‘counted' in special Census

Tribal and nomadic communities in Rajasthan were asked here on Thursday to take part actively in the upcoming first-of-its-kind Socio-Economic and Caste Census aimed at identifying the Below Poverty Line families in both urban and rural areas that can benefit from the Union Government's welfare schemes. A meeting to apprise …

Himachal pins hope on UID to weed out ‘extra’ population

State has more names in ration cards than its population as detailed in Census 2011; 29 per cent already enrolled for Aadhaar Is it under-registering of its residents in Census 2011, the migrant population or fake ration cards? Having already enrolled 29 per cent of its population under Aadhaar - …

Female foeticide a grave challenge, says Health Minister

Describing female foeticide as a grave challenge, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said information, education and communication (IEC) could play a role in building a positive environment for valuing the girl child, particularly at the grassroots level. He said the Centre had decided to …

134 urban development schemes cleared for NE

AIZAWL: The Central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas of the eight Northeastern states, an official release said here Sunday. “Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 134 projects with a cost …

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