43,000 babies born daily in India: The population clock in India has crossed the awesome 100 crore mark, adding on an average, 30 people every minute and 43,000 each day to its already bulging mass of teeming millions. With only 2.4 per cent of the land area and 16 per cent of the world's population - projected to reach 1,264 million by year 2016 - this mass of humanity keeps putting increasing pressure on infrastructure, economy, environment, primary healthcare and nutrition in the country.