The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
As cyclone Phailin and floods in North Odisha districts heavily damaged schools and related infrastructure, the School and Mass Education department has proposed sanction of Rs 834.47 crore special assistance for reconstruction activities. According to a preliminary survey conducted by the department, 5,820 schools have been severely damaged in the …
The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs63.476 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against the total allocations of Rs540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According the data of Planning Commission of Pakistan, out of these allocations, Rs11960.403 million have been released …
The Goa mineral policy 2013 envisages promotion of tourism in the mining belt of the state to create employment opportunities for the people. The policy states that mining related to tourism would be promoted with a view to create awareness, educate the masses and provide employment opportunities to the local …
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. The latest assessment shows that further progress has been made towards the 2015 MDG target, which remains within reach for the …
The Global Gender Gap Report, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparison …
This pamphlet titled `Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals India 2013’ has been brought out as a sequel to this Ministry’s `Millennium Development Goals India country report 2011’. It exhibits the latest status of India’s achievements with reference to the goals and targets set at the United Nation’s Millennium Summit held …
Committee comes out with a new index of backwardness on 10 indicators A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan has recommended a new index of backwardness to determine which States need special assistance. The new methodology ranks Odisha as India’s most backward State, Bihar, which has been seeking ‘special’ status, as …
As the government struggles to pursue development goals effectively, the United Nations (UN) has for the first time invited India’s civil society to voice opinions on steps to make a new agenda work for developing nations once the current millennium development goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. The move followed a …
The level of development of a state is likely to be the consequence of a complex set of historical, cultural, and sociological factors. An explicit government objective was to have a more egalitarian society, coupled with balanced development of different regions. Despite taking a number of steps to reduce the …
Sanitation continues to remain India's biggest failure with a large proportion of the nation's rural population still defecating in the open says this India Rural Development Report 2012-13 The dynamics of political, economic and social change in rural India are complex and have been gaining prominence. In this context, the …
If all women in India had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would be 61 per cent lower, UNESCO has said. India and Nigeria account for more than a third of child deaths worldwide. If all women in both countries had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would …
Kochi: Two years after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced the ‘National School Sanitation Initiative’ with an aim to inculcate good sanitation habits among schoolchildren, a majority of schools in Ernakulam have not applied for sanitation certificates. There are 91 CBSE schools in Ernakulam and Ernakulam central sahodayas. …
Urgent calls have been made for improved understanding of changes in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, and their country-level determinants. The researchers examined historical trends in coverage of interventions with proven effectiveness, and used them to project rates of child and neonatal mortality in 2035 in 74 …
New Delhi: More than three years after the implementation of the RTE Act and an expenditure of over Rs 46,282.11 crore on school infrastructure, around 1.28 lakh out of 10,75,407 government elementary schools across the country still don’t have toilets and over 61,000 lack drinking water facilities. According to the …
The number of registered vehicles in Delhi has increased from 7438155 in 2011-12 to 7774403 in 2012-13 according to this latest handbook which consists of data on various Socioeconomic parameters in respect of NCT of Delhi. Delhi Statistical Hand Book-2013 is the 38th issue being published by Directorate of Economics …
The Bank wants to collaborate with the state government to increase agricultural productivity in Bihar The World Bank is planning to double up the financial assistance to Bihar to around USD1 billion in next couple of years. According to the bank, the money will accelerate development works in the state. …
South Africa is increasingly focused on reducing maternal mortality. Documenting variation in access to maternal health services across one of the most inequitable nations could assist in re-direction of resources.
Despite all the hype and hoopla over the free medicine scheme of the state government, the poor standards of health along with education and infrastructure have forced the Planning Commission to reaffirm Rajasthan's position among 'BIMARU' states, a term coined for the most backward regions in the country. According to …
Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 finds migrants to be better educated than before, more satisfied with their jobs Migration to Delhi is falling, and the average migrant is better-off and better educated than before, Delhi’s Human Development Report 2013 has revealed. Closely tied to this is the changed nature of …
This report assesses progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific, and identifies actions, challenges, and priorities beyond the MDGs 2015 target year.Asia and the Pacific has made good progress towards the MDGs, though the region will still need to make greater efforts if it …
