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 …
Says poverty estimates are reasonable The latest official estimate of India’s poor, from a committee chaired by C Rangarajan, head of the former Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, is based on certain normative standards of food and non-food consumption, as well as behavioural aspects of classes concerned for consumption of …
Rampant unauthorised construction in the city highlights the illegal nexus between civic bodies, land mafia and the police and also exposes the lack preparation for any disasters, both natural and man-made. Illegal structures in the city, built by flouting norms, are only adding to the housing crisis in Delhi. The …
Delhi's air pollution measures like introducing compressed natural gas, building the Metro and moving polluting industries outside city limits have been praised universally. But evidence has now emerged that, since these interventions, areas bordering the city have been experiencing very poor air quality. As polluting industries, built-up area and population …
But pace of poverty eradication quicker in the three years to 2011-12 A new panel has found that 29.5 per cent of India's population was poor in 2011-12 against just 21.9 per cent estimated under the previous methodology which had drawn sharp criticism from various quarters. In absolute terms, 363 …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than 200 families. Head of the Molecular Biology unit at the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Dr Sunit Kumar Singh, …
Urban governance and housing for all are a challenge and states and union territories need to work together to achieve this goal, said Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Slum-free plan of action is the need of the hour, he said. The Minister was addressing the Conclave of Ministers of …
PUNE: The city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has advised people to stay alert and take precautionary measures after 34% of the total samples it had screened in June tested positive for the dengue virus. The premier virology institute received a total of 361 samples in June, mainly from Pune …
With the completion of distribution of new ration cards among intended beneficiaries of National Food Security Scheme (NFSS) in most of the 13 districts in Uttarakhand, the State Government is going to implement this scheme from Tuesday. “Except four districts, including Dehradun, Pauri, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, the remaining nine districts …
New Delhi : In the decade spanning 2001-2011, the urban population of India grew annually by 2.8% adding 9.1 crore people to India’s population residing in cities. According to an Assocham study, this urban population is expected to grow up to 590 million by 2030, accounting for nearly 40% of …
A report `Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change' drafted recently by various departments of the state government with the help of TERI has also pointed out that the quality of ground water was a major issue The quality of ground water is a major concern for the state. At least …
To deal with the perennial water problems, the city needs to urgently introduce conservation measures in totality, and not sporadically. A holistic approach to water conservation, including encouraging use of water-efficient devices, both in residential and industrial units, treatment of sewage, economic usage of water at an individual level and …
INDORE: Replicating foreign projects without studying local needs has its implications and Indore's BRTS is classic example. The popular view on the first day of the two-day conference on BRTS was that a study of the local needs was important for the successful implementation of such projects. Officials of Union …
Experts have said that the ongoing water scarcity in the city was man-made to create a favourable atmosphere for the proposed Rs 792-crore parallel water supply pipeline project, which has been pending for about two years. Experts said that the municipal administration has overlooked maintenance of the existing water distribution …
The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which makes them vulnerable to sexual violence. Lack of toilets is also a …
Over 350 villages in "water stressed" Churu district have no water woes. The ongoing Apni Yojna project drawing water from Indira Gandhi Canal is providing potable drinking water to a population of 9 lakh for 7 to 8 hours a day in this parched region. The project has been demonstrating …
Poor infrastructure in the way of legal entitlement of foodgrain for poor In line with the Centre's promise to work in close coordination with state governments, the Union government is considering extending the deadline given to states for identification of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act beyond July 5. …
The state government has directed the Revenue and Forest Department to start physical verification of the actual area under occupation by Tibetans at various settlements in the state to verify cases of forest encroachments in the light of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders. The government had sought time from …
RAIPUR: When it comes to population growth, while Chhattisgarh has taken over its mother state, Madhya Pradesh, registering a growth rate of 22.59%, as compared to 20.30% of the latter, the population growth has declined in the Naxalite affected areas of the state in the last decade (2001-2011). According to …
Census figures point out that over 50 per cent of migration into the state was due to the availability of employment and business opportunitie at large. Mumbai, the sprawling megapolis spread over 600 sq km, has seen its population grow at a rate which is twice that of Maharashtra’s and …
Project ‘Meri Shakti Meri Beti’, which has been running in Delhi for the past several years, is now all set to roll out in Gurgaon and Manesar. The project, implemented by the Centre for Social Research (CSR) and supported by the German Embassy, aims at addressing gender-biased sex selection, replicating …
