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 …
In India, for food security, the future agriculture faces the challenge of enhancing crop production under uncertain climatic extremes, in a limited (or degraded at many places) land area, with more and more requirement of water (in many places, poor quality water), complexities and rapid erosion of natural biodiversity and …
The world has achieved its first Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty in half ahead of the 2015 deadline, a study by the World Bank shows. The bank defines extreme poverty as living on under $1.25 per day, adjusted for purchasing power parity. According to the report, released this …
The changes in the marine domains of India and Australia are affecting the circulation patterns, distribution and abundance of marine species in the two countries, said Stewart Frusher, Associate Professor, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. Speaking at the inaugural session of the international workshop on …
While the world has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of safe drinking water well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline, India is among the ten countries after China with the largest population without access to improved drinking water. According to the report issued by the World Health …
JAIPUR: The population and size of slums and underdeveloped areas in Jaipur are swelling with increased migration of people from rural areas to urban. Presently, more than half of the city's population resides in urban areas. But 10 years ago, as per the 2001 Census, more than half of the …
Dhaka: About 28 percent of Bangladesh's total population (41.7 million) is living in urban areas, said a Unicef report released on Wednesday. Among the top 21 mega cities of the world, according to the report, Dhaka ranks 9th position with 14.3 million people, while Tokyo 1st with 36.5 million, Delhi …
Children living in urban India are equally vulnerable to poverty as their rural counterparts. A new Indian specific statistics presented at the launch of the Unicef’s flagship publication, Children in an Urban World, shows that the child poverty indicators are equally worse in the cases of both the rural and …
About 28 percent of Bangladesh's total population (41.7 million) is living in urban areas, said a Unicef report released on Wednesday. Among the top 21 mega cities of the world, according to the report, Dhaka ranks 9th position with 14.3 million people, while Tokyo 1st with 36.5 million, Delhi 2nd …
The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 asks “What could the next four decades bring?” Based on joint modelling by the OECD and the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, it looks forward to the year 2050 to ascertain what demographic and economic trends might mean for the environment if humanity does …
India and China will see highest urban population rise in the next 40 years according to this 2011 revision of UN World Urbanisation Prospects & warns that this poses challenges of providing jobs, housing, energy and infrastructure to prevent urban poverty. This report presents the official United Nations estimates and …
‘Economic Survey of Maharashtra’ is prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department every year for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Legislature. The present publication for the year 2011-12 is the 51st issue in the series. The information related to various socio-economic sectors of the …
Admitting that the healthcare system was “overwhelmed” by inequities, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the government would provide universal healthcare in the 12th Plan and take steps to ensure free generic drugs at all public health facilities so as to reduce out of pocket expenditure of patients. …
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Oceans are the lifeblood of the planet and the global economy, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told a conference on ocean conservation in …
In order to achieve its goal of making Delhi a slum-free city, the Delhi Government will start allotment of houses under the Economically Weaker Section category from April this year, Industries Minister Ramakant Goswami said during a visit to a construction site at Pootkhurd in North-West Delhi on Friday. With …
Researchers claim India is losing its forests more rapidly than Brazil and Malaysia. They question the findings of the latest State of the Forest Report 2011 which highlights that forest cover has increased by nearly five per cent between 1997 and 2007 and is presently covering nearly 24 per cent …
JAIPUR: A delegation of the European Union MP and European Commission met chief minister Ashok Gehlot here on Thursday. The delegation admired the effective implementation of the water projects worth Rs 450 crore, funded by the European Commission, in the state. The 11-member delegation headed by Bill Newton Dunn is …
In preparing for the RIO+20 Earth Summit the world community must acknowledge that population trends interact strongly with economic development and environmental change at local and global levels.(Letter)
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Government carried out the second round of pre-budget consultations on resource allocations, even as the Chief Minster Mukul Sangma emphasized on the targeted 11 per cent growth rate by the end of the next five year plan. During the consultation sessions held at the committee room of the …
The lifeline of Pakistan – renewable water resources – were decreasing toward a dangerous level that could go as low as 550 cubic metres per person by the end of 2025, said a UN report. According to the United Nations’ ‘World Water Development Report’, total actual renewable water resources in …
NONGSTOIN: Water scarcity in Marngor area consisting of six villages Marngor, Langlew, Mawkhanpamdeh, MawBlei mawjnoin, Phyllut and Mawkhan Wahkwang is reaching an alarming proportion with people of the area suffering a lot due to water crisis. Residents of the locality can be seen waiting in long queues at some of …
