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 …
Despite the implementation of several programmes and spending crores of rupees on the agriculture sector, the income level of farmers has not registered any perceptible improvement, said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday. Delivering the inaugural address at the two-day conference of Collectors and police officers at the Secretariat, she said, …
JAIPUR: In Rajasthan only 40% of rural household have toilets and less than 13% of the population in the state have access to it. Acting on this alarming situation, the state government has drafted a policy on rural sanitation and hygiene, a strategy for achieving the vision of " Nirmal …
Delhi is proving to provide growing investment opportunities, as the per capita income in the metropolis has almost doubled to over Rs 1.16 lakh during six years till 2009-10, reveals a study by an industry chamber. Only Goa and Chandigarh show better statistics in this respect. Income inequalities continue to …
Even as modern medicine practices have elaborate programmes for diabetes control and prevention programmes with diet charts and exercises, there is but little focus on the crucial component of stress, which is considered an important contributing factor for diabetes, said Harish Kumar, head of endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. …
Bhopal : Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur inaugurated 43rd annual conference of All-India Mayors’ Council at Indore today. Gaur said that planned work has to be undertaken to provide all the facilities to people coming to cities from villages. He said that with this in view, work is …
The Census Bureau on Monday released what it says is a more accurate measure of poverty in America. The new measure shows more poverty among the elderly, but less among children and African-Americans. It also shows a slightly higher poverty rate for the nation last year — 16 percent compared …
AGARTALA: Tripura government has vented its reservation over some provisions in the draft Food Security Bill even as it welcomed the move of Congress led UPA government. The government will not accept provisions of debarring 25 percent rural population and 50 percent urban population from PDS ambit, said Food and …
The proposed Food Security Bill will ensure that around 63 per cent of the population get their share of food grains and other edibles, Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K.V. Thomas said. Aimed at this, steps would be taken to improve India's agricultural productivity and to …
‘They love their drinks, mobile phones' On an average, a Delhiite earns Rs.1.16 lakh a year, owns 2.5 mobile phones, watches nearly two movies annually, gets a supply of 50 gallons of water each day and consumes over a case and quarter of liquor in a year. These are some …
New Delhi: The state government’s claims of better child healthcare lie exposed. Between 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate (children dying within the first year of birth) has increased 18.5% — from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand. At the same time, the number of still-births has almost …
New Delhi: The world might have been busy discussing depressing economic news these last couple of years, but for Delhi the consumption splurge just didn’t stop. Delhi added 1 crore more mobile connections during 2010-11 and the city consumed over 1.63 crore cases of liquor and beer in 2010 alone. …
Bangladesh has enhanced its status by one notch to 95th among 110 nations in a worldwide assessment of wealth and quality of life. The country was ranked 96th in the last year's Legatum Prosperity Index that provides the only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being. …
The United Nations’s Human Development Report 2011 — Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All — has come down sharply on the widening income gap between rich and poor with huge amounts of wealth presently concentrated in the hands of the rich. It cited the examples of China, India …
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 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 …
New Delhi Union food minister KV Thomas said on Monday that the National Food Security Bill will go to the Cabinet by November 20. The government expects the Bill to be passed in the Parliament’s winter season. The Bill was put up for public comments earlier this month and the …
A moderate earthquake in remote northwestern China has destroyed dozens of houses and damaged many more, but there have been no reported casualties, government officials and state media said on Tuesday. More than 50 houses collapsed and hundreds of homes were damaged after the 5.4-magnitude quake jolted the border area …
Nargis was chosen as the symbolic seven billionth baby by child rights NGO, Plan India India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning greeted the arrival of the world’s seven billionth baby. The symbolic seven billionth baby is a girl child named Nargis, born to Ajay and Veenita Yadav …
The world population today touched the 7 billion mark, logically a cause for worry for planners in terms of food security. Concerns over the burgeoning population’s impact on the environment has led to apprehensions that the world may not be able to feed its inhabitants in future. Surprisingly though, food …
