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 …
After taking advantage of the various accomplishments of the state to rake up praise for themselves, ministers should now hide their faces in shame. Provisional population figures of Census 2011 reveal Maharashtra
Global management consultancy McKinsey & Co says over the next 15 years, the centre of gravity of the urban world will be heading South in general, and to the Eastern regions in particular. Today, 600 cities, mainly in the North and the West, generate about 60 per cent of the …
Global management consultancy McKinsey & Co says over the next 15 years, the centre of gravity of the urban world will be heading South in general, and to the Eastern regions in particular. Today, 600 cities, mainly in the North and the West, generate about 60 percent of the economic …
Maharashtra's population as per the 2011 Census is estimated at about 11.52 crore making it one of the most populous states in the country. According to the Economic Survey released last week, as per the latest census, the population of the state is projected at 11.52 crore as against 9.69 …
If there is no proper planning in view of pressure of population, traffic, need of water and other basic things in the future, the citizens of Delhi will not get an adequate place to live in. It will be difficult to move on roads as 1,000 new cars add everyday …
A high-powered expert committee on urban infrastructure, chaired by Isher Judge Ahluwalia, has recommended bringing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) and the housing and urban poverty alleviation under a single unified command to ensure that sustainable urbanisation was facilitated in the coun try without leaving out the …
The urban world is shifting. Today only 600 urban centers generate about 60 percent of global GDP. While 600 cities will continue to account for the same share of global GDP in 2025, this group of 600 will have a very different membership. Over the next 15 years, the center …
Health policy in India, like all public policy, has always been the product of complex political processes. In the area of women’s health, the situation is further complicated by the fact that policy processes have to straddle a treacherous fault line between target-driven population-control goals on the one hand, and …
As Many as 27,000 people live per square km in Mumbai, making the metro one of the densest cities in Asia, as per the Asian Green City Index. The Asian Green City Index, commissioned by German firm Siemens, analysed the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect …
As many as 27,000 people live per square kilometre in Mumbai, making the metro one of the densest cities in Asia, as per the Asian Green City Index. The index, commissioned by German firm Siemens, analysed the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect to environmental and …
WORLD leaders trying to mitigate the effects of depleting biodiversity of various ecosystems have a reason to worry. Loss of biodiversity may make organisms, including humans, more vulnerable to infectious diseases and influence emergence of new illnesses. That is the conclusion of a paper which stated animals, plants and microbes …
The second and last phase of census operations began in the Capital on Wednesday with the enumeration of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence in the presence of Registrar General of India Dr. C. Chandramauli and Director Census Operations in Delhi, Varsha Joshi. Ms. Dikshit provided the officials relevant …
The second phase of the national Census 2011 will kickstart across the city on Wednesday and will continue till February 28. While the first phase consisted of house-listing, the second phase will also include counting the homeless. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday announced that around 16,000 BMC staff had …
NEW DELHI: Population enumeration, the second phase of Census 2011, which begins simultaneously across the country from February 9, will gather information under various heads such as demography, economic activity, literacy, cultural, housing and household amenities, urbanisation, migration, fertility, language, religion, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As many as 240 …
