To enable a smoother transition to old age, the central and state governments in India have enacted various pension schemes and programmes for the elderly across different social and economic backgrounds.

Lonar crater is one of India’s spectacular landforms that is a well known example of a best preserved meteorite impact structure on the volcanic rocks of the Buldhana district of Maharashtra.

The new CRZ notification of 2018 will promote tourism and other development activities in the coastal areas and is likely to generate employment opportunities. But, at the same time it will disrupt coastal ecosystems and the new rules, will in fact, put more people in the climate risk zones.

Various methodologies were used to draw poverty lines in India. The expert groups constituted by the Planning Commission followed the calorie intake whereas the Saxena Committee constituted by the Ministry of Rural Development followed the inclusion and exclusion method. Multidimensional poverty by UNDP is calculated on various indicators. All methodologies point towards a high poverty ratio in India.