For all of you who are not really ecstatic about how wonderful India is, here are the facts that prove you just right. The second annual World Happiness Report 2013 is out and India stands at the super low rank of 111 with a score of 4.772 on a scale of 1 to 10 . […]
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There has been a rapid rise in the number of ‘Census Towns’- increasing from 1362 in 2001 to 3894 in 2011. Census towns are in fact the revenue villages which satisfy three basic criteria – of having a minimum population of 5,000; comprising of at least 75 per cent of its male working population engaged […]
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A survey by UNESCO’s Global Education Digest 2011, estimated number of adult illiterates in India (283 million) forms about 35.7 per cent of the total adult illiterates of the world (793 million). However, as per provisional data of Census 2011, the literacy rate in the country is 74.04 per cent. The Government of India is […]
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Government at present allocates foodgrains (wheat and rice) to below poverty line (BPL) families under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), Department of Food and Public Distribution. The assessment of BPL families is based on the 1993-94 poverty estimates of Planning Commission and the population estimates of Registrar General of India as on 1st March […]
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As per a report of the United Nations, India’s population is likely to surpass China by 2025; and is pinned to hit 1.7 billion by 2060. Although the Government of India has been implementing the National Rural Health Mission since 2005 in line with the policy framework of population stabilisation as envisaged in National Population […]
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World population was transformed in the 20th century as technological and social changes brought steep declines in birth and death rates. The century began with 1.6 billion and ended with 6.1 billion mainly because of unprecedented growth after 1960. The momentum created by this may carry the world well past 7 million by 2015. It […]
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According to a report of the Technical Group of Housing Shortage, Planning Commission, housing shortage as in 2007 is estimated to be around 24.71 million and the housing shortage during the plan period (2007-2012) including the backlog was estimated as 26.53 million. Most of the housing shortage is experienced by the economically weaker section and […]
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With 1.15 billion people, India is currently the world’s second largest country, China being the first. Demographers expect India’s population to surpass China by 2030, at 1.53 billion, when China’s population will begin to fall after a peak of 1.46 billion. At the time of India’s Independence the country’s population was a mere 350 million. […]
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