Economy

Economic proxies, household consumption and health estimates

While the official estimates of poverty in India are derived from the consumption expenditure data, economic proxies are increasingly used to explain the differentials in health and healthcare utilisation in population-based surveys.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2010
Akanksha Srivastava, Sanjay K Mohanty
Economic and Political Weekly
45
16
55
Tags:
Health, Economy, Consumption Patterns, Maternal Health, Health Care, Child Health, Oral Health, Poverty, India
Agriculture

What it will take to feed the world

Marion Guillou is the chief executive of France

Publication Date: 
15/04/2010
Declan Butler
Nature
464
7291
969
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Animal Products, Food Prices, Nutrition, Food Process Industry, GM Crops, Consumption Patterns, GMOs, France, Global, Food Security
Food Policy

No food security for rural households

BHUBANESWAR: Food security in Orissa continues to be a cause for concern despite the much vaunted Rs 2-a-kg-rice scheme of the State Government. The reason is allotment of 25 kg against the stipulated 35 kg a month.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Food Supply, Consumption Patterns, Rural Development, Subsidies, India, Food Security
Climate Change

Could it be this easy?

Instead of talking about global warming, let

Publication Date: 
06/04/2010
Arun K Attri
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solar Radiation, Climate Change, IPCC, Consumption Patterns, Energy, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

Govt survey reveals 45% salaried households

The Delhi Government report on

Publication Date: 
06/04/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Consumption Patterns, Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Habitat, People, Consumers Movement, Delhi
Habitat And Urbanisation

Delhi's urban population spends the most in the country: Survey

37 per cent of the expenditure was on food items and 63 per cent on non-food items

NEW DELHI: The monthly per capita expenditure in the urban areas of Delhi is the highest in the country, reveals a report on

Publication Date: 
06/04/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Consumption Patterns, Urbanisation, India, Delhi, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)
Poverty

Nutrition, poverty and calorie fundamentalism: Response to Utsa Patnaik

Utsa Patnaik

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
Jean Dreze, Angus Deaton
Economic and Political Weekly
45
14
78
Tags:
Nutrition, Health, Consumption Patterns, Poverty, India
Air Pollution

Mumbai requires 800-lakh litres of petrol, diesel per month

Mumbai: With the new Bharat Stage IV emission norms coming into effect from yesterday, oil companies are gearing up to meet the requirements of Mumbai, an official said today.

The metropolis requires more than 800-lakh litres of fuel every month and three oil companies will supply both petrol and diesel through their existing 243 outlets.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Diesel, Petrol, Euro IV, Fuel Efficiency, Consumption Patterns, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Economy

Level and pattern of household consumer expenditure in Delhi

The latest report on consumption levels and pattern of households in Delhi by State Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Provides details on important demographic features & other aspects of living conditions like energy source for cooking/lighting, dwelling ownership type, etc.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Directorate of Economics & Statistics
Tags:
Vegetables, Milk, Milk Products, Economy, Consumption Patterns, Urban Development, Population, Household Energy, Electricity, Rural Development, Delhi, Statistics
Energy

The United Kingdom's fossil resource consumption between 1968 and 2000

This article presents the trends of two indicators measuring fossil resource consumption in the United Kingdom (UK). First, a domestic material consumption (DMC) indicator for fossil resources (DMCfossil) in the mass unit million tonnes is calculated.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Tim Jackson, Eleni Papathanasopoulou
Journal of Industrial Ecology
114
2
354
Tags:
Climate Change, Trade, Coal, Consumption Patterns, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, United Kingdom (UK), Journal of Industrial Ecology, Tim Jackson, Eleni Papathanasopoulou

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