In this article, an attempt is made to answer the question: Can renewable energy sources eventually supply India’s electricity needs in the future? The estimates made here indicate that even with a frugal per capita electricity need of 2000 kWh/annum and a stabilized population of 1700 million by 2070, India would need to generate 3400 TWh/yr. As opposed to this, a systematic analysis of the information available on all the renewable energy sources indicates that the total potential is only around 1229 TWh/yr. It is concluded that in the future as fossil fuels are exhausted, renewable
The annual Asian Development Outlook presents an analysis of developing Asia’s recent economic performance plus its prospects for the next two years. This Update shows whether these forecasts were met, explaining divergence between forecasts and the actual out turn, and firms the forecasts for the next 18 months or so.
More than 245 million Asians were lifted out of extreme poverty in the last five years despite the global economic crisis, the Asian Development Bank said, citing the region's brisk economic growth
Population growth and water stress are driving Earth to a food and environmental crunch that only better farming techniques and smarter use of the ecosystem will avert, a UN report issued on Monday
Preliminary results of the 2011 census released recently by the Government of India show that the current population is higher than the earlier projections. As the requirement of water chiefly depends upon population, earlier estimates have been revised in view of the revised population projections. Initiatives to overcome the impending water scarcity have also been suggested.
The population of Bangladesh now stands at 14, 23,19,000, according to the preliminary report on Population and Housing Census, 2011 revealed on Saturday.
The 5th census was held on March 15-19 this year across the country.
The report revealed that of the total population, 7,12,55,000 are male while 7,10,64,000 are female, said Planning Minister AK Khandker while revealing the findings of the pr
Affirming the trend of migration of people from villages to big cities and towns, the provisional figures of Census 2011 reveal that for the first time, India has added more people in urban centres than in rural areas over a decade.
Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living in urban areas increased from 286 million to 377 million, a rise of 91 million.
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the United Nations projected in a report released Tuesday.
Children at a community clinic in the village of Kanaja in Malawi on Sept. 7, 2009.
