The map shows different environment- and development-related issues that gained attention in Lok Sabha elections 2014. Click on the icons to read details of problems in a particular area.

The data contains details of projects sanctioned under off grid solar applications of JNNSM during 2013-14 (as on 31.03.2014) by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.

El Niño is a local warming of surface waters which takes place in the entire equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and which affects the atmospheric circulation and direction of winds world-wide.

El Nino has a history of adversely impacting rainfall in India during monsoon. Here is a timeline of the years in which India witnessed droughts triggered by El Nino—the warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific, affecting wind patterns and having the potential to trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe.

Fed up with the callousness of government and their elected representatives in dealing with their problems, many villages across India have decided not to vote this time.

WHO/UNICEF's Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) reports every two years on progress against the MDG Indicators on drinking water and sanitation: "The proportion of population using an improved drinking water source" and "The proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility", separately for rural and urban areas. JMP is the only drinking water and sanitation monitoring mechanism that provides information allowing comparison between countries and over time. This is the statistical table for JMP 2014 report.

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability-has warned of crop failures, water stress and health effects, all of which will impact the poor the most. Over US $ 7 billion loss has been projected for India in agriculture by 2030. Take a look at who will be affected how much by global warming.

This 2014 edition of Energy Statistics published by Central Statistics Office (CSO) is 21st in the series and contains latest data on reserves, installed capacity, potential for generation, production, consumption, import, export and wholesale price of different energy commodities. The metadata on Energy Statistics has been included for the first time in this publication.

A large number of women in rural and urban India don't have much to celebrate on women's day on March 8. Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water from the nearest source which may be more than a kilometre away. Check out how much they have to walk and wait to get water for their homes. Click to see

The present edition of the Statistical Abstract of Haryana is the 47th in the series. It contains comprehensive statistics covering all important socio-economic aspects of the State’s economy such as area, population, agriculture, irrigation, forests, animal husbandry, power, industries, labour, roads, transport, health, education, co-operation, public finance, prices and state income etc. It is hoped that this document will serve as a useful reference for statistical requirement of
Planning and Policy making.