The collection & management of solid waste in the country is being done by either Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) itself or through contractual workers or by Self Help Groups (SHGs). Under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM-U), allocation of funds have been made for entire mission period of five years.echnology for dealing with urban waste is dependent upon the characteristics of the waste.

Based on the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data collected by National Statistical Office (NSO) in its 68th round of National Sample Surveys (NSS) conducted in 2011-12, the erstwhile Planning Commission estimated poverty lines and poverty ratios in 2011-12 following the Tendulkar methodology. The poverty lines and poverty ratios, thus estimated, were released through a Press Note issued on 22nd July 2013.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Food Processing Industries, 03/03/2020. State-wise Number of Registered Food Processing Units/Factories along with Number of Units/Factories in Operation in the Country in 2016-17.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020. Several States in the country have been affected by natural calamities including thunder storms and floods during 2019-20.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on packaged foods with abnormal salt and fat contents, 03/03/2020. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has informed that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study has alleged that the quantity of salt and fat in the samples tested were higher than the threshold limits proposed in the draft Food Safety and Standards (Labelling & Display) Regulations. Out of total 33 samples tested in the said study, 19 samples are of ‘prepared food’ where ‘Front- of-Pack’ Labelling is not applicable.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on kharif crop damage due to excessive rain, 03/03/2020. The State Government of Madhya Pradesh has reported crop loss of 60.47 lakh hectares due to excessive rains during 2019-20. The Memorandum in this regard was received by the Union Government on 01.10.2019.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on power generation from hydro power plants, 03/03/2020. The details of annual production target and real production from hydro power stations (above 25 MW) during the last five years is given.

Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), released the results of the TomTom Traffic Index, a report detailing the traffic situation in 416 cities in 57 countries. Bengaluru takes the top spot this year with drivers in the southern Indian city expecting to spend an average of 71% extra travel time stuck in traffic.

This Provisional Coal Statistics 2018-19 incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products and lignite of the preceding financial year along with past few years on Reserve, Production, Despatch, Pit-head Closing Stock, Import & Export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks.

This Provisional Coal Statistics 2018-19 incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products and lignite of the preceding financial year along with past few years on Reserve, Production, Despatch, Pit-head Closing Stock, Import & Export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks.