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
Indian Mineral Industry at a Glance 2011-12 is the thirty third edition in its series. This publication is designed to meet the needs of policy makers, planners, industrialists, economists, academicians, researchers and others connected with planning, exploitation and utilisation of minerals and related activities.
Energy access in rural India has been a development priority for the government for many decades. However, 45 per cent of rural households lack access to electricity. Around 700 million people depend on biomass for their energy needs, predominantly for cooking, and 77.5 million households still use kerosene for lighting.
The electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014 released by the Election Commission of India on 14th February, 2014 shows that out of a total of 814,591,184 electors in the country, male electors constitute 52.4%, female electors 47.6% and electors belonging to the category “Others” constitute 0.0035%. Among the 28 states and 7 union territories, 21 states/UTs have a higher proportion of female electors than that of the national proportion of 47.6%. There are 8 states/UTs where the number of female electors exceeds that of male electors.
Statement of the Minister of Power in response to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2632 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shrimati Kusum Rai regarding hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh.
The electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014 released by the Election Commission of India on 14 th February, 2014 shows that out of a total of 814,591,184 electors in the country, male electors constitute 52.4%, female electors 47.6% and electors belonging to the category “Others” constitute 0.0035%. Among the 28 states and 7 union territories, 21 states/UTs have a higher proportion of female electors than that of the national proportion of 47.6%. There are 8 states/UTs where the number of female electors exceeds that of male electors.
A comparison of the electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014 (released by the Election Commission of India on 14th February, 2014) with that of last four General Elections (from 1998 onwards) shows that the total electorate size of the country grew by 34.45% from 605,880,192 electors in 1998 to reach 814,591,184 in 2014.
This Compendium of Environment Statistics 2013 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the fourteenth edition of its series and covers five core parameters - biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water and human settlements.
