Human development report 2023/2024
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
The Geneva Framework Agreement provides evidence that, after a period of doubt, the multilateral system is alive and kicking and can deliver on the real needs of all its members. The so-called
India is deeply committed to economic reform but improving the fortunes of its vast rural population and promoting agricultural development and infrastructure are its priorities, the Prime Minister,
The government is seriously shopping around for ways and means to precision target the mammoth Rs 25.160-crore targeted public distribution scheme (TPDS). Trimming the above poverty line (APL)
The central theme for the vast majority of the members of the United Nations is the challenge of development and eradication of poverty, said the Prime Minister,Dr Manmohan Singh, in his address to
The Western Orissa Development Council (WODC) has sparked off demands for similar regional councils in various parts of the state. The latest on this front is the clamour for a Special Development
The total number of vehicles registered in Delhi has gone up to 3.88 million in 2002 as compared to 2.85 million in 1997, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan said in a
The Andaman and Nicobar islands are so far away from the mainland that no one seems to bother about what is happening to the indigenous people of the island, particularly the aboriginal tribal
Water is our planet's most precious resource and also its most pressing problem today. Its availability worldwide is assuming the proportions of a critical survival issue. United Nations had declared
Water shortage has been endemic for ages, despite the fact that an enormous amount of rainwater has always run waste to the sea. The present national rainwater resource is computed at 1,953 billion
One in every 200 households in rural India and one in every 1000 households in towns go'chronically hungry', not getting enough to eat in any of the months. Since the country has about 200 million