Monthly Archives: November 2010
Climate Change Will Hit 20% Of Western Ghat In 40 yrs: Expert
A senior researcher from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore has predicted that climate change in next four decade will affect 20 percent of the Western Ghat, which is a bio diversity hot spot. IISC’s forest and bio diversity assessment team … Continue reading
No System to Prevent Corruption
INDIA has been the victim of a number of scams in the past, but none of them, not even the Bofors payoffs, created such a sustained furore. I can only think of two explanations. First, the scale, the spread, the reach … Continue reading
India releases major new study on climate change
India today released a major new report today that provides an assessment of impact of climate change in 2030s on four key sectors in four climate sensitive regions of India. The Report has been prepared by INCCA, India’s netowrk on … Continue reading
Only 30% of rural India has access to tap water
Painting a dismal picture, a government survey on Monday revealed that only 30 per cent of rural population had access to safe drinking (tap) water in the country. It said 55 per cent depend on tube well or hand pumps to … Continue reading
3 New Indices To Ensure Relevance To Realities
In an effort to ensure relevance to emerging realities and to cast important light on challenges that persist, three new indices were introduced in 2010 in the UNDP’s Human Development Report. The three indices introduced in 2010 measurement are the … Continue reading
Pranab Sees A Return To Over 9% GDP Soon
With India showing a fast turnaround from the economic slowdown, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee now wants India to achieve 10 per cent GDP growth in the next two years.
Goa Farmers Oppose Proposed Underground Gas Pipeline
Goa Government’s proposed underground gas pipeline project has met opposition from farmers hailing from three agriculture-dominated talukas of the state. Farmers from Mormugao, Ponda and Bicholim talukas yesterday met revenue officer Anthony D’Souza expressing their opposition to the Dabhol-Bangalore pipeline, which … Continue reading
India Trailing Pak, Bangla In Education & Health: UN
Poor social infrastructure in education and health has kept India’s ranking at a low 119th in the UNDP’s Human Develop-ment Index released worldwide on Thursday. India’s position is below China (89th) and Sri Lanka (91st) in the UNDP’s Human Development … Continue reading
Economic Geography Matters
The recent controversy with regard to computation of the GDP raises some issues. Is GDP always the appropriate indicator to measure the economic activity of a country or a region? Why is it important for us to have a geographical … Continue reading
New Education Policies Needed To Combat Widespread Illiteracy
India needs to drastically change its education system to combat the illiteracy impacting its workforce, which now stands at a mind-boggling figure of 860 million. “Illiteracy is impacting the demand and supply of employable workforce in India,” Hari Bhartia, President, CII, … Continue reading