-The Indian Express Of the total disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates The percentage of literates in the disabled population increased for both males and females between 2001 and 2011 as compared to during 1991-2001, with their levels of attaining higher education also seeing a rise, according to Census 2011 data released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Friday. Of the...
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Census 2011 records rise in literacy among disabled -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu More than half of the total disabled population in India are now literate, new numbers released from Census 2011 show. The literacy rate among the disabled has increased from 49.3 per cent in 2001 to 54.5 per cent in 2011. However, this is significantly lower than the overall literacy level of India which stands at 74 per cent. Both rural and urban areas saw an increase of around four percentage...
More »WHO report sounds alarm on ‘doctors’ in India -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu More than half of them don’t have any medical qualification, and in rural areas, just 18.8 per cent of allopathic doctors are qualified. Almost one-third (31 per cent) of those who claimed to be allopathic doctors in 2001 were educated only up to the secondary school level and 57 per cent did not have any medical qualification, a recent WHO report found, ringing the alarm bells on India’s healthcare workforce. The...
More »Five charts on the state of India’s housing sector -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Majority in India own a house, but that does not mean opulence like it would mean in an advanced country A year ago, the Union cabinet gave its approval to the “Housing for all by 2022” mission with a special focus on providing affordable housing to economically weaker sections in urban areas. While it is still early days to assess the scheme’s progress, what exactly is the housing situation in...
More »'Main workers' across religions see a dip -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Among all religious communities, the share of people working as 'main workers', that is, those who worked for most part of the year, declined between 2001 and 2011 while the share of 'marginal workers' - those not getting work for more than six months a year - increased. The share of people who were not working at all, mainly women, increased in all communities. The proportion...
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