-PTI New Delhi: Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural areas are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. Of this, 1,318 rural habitations are arsenic-affected, Minister of State for Drinking Water Ram Kripal Yadav told the Upper House in a written reply today. "As reported by the state governments under the Online Integrated Management System (IMIS) of the...
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Education norms skew results in Rajasthan panchayat polls -Kavita Upadhyay
-The Hindu Jaipur: It’s been over a year since minimum qualifications for contesting local body polls were made mandatory in Rajasthan. Though the law did give a chance to the educated youth to replace seasoned local leaders, it has also barred a major section of the rural Population from contesting the polls. In December 2014, Rajasthan promulgated the ordinance, which became the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2015 on April 1...
More »56% of young girls, 30% of young boys in India anaemic -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: One out of two adolescent girls suffers from anaemia in India, which has the world's largest adolescent Population. Besides, 30% or one of every three young boy in the country is also anaemic, putting a large chunk of the country's young Population at varied health risks, a latest assessment by the health ministry along with Unicef showed. The large prevalence of the disease assumes significance also...
More »Juvenile crime share static: Govt’s own data contradicts Minister Maneka’s claim -Deeptiman Tiwary & Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express NCRB figures also show that over the last ten years, the juvenile crime rate fluctuated marginally from 1% in 2004-05 to 1.2% in 2008 and down to 1% in 2010. As the government prepares to implement the amended Juvenile Justice Act and consider those above 16 who commit “heinous crimes” as adults, it will do well to revisit its own data for some crucial reminders. Data from the National...
More »How are Muslims spread on India’s economic map? -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Divergences in social background of Muslims across regions might hold the key to the difference in their economic status Earlier this year, when religion-wise Population data from Census 2011 was released, there was a lot of attention on the growth rate of the Muslim Population. But few commentators looked at how the Muslim Population is spread on the economic map of India. Or to put it another way, few tried...
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