UP, Delhi & Rajasthan; Most Unsafe States For Indian Women
Highlights * UP, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh account for 84% of total complaints with National Commission For Women. * Gujarat had 0.7% of total complaints registered with…
India’s Most Rural State Sees Rising Incomes
Highlights * Himachal Pradesh is the only state in India with nearly 90% of the population living in rural areas * Boosting agriculture crucial for economic growth of the…
Uttar Pradesh’s O% Achievement In Rural Sanitation
Highlights* Government has set target of full sanitation in rural India by 2022 under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. * Country-wide utilisation of sanitation funds only 20% in the first half…
Gujarat Has Highest Reduction In Women Enrolment In Higher Education
Highlights * Marginal increase in women enrolments. * Bihar sees highest increase in women enrolments. * Kerala also sees high dropout rates. Women constitute 48% of Indian…
Rajasthan’s Giant Solar Power Leap
The bad news; Only 25% of the target set for solar power generation has been met in Phase 1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, which ends next year,…
Urbanisation Sounds Great But Who Has The Money To Fund It?
Most planners and economy watchers would argue for greater and faster urbanisation. Many, however, would not be aware of the largely dismal condition of state and urban local body finances…
A Grid Failure Draws Attention To Chronic Shortages
A major grid power failure in India’s Northern Grid late Sunday (July 29, 2012) night affected at least 7 states badly. This in turn crippled services across the region, including…