India Staring at Underground Water Crisis
61.4% decline. Pre-monsoon water level data 2019 compared with the decadal average (2009-2018) water level. S. No. Name of State…
Healthy Indian Children: Still, A Long Way to Go
Children under 5 years of age Underweight: 33.4% Stunted: 34.7% Anaemic: 40.5% Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) (2016-18) Children under…
11th Finance Commission Recommended Creation of Fast Track Courts
11th Finance Commission Recommended Creation of Fast Track Courts 1734 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) recommended. 168 – Number of cases…
Why Varanasi City Area is Largely a BJP Bastion
Varanasi North Varanasi South Varanasi Cantt 2017 BJP BJP BJP 2012 BJP BJP BJP 2007 SP BJP BJP 2002 SP…
Fast Track Courts Proposed
1800 – number of Fast Track Courts proposed state-wise during 14th Finance Commission (2015-2020)Rs 4144.11 Crore – funds proposed Name…
Fast Track Courts – Reeling from Pending Cases
Number of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) functional on September 30, 2019 Sl. No. State/UT No. of FTCs functional Cases disposed…
India’s Strategic Oil Reserve
Enough for 77 days, India is working to raise it even further. India’s oil refineries maintain crude reserve for 65…
Major Oil Consumers of the World (Daily Consumptio
Top 10 oil producing countries in 2018 United States 19.69 million barrels per day 20% share of world output China…
Major Oil Producers of the World (Daily Production)
Top 10 oil producing countries in 2018 United States 17.94 million barrels per day 18% share of world output Saudi…
India’s Population Growth is Stabilizing
2.5% – annual population growth rate during 1971-1981 1.3% – annual population growth rate during 2011-16 Sharp slowdown in next…
57% Indians Speak Hindi
121 Crore – Census 2011 Population of India 69.1 Crore or 57% – People who speak Hindi Hindi as their…
Hindi is the Mother Tongue of 44% Indians
Hindi – 52,83,47,193 – 43.63% Bengali – 9,72,37,669 – 8.03% Marathi – 8,30,26,680 – 6.86% Telugu – 8,11,27,740 – 6.70%…