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The Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated the Jiyo Parsi Scheme in 2013 to check the declining Parsi population. The main objective of the scheme...
22 Oct 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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According to the economic outlook of Asian Development Outlook Report-2019, the number of urban inhabitants in developing Asia has increased almost...
01 Oct 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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The National Population Register (NPR) updation exercise will be undertaken alongside Census 2021. It will be conducted by the Office of the...
30 Sep 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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A population pyramid is a graphical representation of the age and sex composition of a specific population. It consists of two histograms, one for...
27 Sep 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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A new National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will be set up to streamline recruitment process on subordinate-rank posts in the government. This is...
18 Sep 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Final National Register of Citizens
The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be published on August 31, 2019. Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) clarified that...
21 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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The Aadi Mahotsav, a nine-day tribal festival and the Centre’s first official function in Ladakh after the government decided to make it a...
17 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Population Explosion and Fertility Rates
The Prime Minister highlighted “population explosion” and underscored the need for “social awareness” to deal with this...
16 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Inverted-J Pattern in Education and Fertility
Recently released official data from 2017 on the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), reflects a complex relationship between literacy level and fertility...
12 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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International Day of Indigenous Peoples
International day of indigenous people is observed on August 9 every year, in order to raise awareness of the needs of indigenous people. The first...
10 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Biometric Token System in Railways
The Western and Central Railways have introduced a Biometric Token System (BTS) that seeks to streamline the process of boarding unreserved coaches...
05 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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The next census of India to be conducted in 2021 with March 1, 2021 as the reference date, except for the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal...
03 Aug 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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The 2011 Census data show that much of the migration to the big cities is intra-State rather than inter-State. The Census data shows that nearly...
29 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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29 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Context India has 62.5% of its population in the age group of 15-59 years which is ever increasing and will be at the peak around 2036 when it will...
29 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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India’s Falling Fertility Rate
India’s total fertility rate (TFR) is declining. It is now 2.2 per woman, nearing the replacement rate of 2.1, according to the latest...
24 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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According to census data, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have a disproportionately high number of out-migrants, while migrants constitute more than...
24 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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Declining Sex Ratio and Fertility Rates
As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) data from the Registrar General of India, the country’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) declined to 898 in...
16 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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In Depth – DNA Technology Bill
The DNA Technology (Use And Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The bill which is also known as the DNA profiling...
13 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
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11 July is celebrated as World Population Day In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11 July...
11 Jul 2019 Population and Associated Issues
