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Scotland sees 117% increase in Indian population since 2001: Data TOI
According to the latest census data released on Tuesday, Scotland has recorded a 117% increase in the number of Indians settled there as compared to 2001.
Census shows alarming fertility dip in Bengal TOI
The 2011 Census shows a decadal growth of 13.84% in the state, significantly below the national growth average of 17.7% — its lowest ever and beaten only by the aftermath of Great Famine of 1943.
Delhi downsizes as NCR population booms, census data shows TOI
Recently released census data shows that between 2001 and 2011, population in Mumbai, Kolkata and two inner districts of Delhi has declined.
Thane Municipal Corporation’s ‘excess payment’ for incomplete slum survey invites scrutiny, ACB intervenes TOI
The multi-crore contract issued by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to a private agency for conducting census on the rising slums in Thane in 2009 has invited scrutiny, as an excess payment claimed by a Thane-based activist, was released to the agency.
Sex ratio at birth declines in Chhattisgarh TOI
This is bad news for Chhattisgarh. The state, which boasted of a high sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 975 females for every 1000 males in the 2001 Census, has all the reasons to worry as it has witnessed a decline of 6.15% (falling to 915) a decade later in the 2011 Census Report.
Nearly 60% of Indians speak a language other than Hindi TOI
As per the 2001 census, around 42.2 crore people listed Hindi as their mother tongue, of which 25.79 crore spoke Hindi in its pure form, and another 16.41 crore in 49 mother tongues similar to Hindi.
UP scores low on quality of life TOI
The recently released census data on households and amenities proofs amply that even after 66 years of independence, a large chunk of population has no access to rightful services.
Under UPA, number of Muslim cops hit new low TOI
Incidentally, the percentage of Muslims in police forces across the country was much higher at 8.3% in 2001 and 7.11% in 2004, the first year of
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2001 batch IPS offcers from Andhra Pradesh Vineet Brijlal, Akun Sabharwal,Sudheer Babu, T.Prabhakar Rao, C. Ravi Varma and P. Pramod Kumar are promoted to selection grade scale.
The field exercise for assessment of wildlife in Goa commenced yesterday. The census exercise conducted once in 4 years is undertaken by the Forest Department, Goa. The data generated from this exercise will help in assessing the distribution of tigers, co-predators and prey.
Acting on the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) Indore Development Authority (IDA) finally started census of tree from Scheme no. 134 on Wednesday.
The last tree census was conducted in 2008, where 19 lakh trees were taken into account in an area of 605 km.
In an endeavour to map every existing tree across the city, the civic body, in a first, launched the global positioning system tree census.
The annual census to determine vehicular traffic density on the roads in Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts will be conducted between February 18 and 20
The socio economic and caste census (SECC) data collected after a door-to-door survey in Goa, will now be kept for public scrutiny in village Panchayats and municipalities from February 2, 2014, and citizens are requested to check their data for correctness. The last date for receipt of claims and objections is February 23, 2014.
Stage is set for the All India Tiger Census a quadrennial event where not only tigers are counted even other carnivores and herbivores in parks along with habitat is surveyed. Though state tiger project officers survey tigers every year , this is a National a Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) sponsored survey where whole habitat surveyed
This year the census will be carried for six days and during this period the volunteers will be provided with lodging and boarding facilities by the department.
Dates of census will be announced by the chief wild life warden on Tuesday at Bangalore an official source disclosed to TOI.
Though department was all set to start tiger census in the last week of October , it has decided to take up the census in December . Officials of wild life and tiger sanctuaries in the state who met here decided to start complete it in six days
Contrary to reports of poor response from volunteers to take up tiger census in tiger reserves and reserved forest areas in the state , wild life department is said to be receiving good response and almost 450 youths have got registered to assist the department in census work.
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