Sex Ratio At Birth: A recent study has reported that “son bias” is on a decline in India as Sex Ratio at Birth normalised from 111 boys per 100 girls in 2011 to 108 boys per 100 girls in 2019-21. Findings of the Report: The average annual number of baby girls “missing” in India fell […]
Category: Important Reports
African Rhinoceros
African Rhinoceros: A report has stated that Rhino poaching rates in Africa declined to 2.3% in 2021 from 3.9% in 2018. At least 2,707 rhinos were poached in Africa between 2018 and 2021, including critically endangered black rhino and near threatened white rhino. The report was compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature […]
First Completely “Functionally Literate”District In India
First Completely “Functionally Literate”District In India: Tribal-dominated Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh has become the first completely “functionally literate” district in India. Functional illiteracy comprises reading and writing skills that are required to manage daily living and employment tasks. Such tasks require reading skills beyond the basic level. It is the opposite of illiteracy, which […]
World Population Prospectus Report 2022
World Population Prospectus Report 2022: The world population prospectus report 2022 was released last month. Findings: India is at the 3rd stage of the demographic transition (DT). India is experiencing a slowing population growth rate due to constant low mortalityand rapidly declining fertility. Its population growth is further expected to fall to 1% by 2025. […]
Review Of Guardianship And Adoption Laws
Review Of Guardianship And Adoption Laws: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice tabled a report “Review of Guardianship and Adoption Laws” in Parliament and recommended district-level surveys to identify orphaned and abandoned children. In India, there are only 2,430 children available for adoption while the number of parents desiring […]
Global Employment Trends for Youth: ILO
Global Employment Trends for Youth: ILO The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has released a report titled “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people”. Findings Globally: Gender Disparity in EPR: Young women exhibited a much lower Employment-to-Population ratio (EPR), showing that young men are almost 1.5 times more likely than […]
Outbound Travel And Tourism – An Opportunity Untapped
Outbound Travel And Tourism – An Opportunity Untapped: A report was released titled ‘Outbound Travel and Tourism – An Opportunity Untapped’, which shows India’s outbound tourism will surpass USD 42 billion by 2024. Outbound tourism is the act of travelling ‘out’ of the home country for the purposes of tourism. Findings of the Report: The […]
Food Security And Gender Equality: CARE
Food Security And Gender Equality: CARE A report was released named “Food Security and Gender Equality: A synergistic understudied symphony”, which highlighted a global link between Gender Inequality and Food Insecurity. The Report was released by CARE, which is an international humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty and world hunger by working alongside women and girls. […]
Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index : IMD
Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index : IMD Recently Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) released the Index for the month of July Key findings: Nearly 660 of 756 districts (85%) were facing different degrees of aridity, while only 63 are non-arid. At least 196 districts are in the grip of a ‘severe’ degree of dryness and 65 of […]
The Annual Review Of State Laws, 2021 Report
The Annual Review Of State Laws, 2021 Report: A report titled ”The Annual Review of State Laws, 2021” was released by PRS Legislative Research. As per the report, Kerala got first place in 2021, with its House sitting for 61 days, the highest for any State. Kerala had also promulgated 144 ordinances, the highest in […]
