New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2013: India may not be able to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ratified by the United Nations with regard to health and nutritional indicators, says a government report.
According to the latest report of Ministry....
New Delhi, Oct. 16, 2013: India has 240 million households living in informal urban settlements, including slums — 40 per cent higher than 140 million slum households estimated by Census of India 2011 data, says an independent study by research firm....
Oct. 12, 2013: Currently, around 40% of Indonesian population still practice open defecation. This poor condition is far away from Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) target which is to provide proper access to sanitation for 60 % Indonesian by 2015.....
New Delhi, Oct 12, 2013: Through a bunch of omissions, Census 2011 appears to seriously underestimate the number of slum dwellers in India, putting it at 6.5 crore people spread over 2613 towns.
But, over 5 crore urban population living in newly emerged ....