Data and Statistics - General
Perspectives on poverty in India - Stylized facts from survey data – A report by World Bank
This report by World Bank was prepared with the objective of developing the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction in India. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing on both consumption poverty and human development outcomes.
It also includes attention in greater depth to three pathways important to inclusive growth and poverty reduction harnessing the potential of urban growth to stimulate rural-based poverty reduction, rural diversification away from agriculture, and tackling social exclusion.
Read MoreFinancial aspects of irrigation projects in India – A report by the Central Water Commission
This publication by the Central Water Commission presents data on Major and Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects, Minor Irrigation projects, Command Area Development scheme as available in the Finance Accounts of the Union and State Governments brought out by Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Accountant General of respective states. These accounts provide audited revenue receipts and expenditure on various economic activities of irrigation projects.
In view of water resources projects being largely funded by the Government from Public funds, the financial performance analysis assumes important role in developing these projects. The financial performance analysis is also important for assessment of the economic viability and long term sustainability of the projects particularly so in the context of developing countries like India for optimal utilization of limited resources.
The Major and Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects attract large investment out of Government exchequer and are classified as Commercial and Non-commercial projects. The Finance Accounts of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and State Accountant Generals also provide information on Commercial and Non-commercial irrigation projects separately. The financial performance analysis provides a tool for critical analysis of the Capital Expenditure and Working expenses on various components and the revenue generated from the project in operation.
Read MoreRemote sensing applications: A book by NRSC (2010)
This book by the National Remote Sensing Centre, focusses on remote sensi Read More
National Factsheet – Coverage evaluation survey by UNICEF (2009)
The Coverage Evaluation Survey 2009 (CES-2009), a nationwide survey covering all States and Union Territories of India, commissioned by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was conducted during November 2009 to January 2010. The CES shows significant increase in major indicators for maternal and child health including immunization and reaffirms the positive results of the strategies adopted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for the Reproductive and Child Health Programme.
Wastelands Atlas of India by National Remote Sensing Centre and Ministry of Rural Development (2010)
This report presents the latest Wastelands Atlas, put together by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) developed as a part of the “National Wasteland Monitoring Project”. The mapping efforts have generated valuable datasets on unutilized/vacant lands and their use in watershed and wastelands management.
The three sets of Wastelands Atlas of India by NRSC comprise -
Comprehensive environmental assessment of industrial clusters - Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2009)
A Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) is a very useful tool to capture the health dimensions of the environment including air, water and land. The CEPI is intended to act as an early warning tool and can help in categorising the industrial clusters/areas in terms of priority of planning needs for interventions.
This report by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB) presents the results of the application of the CEPI to selected industrial clusters or areas.
The main objective of the study was to identify polluted industrial clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level. This was in order to improve the current status of environmental components such as air and water quality data, ecological damage, and visual environmental conditions. Read More
Status of urban water supply, sanitation and solid waste management - CPHEEO data (2005)
This link on the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) website, presents data related to the status of the urban water, sanitation and solid waste management in India. The data includes information on:
- Status of water supply (physical)
- Status of urban water supply (financial)
- Status of urban sewerage/sanitation system
- Status of low cost sanitation
- Status of solid waste management
Data is included from different states in India namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Sikkim and Tamilnadu respectively.
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A decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC): Lessons learnt and the way forward - National workshop reports (2010)
A national workshop on 'A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC): Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward' was organised in New Delhi on the 22-23rd April 2010, by the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) and Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). The three presentations below are outputs from the workshop. Read More
Impact assessment of Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) awarded panchayats - A report by TARU
The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM), Govt of India was launched to cover all households with water and sanitation facilities and promote hygiene behaviour for overall improvement of health of the rural population. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were involved in scaling up the TSC to promote large scale social mobilisation to bring about behavioural change. Read More
Progress on sanitation and drinking water - A report by WHO and UNICEF (2010)
This report by WHO and UNICEF, describes the global status and trends with respect to the use of safe drinking water and basic sanitation, and global progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of drinking water and sanitation targets. The findings reveal some striking disparities with respect to:
- the gap between progress in providing access to drinking water versus sanitation
- the divide between urban and rural populations in terms of the services
- the differences in the way different regions are performing
- disparities between different socio-economic strata in the society
- gendered differences in the burden experienced in accessing and collection of drinking water
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