Population

Panaji, June 13: Goa is virtually standing on the brink of "ethnic dilution" as unrestricted migration from other states is threatening to reduce the native population to an "alienated microscopic minority" by 2021, according to an assessment by the state government. ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10: Kerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate, which will result in an increase in scarcity of labour. With a very low fertility rate ...

New Delhi, May 3: About 60 per cent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure. ...

Hyderabad, Feb 9: With global population expected to cross 9 billion by 2050 from current 7 billion, a daunting question plaguing experts is--whether there will be enough food to feed so many people? In his book 'Feeding the Forgotten Poor', agriculturist and ...

United Nations, Nov 1: With countries across the world, including India, staking claim to being home to the seven billionth baby, UN Chief Ban Ki Moon said his office would not be able to pin-point who the world's seven billionth inhabitant ...