The proportion of India’s population covered under at least one branch of social protection, has risen from 24% to 49%: Director General of the International Labour Organisation.
Coastal mangroves work as bio shields against natural catastrophic disasters like cyclones and flooding: IIT Bombay Study.
Rescue operations in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel Collapse, have become much more difficult due to heavy seepage of water and mud.
60% of Indian Cancer patients die after diagnosis, as compared to 25% of those in the USA: Study.
The Central Government has set up the farm distress index, to alert local authorities in case of deterioration of conditions of cultivators and their crop.
