Goats, sheep drive India’s livestock numbers

The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous cattle breeds has drastically declined

Only 10% deaths in Africa are registered: Here’s why it is a global concern

Cause of nearly 92% reported deaths in low-income countries, including the African nations, is not known 

Tiger Census 2018: None found in Buxa, Palamu and Dampa reserves

The presence of tigers in these reserves was scarce in 2014 too; nation-wide population up 30 per cent

Extinct!

Roar of the tigers will not be heard in Gujarat any more

The extent of India’s energy poverty

More than 80 million households in India lack access to electricity; about 75 million of these are in rural areas

Economics of population

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to …

Bihar to conduct dolphin census

The initiative is a part of clean Ganga mission and will involve use of hi-tech machines

'Censuses mean little'

A POPULATION expert sharply critical of India's achievements in curbing population growth. A demographer with scant respect for the census. A …

Enthusiasts take stock

Census hassles:

Avian aspects

Problem pugmarks

Cat count

The declining infant mortality rate indicates that our growth rate will decline further

Amulya Ratna Nanda, registrar-general and census commissioner of India, feels the country has made some progress in bringing down its growth rate

CENSUS PLANNED

Catch a tiger by its pug

Accurate tiger census methodology assumes significance in the context of the recent controversy over the declining number of tigers in the Indian …

India’s first census of waterbodies is a much awaited one but experts question the methodology; here is why

There is confusion regarding the definition of waterbodies used; there are also discrepancies about whether waterbodies are in rural or …

CENSUS: A nation of 1.21 billion

Tigers: dwindling fast

'Last' census begins

Child sex ratio worsening faster among STs: census report

Data also shows higher marginationalisation of the country's Scheduled Tribes

Will India's camels amble forever into the sunset?

Decreasing use of camels in agriculture and transportation, diminishing pasturelands and an erroneous legislation by the Rajasthan government is …

The lost paws

Access to drinking water, power has improved in slum areas, says slum census report

63.5 per cent slum dwellers in Indian cities have mobile phone connections, but only 19 per cent have toilets

Over half of India’s cattle, goats, sheep and swine are non-descript: Government

New government report finds fewer indigenous individuals among these species, although experts blame non-registration of breeds as a reason