The 2011 census recorded only around 2.68 million individuals as persons with disabilities in India, far lower than WHO’s report, which indicates 16 per cent of the global population lives with some form of disability.
Census notification came hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired high-level meeting. Houselisting Operation will be carried out in first phase of the exercise.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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