The easy availability of statistics was meant for better hospitals, schools and education, more accurate weather predictions, enhanced food...

On current data release schedules, the data for 2021 will come out only in 2023 in most states. Many other countries have moved to a daily ...

Census data shows that individuals migrating for work rose from 30 million in 2001 to 41 million in 2011. This was the very period when Ind...

With about 8.7 lakh speakers, Hindi emerges as the most widely spoken language in the US followed by Gujarati and Telugu, reflecting a slig...

During their meeting with the 15th Finance Commission Wednesday, 12 economists also made a case for improving the quality of budgeting.

About a third of business establishments, around 2.4 lakh of the 7.4 lakh, in India's financial capital do not have a fixed office.

When rich and not so rich households exist in close proximity to each other, their incomes get averaged out.

Through a bunch of omissions, Census 2011 appears to seriously underestimate the number of slum dwellers in India, putting it at 6.5 crore ...

In Mumbai, 30% households don't have ownership or tenancy documents and one in five feel insecure against eviction, says the UN's Millenniu...

A foul-smelling river snaking through the city was Mumbai’s best-kept secret till a heavy rain day, July 26, 2005, exposed its filthy under...

Kumari Selja has said that Housing and Slum development being State subjects, it is for the States to provide housing and basic facilities.

We need a well integrated urban development strategy so that our 7,935 cities and towns can play a more central role in the economy.

Surat ranks fourth in a global study of fastest developing cities conducted by The City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank on u...

The split in the saffron parivar over the demand for caste-based census was on full display on Thursday when the Shiv Sena, the BJP’s oldes...

Pharma major Lupin has joined hands with Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Socities of India (FOGSI) to launch 'Save the Girl Chil...

Leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai recorded an increase with its number going up to 24 from 21, as per the latest census.

At a conference of the India-Gulf Co-operation Council on 29th May, M Ramachandran, secretary, Union ministry of urban development, while d...