GS 1 Mains 2023: Important Data and Key Findings of Reports to Quote in Mains Answers

Society

1. Population
   1. India's population in 2023 stands at 142.86 crore, according to the latest United Nations Population Fund data. India has overtaken China, which has 142.57 crore, to become the most-populous country in the world.
   2. In 2023, males make up 51.95% of the population at 730 million, while the number of females accounts for 48.05% of the total population at 675 million. That makes the gender split at 52% male – 48% female.
      
2. Women Farmer
   1. The Food and Agriculture Organization says that if women farmers had the same access to resources as men, they would increase output by 20-30% which would mean a dramatic reduction in hunger. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries by up to 4%.
   2. Women make up about 33% of cultivators and about 47% of agricultural laborers in rural India.
   3. Overall, the percentage of rural women who depend on agriculture for their livelihood is as high as 84%.
   4. Women have just a dismal 12.8% of land holdings despite being crucial to the whole production chain.
   5. According to Oxfam India, women are responsible for about 60-80% of food and 90% of dairy production, respectively. 
   6. In 2014, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, of 8,007 farmer suicides, 441 were women. Also, 577 women laborers committed suicide that year.
3. Women Leader
   1. President of India: Draupadi Murmu is the first tribal woman, who is serving as the President of India. she is also the first President of India, who was born after independence. She didn't have her own house till 2009. She has become the first woman to hold the post of governor of Jharkhand. She was also the first tribal woman to become the full-time governor of any Indian state.
   2. Esther Duflo and Raghabendra Chattopadhyay (NBER Working Paper 8615) showed that in a randomized trial in West Bengal, women pradhans (heads of village panchayats) focus on infrastructure that is relevant to the needs of rural women, suggesting that at least at the local level outcomes can be different.
   3. Women & Political Represntation:
      1. The 17th Lok Sabha (2019) has the highest proportion of women. Women represent 14.44% of the total members of the Lok Sabha.
      2. As of October 2021, Women represent 10.5% of the total members of the Parliament.
      3. With a national average of a pitiful 9%, the situation for women Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in all state assemblies in India is much worse.
      4. Rwanda has the highest proportion of women in Parliament (over 60%). India ranks 141st out of 191 nations in terms of the proportion of women in Parliament.
         
4. Crimes against women
   1. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCBR) stated that 3,71,503 cases of wrongdoing against women were accounted for in 2020, addressing an 8.3 % decrease over 2019 (4,05,326 cases).
   2. A total of 35,331 crimes against women was recorded throughout the 19 metropolitan cities in 2020, a 21.1% decrease from 2019 (44,783 cases). Thus, crimes against women in the capital diminished by 24% in 2020, compared with 2019.
   3. Most of the crimes against women were classified as ‘Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives’ (30.0%), followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ (23.0%), ‘Kidnapping & Abduction of Women’ (16.8%) and ‘Rape’ (7.5%).
   4. In 2020, the crime rate per lakh women population was 56.5, compared to 62.3 in 2019.
   5. The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global poll in 2018 named India as the most dangerous country for women. 
5. Sexual Harassment
   1. “According to a 2015 research study, 36% of Indian companies and 25% of multinational companies had not yet constituted their Internal Complaints Committee (ICCs) which is mandatory under the Sexual Harassment Act. “
   2. 70% of the women do not report sexual harassment by superiors due to the fear of repercussions. 
   3. About 64 per cent of the victims identified their supervisors as harassers, while 30 percent of the cases involved their employers.
6. Gender-wage gap
   1. In India, where the gender ratio is almost as equal, men earn 82 per cent of the labour income whereas women earn just 18 per cent of it, according to the World Inequality Report 2022.
   2. On average, women are paid 34% less than men, a recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found.
   3. Women in the health and wellness sector face a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, earning on average of 24% less than men co-worker, according to a joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
   4. A survey by Monster.com reported that nearly 60% of working women in India face discrimination at work and over one-third women belief that they are not easily considered for top management roles. 
7. Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)
   1. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of working women in India dropped from 26% to 19%, according to data compiled by World Bank.
   2. The share of working-age women who report either being employed or being available for work—has fallen to a historic low of 23.3% in 2017-18, meaning that over three out of four women over the age of 15 in India are neither working nor seeking work.
   3. Female labour participation rises to 25.1 per cent in 2020-21 as per he Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) annual report for July 2020-June 2021.
      1. For rural, the female labour force has increased 3 per cent to 27.7 per cent, while urban women's participation rate has seen a 0.1 rise to 18.6 per cent as compared to last year.
   4. The global share of women in the workforce is 40%, which means India is well below average. 
   5. India’s female labour force participation (FLFP) rate is the lowest among the BRICS countries and is also lower than some of its neighbours in South Asia such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
   6. India can increase its GDP by up to 60% by 2025 by enabling more women to participate in its workforce, a 2015 study by the McKinsey Global Institute.
8. Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
   1. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19 by the Ministry of Education, women constitute nearly 43% of the total STEM enrollments in the country. However, just 14 per cent of them pursue scientific research in universities and institutions.
   2. According to the 2018 UNESCO Institute for Statistics’ report on women in science, 44% of bachelor students and 41% of doctoral students in India are female.
9. Financial Inclusion
   1. Global Findex Report 2017 estimates that 77% of Indian women now own a bank account against respective 43% and 26% in 2014 and 2011.
10. Marriage
    1. As per the National Family Health Survey, 26.8% of women were married before 18 years.
    2. 1 in every 3 child brides in the world is a girl in India (UNICEF)
    3. UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2016 report noted that “Girls from the poorest households—and those living in rural areas—face twice the risk of being married before 18 than those living in urban areas.
11. Nutrition

    

1. Population
   1. There are 472 million children in India under the age of 18 years. This constitutes 39% of the total population in the country (Census 2011)
2. Education
   1. Poor learning outcomes among children, only 42.5% of children in grade 3 can read a grade 1 text.
   2. As per ASER 5.5% of rural children are not currently enrolled for the 2020 school year, up from 4% in 2018.
3. Child Labor
   1. As per Census 2011, in the age group (5-14) years, 10.1 million (3.9% of total child population) were working, either as ‘main worker’ or as ‘marginal worker’.

      

4. Nutrition
   1. India accounts for 28% (40.3 million) of the world’s stunted children (low height-for-age) under five years of age.
   2. 43% (20.1 million) of the world’s wasted children (low weight-for-height) in 2019.
   3. As per the National Family Health Survey 5 (NFHS-5, 2019-20), Children’s Nutrition indicators show a slight improvement at all-India level as Stunting has declined from 38% to 36%, wasting from 21% to 19% and underweight from 36% to 32% at all India level.
      1. The share of overweight children has increased from 2.1% to 3.4%.
   4. In several districts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and even Gujarat, the proportion of underweight children was more than 40%.
5. Immunization
   1. Full immunization drive among children aged 12-23 months has recorded substantial improvement from 62% to 76% at all-India level. (NFHS-5, 2019-20).
   2. Anaemia: The incidence of anaemia in under-5 children (from 58.6 to 67%), women (53.1 to 57%) and men (22.7 to 25%) has worsened in all States of India (20%-40% incidence is considered moderate). Barring Kerala (at 39.4%), all States are in the “severe” category. (NFHS-5, 2019-20).
6. Crime against children
   1. Over the last 10 years, crimes against children have increased 5 times over (National Crime Record Bureau Data Series)

1. Population
   1. As per the Census 2011, the percentage of minorities in the country is about 19.3% of the total population of the country.
   2. The population of Muslims are 14.2%; Christians 2.3%; Sikhs 1.7%, Buddhists 0.7%, Jain 0.4% and Parsis 0.006%. 
2. Crime
   1. Hate crimes motivated by religious bias shot up to a decade-high of 93 in 2018, according to a multi-organization project led by FactChecker.in.
   2. According to the 2018 NCRB report, marginalized communities are over-represented in Indian jails.
3. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)
   1. For male was much higher than female for all religious groups – the differential being greater in urban areas.
   2. The male-female differential in LFPR was the lowest among Christians.
   3. The LFPR for rural males, rural female,s and urban females was the highest for Christians while that for urban males was the highest for Sikhs.

1. Population
   1. Dalits form around 16.6% of India’s population.
   2. Four states account for nearly half of the country as per the 2011 census.
   3. Uttar Pradesh stands first with 20.5% of the total scheduled caste (SC) population, followed by West Bengal with 10.7%, Bihar with 8.2%, and Tamil Nadu with 7.2 % come third and fourth. 
2. Living Condition

   

3. Crime against Dalit
   1. A crime is committed against a Dalit every 15 minutes.
   2. Over the last 10 years (2007-2017), there has been a 66% growth in crime against Dalits.”

1. Population
   1. “According to the 2011 census, the tribal population in India is over 104 million which is spread across 705 tribes and accounts for 8.6% of the country’s population.
   2. Numerically M.P. has the highest tribal population (15mn) followed by Maharashtra (10mn), Odisha, and Rajasthan. “
2. Literacy
   1. “According to census 2011 literacy rate for STs is 59% compared to the national average of 74%.”
   2. Literacy level among ST men is at 68.5% but for women, it is still below 50% 
3. Reservation
   

1. Population

   

2. Growth Projection
   1. A report released by the United Nations Population Fund and HelpAge India suggests that the number of elderly persons is expected to grow to 173 million by 2026.
   2. According to Population Census 2011, there are nearly 104 million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India; 53 million females and 51 million males.
3. Financial dependence
   1. 65% of the elderly in India are dependent on others for their financial requirements and undergo a financial crisis.
4. Workforce participation
   

   

1. Population
   1. In India, according to the 2011 Census, 2.21% of the population has one or multiple types of disabilities.
2. Accessibility
   1. Exclusion of persons with disabilities from education, employment, and participation cost at around 7% of national GDP.

      

1. Poverty estimation
   1. In 2011, the Suresh Tendulkar Committee defined the poverty line on the basis of monthly spending on food, education, health, electricity, and transport.
   2. According to this estimate, a person who spends Rs. 27.2 in rural areas and Rs. 33.3 in urban areas a day are defined as living below the poverty line.
   3. According to a committee headed by former Reserve Bank governor C Rangarajan, there were 363 million people, or 29.5% of India’s 1.2 billion people, who lived in poverty in 2011-12. The Rangarajan panel considered people living on less than Rs. 32 a day in rural areas and Rs. 47 a day in urban areas as poor.
2. Multidimensional Poverty
   1. A record 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 as per NITI Aayog’s Report ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’.
   2. Based on the latest National Family Heath Survey [NFHS-5 (2019-21)], this second edition of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) represents India’s progress in reducing multidimensional poverty between the two surveys, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21).
   3. It builds on the Baseline Report of India’s National MPI launched in November 2021. The broad methodology followed is in consonance with the global methodology.
   4. According to the Report, India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021.
   5. The rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%. During the same period, the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 8.65% to 5.27%.
   6. Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in number of poor with 3.43 crore people escaping multidimensional poverty.
   7. Providing multidimensional poverty estimates for the 36 States and Union Territories and 707 Administrative Districts, the Report states that the fastest reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor was observed in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
3. Number
   1. India, with its population of 1.3 billion people, now has 5% of its population living in extreme poverty, according to the World Poverty Clock.
4. Comparison

1. Overall status in 2022: India, with barely 2% of global landmass at 1.4 billion population in 2022, is the home to 18% of the global population — 16% in 2011 and likely 20% in 2031.
2. Growth
   1. India accounts for over one-sixth of the world’s population in 2022 (1.41 billion out of 8 billion) and has grown at a rate (1.1% per year between 2010 and 2022) that is just over the world growth rate (1.1%), according to State of the World Population 2022, the flagship report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
   2. According to the World Population Prospects, 2022, India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. In 2022, China remains the most populous country in the world with 1,426 million, but India has caught up with a marginally less population of 1,412 million.

      

      

3. Fertility
   1. The current fertility rate for India in 2022 is 2.159 births per woman, a 0.92% decline from 2021. (compared to 2.5 worldwide.)
   2. Total Fertility Rate (TFR): The National Family Health Survey 5 was released in 2021 found that India attained a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.0 for the first time, less than the replacement level of 2.1, and falling from a TFR of 2.2 in NFHS 4.
4. Life expectancy
   1. In 1950-55, life expectancy at birth in India was 36.6 years, whereas the average in the world was 46.8 years.
   2. By 2015-19, life expectancy in India had almost caught up with the global average: 69.7 years in India, compared with 70.6 years globally.
   3. State wise data is as follows:
      
5. Income Inequality
   1. Although India’s upper caste households earned nearly 47% more than the national average annual household income, the top 10% within these castes owned 60% of the wealth within the group in 2012, as per a recent paper by the World Inequality Database.
   2. The wealthiest 1% among them grew their wealth by nearly 16% points to 29.4% over the decade to 2012, the paper, as per paper entitled ‘Wealth Inequality, Class and Caste in India, 1961-2012’ 
   3. State of Inequality in India Report 2022: released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
      1. In contrast to rural areas, which only have a meagre 7.1% concentration, urban areas have a 44.4% wealth concentration in the highest quintile (20%).
      2. India’s unemployment rate is 4.8% (2019-20), and the worker population ratio is 46.8%
6. Sex ratio
   
   
7. Share
8. Nutritional Status
   1. There were  189.2 million undernourished people (28% of the world) in India in 2017-19, as per the combined report of FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO (FAO, et.al. 2020) on “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World”.
   2. As per the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022,
      1. The number of undernourished people in India has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021. 
      2. India has high undernourishment (about 16% of the population), wasting (about 17%), stunting (about 31%) and low exclusive breastfeeding practice (only 58%).
         

         
         

9. Financial Inclusion-Global perspective
   
   
10. World Population
    1. Over the past 35 years, between 1987 and 2022, the global population increased from five billion to eight billion, with the last billion added in eleven years (2011-2022), as per the United Nations Population Prospects. By 2050, it will be 9.7 billion, much closer to the 10-billion mark.

1. Population
   1. The total population of transgenders according to the 2011 Census is 4.8 lakh.
2. Discrimination
   1. Estimates suggest there are 50 to 60 lakh transgenders in India but most keep it a secret to avoid discrimination.
   2. Around 99% have suffered social rejection on more than one occasion, including from their family
   3. while 96% of transgenders are denied jobs and are forced to take low paying or undignified work for livelihood like badhais, sex work, and begging.
   4. Around 50 to 60% of transgenders have never attended schools and faced discrimination.
   5. Around 57% are keen on getting sex-alignment surgery but don’t have money for it. 
3. Labour force participation
   1. According to the study by the National Human Rights Commission, about 92% of transgenders are deprived of the right to participate in any form of economic activity in the country, with even qualified ones refused jobs
   2. A 2016 survey by Mission for Indian Gay and Lesbian Empowerment (MINGLE) revealed one in five LGBT employees were discriminated against at the workplace. Such discrimination has economic costs too.
   3. A 2014 World Bank report said India loses $31 billion due to stigma and exclusion of the community. 

      

1. Of the total 58,098 manual scavengers identified across India, Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 32,473.
2. Recently, Union government launched new scheme NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem).
3. Following map shows number of manual scavengers per states.
   

1. Budget expenditure
   1. India ranks 184th out of 191 in terms of GDP% spend on healthcare, as per WHO.
   2. At present, Government spending on the healthcare industry stands at 1.15% of the Gross Domestic.
   3. Households continue to be the dominant contributors (73% of CHE) to health finance in India.
   4. The bulk of the total money circulating in Indian healthcare – around 69% – comes from Out Of Pocket (OOP) payment by households.
   5. OOP is the money that individuals pay out of their own. High OOP spending is a result of abysmally low government spending on health.
2. Infrastructure
   1. There are a shortfall of 20% sub-centres, 22% of public health centres, and 32% of community health centres.
   2. The average population served by one public sector allopathic doctor is 11 times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommendations.
3. Maternal Health
   1. India accounts for 12% of world maternal deaths, second only to Nigeria (23%), as per the latest data available from WHO/UNICEF (2017).
   2. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has declined from 113 in 2016-18 to 103 in 2017-19 registering a 8 % decline, according to the special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022, released by the Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS).
      
   3. The PIB release hailed that India is “on track to achieve the SDG target of 70/ lakh live births by 2030.
   4. Only 21% of mothers (1 in 5) received full antenatal care in the country (NFHS 4, 2015-16)
   5. 57% of the pregnant women aged 15-49 years were found to be anaemic (NFHS-5, 2019-20)
4. Infant Mortality
   1. Nationally, according to 2017 government data, 34 out of every 1,000 newborns will not survive till their first birthday, of whom 25 would not have lived beyond their first 28 days.
5. Institutional Births
   1. Institutional births have increased substantially from 79% to 89% at all-India Level. (NFHS-5, 2019-20).
   2. Institutional delivery is 100% in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu and more than 90% in 7 States/UTs out of 12 Phase II States/UTs. (NFHS-5, 2019-20).
6. Family Planning
   1. Overall Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) has increased substantially from 54% to 67% at all-India level and in almost all Phase-II States/UTswith an exception of Punjab. (NFHS-5, 2019-20).
7. Mortality

   

8. Disease
   1. The estimated proportion of all deaths due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has increased from 37.09% in 1990 to 61.8% in 2016.
   2. India has the third-largest HIV-infected population with an estimated 2 million people.
   3. The country aims to decrease new infections by 75% between 2010 and 2020 and eliminate AIDS by 2030.
   4. At the national level, 53% of women are anaemic, as per Health Ministry data.
   5. More than half 54% of adolescent girls have anaemia compared to 30% of boys.
9. Drug abuse
   1. National Survey by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (2002) found that 29% of the drug abusers were illiterates and a significant number of them came from lower strata.
10. Mental Wellbeing

    
    

11. Health Insurance
    1. 71st Round of National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) has found that 85.9% of rural households and 82% of urban households have no access to healthcare insurance/assurance. “

1. Literacy
   1. The literacy rate in the country is 74.04%, 82.14 for males and 65.46 for females. Kerala retained its position by being on top with a 93.91% literacy rate, closely followed by Lakshadweep (92.28%) and Mizoram (91.58%).

      

2. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
   1. There has also been an increase of more than 7% in the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of women in higher education in this period — from 17.9% in 2010-11 to 25.4% this year.
      

1. Crime in India Report 2021 (latest report till date i.e. August 2022) – National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
   1. Communal riots registered an increase of 96% in 2020 over the previous year.
   2. Caste riots saw an increase of close to 50%, agrarian riots 38% and riots during ‘andolan/morcha’ increased by 33%.
   3. Delhi is the most unsafe city for women. More than 10,093 cases of crimes against women were registered in the capital in 2020.
   4. Cases under the ‘environment-related offences’ category increased by 78.1% in the country in 2020.
      
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2. Cybercrime
   1. The rate of cyber crime (incidents per lakh population) also increased from 3.3% in 2019 to 3.7% in 2020. (NCRB 2020).

      
      Digital Infrastructure at stake
      

3. Against SC & STs
   1. Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) saw an increase of over 7% and 26% respectively in the year 2019 compared to 2018, according to the annual Crime in India 2019 report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
4. Various Offenses
   1. Jaipur is the country’s con capital Jaipur has the highest rate for combined economic offenses. 
   2. India's national violent crime rate was 18.4%. 

      
      

1. Projections
   1. India is experiencing a demographic window ofopportunity, a “youth bulge”. The window of demographic dividend opportunity in India is available for five decades from 2005-06 to 2055-56, longer than any other country in the world.
   2. The working-age group 15-59 years accounts for 62.5% of India’s population.
   3. The working-age population will reach the highest proportion of approximately 65% in 2036.
   4. According to Economic Survey 2018-19, India’s Demographic Dividend will peak around 2041, when the share of working-age,i.e. 20-59 years, the population is expected to hit 59%.
2. Youth in India 2022 Report – released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
   1. The population share of the youth is starting to decline whereas the share of the elderly is expected to increase during 2021-2036.
   2. Overall, India’s young population is likely to decline by 10 percentage points (pp) in the next 15 years — from 52.9 per cent in 2021 to 42.9 per cent in 2036. The share of ‘senior citizens’ (those over 60) was projected to be 10.1 per cent of the total population in 2021, and then up to 15 per cent by 2036.
   3. The total youth population increased from 222.7 million in 1991 to 333.4 million in 2011 and is projected to reach 371.4 million by 2021 and, thereafter, decrease to 345.5 million by 2036.
   4. Proportion of youth to the total population had increased from 26.6% in 1991 to 27.9% in 2016 and then projected to start a downward trend and to reach 22.7 % by year 2036.
   5. The ratio of the old to the overall population, on the other hand, has climbed from 6.8% in 1991 to 9.2% in 2016 and is expected to reach 14.9% in 2036.
   6. Note that:  “Youth”, in the report, refers to  people in the 15 to 29 age group, as defined in the Centre’s National Youth Policy, 2014.
   7. State wise data:
      1. States such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh are projected to see a higher elderly population than the youth by 2036.
      2. Up until 2021, the proportion of young people in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh's populations increased; after that, it is anticipated to begin to decline.
      3. Over half (52%) of the nation's youth are expected to reside in these five states: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

1. India
   1. According to a report published in 2017 by Cornell University, climate change could account for up to 4 billion forced migrations by the year 2060.
   2. By 2100, they estimate that number would surpass 2 billion.
   3. The Economic Survey 2017 estimates that the magnitude of inter-state migration in India was close to 9 million annually between 2011 and 2016.
2. Global
   

Geography

1. Estimation & Projection
   1. About 34% of India's population now lives in urban areas, the U.N. World Urbanization Prospects 2018 report.
   2. It has been estimated that by 2050 more than 50% of India’s population will live in cities.

      

   3. The rural population (% of the total population) in India was reported at 66.46 % in 2017.
2. Infrastructure
   1. India spends about $17 per capita annually on urban infrastructure projects, against a global benchmark of $100 and China’s $116.
3. Pollution
   1. 14 Indian cities are being ranked amongst the world’s 20 most polluted by a WHO report.
   2. The CPCB report also reveals that only 68% of the MSW generated in the country is collected of which, 28% is treated by the municipal authorities. Thus, merely 19% of the total waste generated is currently treated.
   3. According to a UN report, India’s e-waste from old computers alone will jump 500 % by 2020, compared to 2007.

1. India
   1. About 85% of India’s rural domestic water requirements, 50% of its urban water requirements, and more than 50% of its irrigation requirements are being met from groundwater resources.
   2. In a country, which has 17% of the world’s population but only 4% of the freshwater reserves, we are consuming three times more water for agriculture than the USA, Brazil, or China.
   3. The report titled “Composite Water Management Index”, published by NITI Aayog in June 2018, mentions that India is undergoing the worst water crisis in its history and nearly 600 million people are facing high to extreme water stress.
2. Global
   1. 12% of the global population — were still lacking basic drinking water services
   2. In Asia and Africa, women walk an average of 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) per day collecting water.
   3. Water is essential to life, yet 785 million people in the world – 1 in 9 – lack access to it as per water.org is a global water crisis.
   4. All life needs water; every 90 seconds, a child dies from water-related illness and disease.

1. The economic impact of Disaster
   1. India Lost $79.5 Billion to Natural Disasters in 20 Years: UN Report 2018
   2. India suffered losses of $80 billion during the 20-year period. Globally, disaster losses are estimated at $520 billion per annum, pushing more than 26 million people into poverty every year.
   3. “Human Cost of Weather-Related Disasters (1995- 2015):- UN Report

      

2. Disaster Vulnerability
   1. 68% of India's land is prone to drought, 60% to earthquakes, 12% to floods, and 8% to cyclones making India one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, affecting overall 85% of Indian land and more than 50 million people.
   2. According to the Geological Survey of India (GSI), about 12.6% of the total landmass of India falls under the landslide-prone hazardous zone.
   3. Disaster Vulnerabilities: 95% of households in India vulnerable to earthquakes. Nearly 59% of India’s land area is prone to moderate or severe earthquakes.
3. Casualties
   1. Over the last twenty years, the overwhelming majority (90%) of disasters have been caused by floods, storms, heatwaves, and other weather-related events.
   2. Over this period, weather-related disasters claimed 606,000 lives, an average of some 30,000 per annum, with an additional 4.1 billion people injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance.”
4. Disaster
   1. As per IMD, the number of cyclones and severe cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal has risen by nearly 11% in the last decade with an alarming 32% increase recorded in the last five years.
5. List of cyclones that hit India recently (last 3 years):
   1. Biparjoy: June 6-16, 2023 – Arabian Sea – Saffir-Simpson scale: category 3
   2. Mocha: May 11-14, 2023 – Bay of Bengal – Saffir-Simpson scale: category 5 – The cyclone did not make direct landfall in India. On May 14th, 2023 at 8:30 pm it had the shortest distance at about 84 km southwest of Saiha in North Eastern.
      Instead, the first landfall occurred near Sittwe in Myanmar on May 14th at 11:30 am.
   3. Sitrang: October 23-24, 2022 – Bay of Bengal – Saffir-Simpson scale: tropical storm
   4. Asani: May 7-11, 2022 – Bay of Bengal – Saffir-Simpson scale: tropical storm
   5. Cyclone Gulaab – Bay of Bengal (BoB)
   6. Cyclone Tauktae – It was the first cyclonic storm of 2021 that emerged from the Arabian Sea. It hit southern Gujarat on 17 May 2021 and was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).
   7. Cyclone Yaas – formed in the Bay of Bengal and hit West Bengal and adjoining Odisha coasts in May 2021. The name of the cyclone is given by Oman.
   8. Cyclone Nisarga – Cyclone Nisarga was the second pre-monsoon cyclone that emerged from the Arabian Sea. It hit Alibag in Mumbai and weakened in 6 hours. It was the first cyclone to impact Mumbai since Phyan of 2009.
   9. Cyclone Amphan – Cyclone Amphan was the first pre-monsoon super cyclone of this century that emerged from the Bay of Bengal.
   10. Cyclone Kyarr – was the second strongest tropical cyclone since cyclone Gonu in 2007. Cyclone Kyarr developed in the Arabian Sea and moved towards the Gulf of Aden from the Indian coast.
   11. Cyclone Maha – Arabian sea
   12. Cyclone Vayu – emerged from the Arabian Sea and was a very severe cyclonic storm that caused moderate damage to lives and property in the state of Gujarat. Cyclone Vayu was the strongest cyclone that hit the state since the 1998 Gujarat Cyclone. Along with India, cyclone Vayu also affected Maldives, Pakistan and Oman. 
   13. Cyclone Hikka –  emerged from the Arabian Sea and turned intense and hit Oman. In 2019, 4 cyclones emerged from the Arabian Sea– Kyarr, Maha, Vayu and Hikka.
   14. Cyclone Fani – was the strongest tropical storm that hit Odisha since the 1998 Odisha Cyclone.
   15. Cyclone Bulbul – was a very severe cyclonic storm that hit West Bengal in India.
6. Following Are The Deadliest Cyclones That Hit India In Last 3 Decades:
   1. Cyclone Tauktae (May 2021): More than 100 people – most of them in Gujarat – were killed and scores more reported missing when an 'extremely severe cyclone', named Tauktae, hit the western state, packing gusts of up to 210 km per hour.
   2. Cyclone Fani (May 2019): Almost 100 people were killed when the strongest cyclone to hit India in five years, named Fani, made landfall in the eastern state of Odisha. Authorities said many more would have died if 1.2 million people had not been evacuated before the cyclone struck.
   3. Super Cyclonic Storm (October 1999): A 'super cyclonic storm' crossed the Odisha coast near Paradip with a wind speed of 260 km per hour at the time of landfall, killing 9,885 people and injuring 2,142, according to official estimates.
   4. Very severe cyclonic storm (June 1998): A 'very severe cyclonic storm' crossed the Gujarat coast near Porbandar with an intensity of 167 km per hour at the time of landfall, killing 1,173 people with another 1,774 reported missing, according to official data. Media reports, however, suggested at least 4,000 people were killed.