Air—Eleven out of the 12 most polluted cities on a World Health Organization list are in India.
India tops global pollution deaths of 9 million a year:
A Study said India fared worst, with 2.5 million people dying early because of pollution, followed by China with 1.8 million deaths
Kanpur is the world’s most polluted city according to the WHO report. Delhi is in sixth place.
Mumbai is the world’s fourth most polluted mega city.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) global air pollution database released in Geneva, India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world. in terms of PM 2.5 concentrations – the worst being Kanpur with a PM 2.5 concentration of 173 micrograms per cubic metre, followed by Faridabad, Varanasi and Gaya.
Other Indian cities that registered very high levels of PM 2.5 pollutants are Delhi— air quality plummets to hazardous’ PM 2.5 level hit more than 999 and 2000 in north campus on 8th november 2018 indian express and economic times reported. normal is 100
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/north-india-pollution-live-updates-air-quality-smog-diwali-crackers-5437240/
High Pm 2.5 cities then follow Patna, Agra, Muzaffarpur, Srinagar, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Patiala and Jodhpur, followed by Ali Subah Al-Salem in Kuwait and a few cities in China and Mongolia.
India ranks 178 out of 180 Countries as far as air quality is concerned.
Envirnmental performance— India is among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2018, plummeting 36 places from 141 in 2016, according to a biennial report by Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World Economic Forum.
Water —India Ranks 120th
Among 122 Countries In Water Quality Index, Says NITI Aayog
or indian planning commission
The report said that currently, 6 Crore people face high to extreme water shortage, with around 2 lakh people dying every year due to inadequate access to potable water.
The NITI Aayog report cited data from independent agencies and pointed out that nearly 70 percent of India’s water is contaminated.
While Gujarat has emerged as the best in India, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the lowest performers are the populous states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Haryana, home to over 600 million people.
Food— Every year one million children die in india due to malnutrition
india is at 100th place in 119 countries in the hunger report
India has a “serious” hunger problem and ranks 100th out of 119 countries on the global hunger index — behind North Korea, Bangladesh and Iraq but ahead of Pakistan, according to a report.
The country’s serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report.
“India is ranked 100th out of 119 countries, and has the third highest hunger score in all of Asia — only Afghanistan and Pakistan are ranked worse,” IFPRI said in a statement.
As per the report, India ranks below many of its neighbouring countries such as China (29th rank), Nepal (72), Myanmar (77), Sri Lank (84) and Bangladesh (88). It is ahead of Pakistan (106) and Afghanistan (107)
A major source of food wastage is at marriages
About 84,960 marriages are held at 531 (marriage halls) in Bangalore alone every year. About 943 tonnes of high-calorie quality food is wasted in these halls annually. At an average cost of Rs 40 per meal, the total food wastage in the city is estimated at Rs 339 crore,“A study says
This is in one city alone just calculate the wastage throughout the country
One more way Food is wasted is lack of procurement facilities due to wich
India is wasting food worth about $14 billion a year, according to government figures.that is 1017.52 crore rupees
Milk—Mohan Singh Ahluwalia, member, Animal Welfare Board of India said on 5th of september 2018 wed in Ludhiana. The most common adulterants are detergent, caustic soda, glucose, white paint and refined oil.
"The state of adulteration in milk and milk products in the country is such that 68.7 per cent of milk and milk products sold is not as per the standards laid down by the FSSAI,” he said.
Quoting a report by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr Ahluwalia said 89.2 per cent of such products are adulterated in one form or the other
He said the production of milk in the country up to March 31, 2018 has been registered at 14.68 crore litres per day against the consumption of 480 grams per capita per day.
The member was chairing a meeting of heads of different departments in Ludhiana.
He added that adulteration in milk is more prevalent in northern states as compared to the southern states
“However, detergent and other contaminants like urea, starch, glucose and formalin are also used to deliberately adulterate milk as they provide thickness and preserve the milk for longer periods,” he said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had recently issued an advisory to the Government of India stating that if adulteration of milk and milk products is not checked immediately, 87 per cent of citizens would be suffering from serious diseases like cancer by the year 2025
Shelter—An interesting statistic thrown up by the 2011 census reveals that there are 1.77 million homeless in india.independent agencies claim the number to be double .
The number is surely more because It is difficult to get an accurate picture of homelessness as census data is typically collected keeping the household in mind and the definitions of homelessness vary from one place to another. While most census data takes into account those living in shelters and/or receiving government aid, it becomes difficult for census takers to keep track of the “hidden homeless”. People who fall in this category may be residing in inadequate settlements such as slums, squatting in structures not intended for housing, couch surfing with friends and family, and those who relocate frequently.
The 2011 census also reveals that there were 28 percent less homeless people from rural areas as compared to the figures for 2001. The corresponding number of homeless people in urban areas however showed an increase of around 20 percent.wich only confirms that people from rural areas are migrating to cities putting strain on resources and making them more shabby,dirty and even crimeprone.
The state of Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of homeless households (72,452) according to the 2011 census, while the state of Jharkhand showed the highest percentage increase in the number of such households when compared to the numbers of the previous census (139.19 percent).
As per the 2011 census, the Kanpur Nagar district of central Uttar Pradesh has the highest rate of homelessness in the country. More than 18 people in a thousand are homeless there. Kolkata, with more than 15 homeless people in a thousand ranks second and the district of Central Delhi – in the National Capital Territory of Delhi – comes at the third spot. The industrial hub of Mumbai, which has more than 12 people in a thousand population homeless, ranks fourth.
Education—India ranks 135th in 191 countries in Education Index Report of U.N 2013
There is lot of illetracy and widesprtead Copy in exams with exam centres turning into battle grounds between police and miscreants so also corruption paving way to fake degrees/diploma etc. This on the front of basic education.
On the front of higher education.—
The prime minister of india Mr Modi described on sat 14th october 2017 in Patna as a Blot The Fact that indian universities did not figure among the worlds TOP 500.Universities.enough to make clear the state of higher education in india.
Employment—The biggest new challenge facing India’s policymakers and administrators is rapidly rising unemployment, says a report released by the Centre for Sustainable Employment of the Azim Premji University.
Youth unemployment being a very high 16%,“ the State of Working India 2018 (SWI) report said headline rate of unemployment reached 7% in 2018, "This rate of unemployment is the highest seen in India in at least the last 20 years,” the report added.
“A 10% increase in GDP now results in less than 1% increase in employment,” says the study.
This shortage of jobs is compounded by depressed wages, with 82% of men and 92% of women earning less than Rs 10,000 per month.with income in the villages for a household being even less or around 5000 Rs per month
Health—India has less than one doctor for every 1000 population which is less than the World Health Organisation standard, The Lok Sabha was informed by Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel.She said as per information provided by the Medical Council of India, there were a total 10,22,859 allopathic doctors registered with the state medical councils or Medical Council of India as on March 31, 2017
India’ ranks 145th out of 195 countries on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index , according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published by medical journal The Lancet in may 2018 Among South Asian countries, India ranks after Bangladesh and Bhutan with a score of 41.2 on the HAQ.
Hence you understand how good is the state of health care in indiaWich further is worsened due to excessive Corruption and abundanceof duplicates or Fake medicine. wich is a BiG Menace
Medicine—According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 35 percent of the fake drugs sold all over the world comes from India and it occupies the counterfeit drug market of nearly Rs 4,000 crore. 20 percent of the drugs sold in India are fake.
Law and order—According to United Nations standards, there should be about 230 police for every 100,000 people. But in India there are only around 125 police officers for every 100,000 population.most of whom are engaged in VVIP security and political meetings, and processions management. This is the 4th lowest police to population ratios in the world.hence Just imagine The Law and Order situation.
Justice—3.3 crore cases pending in Indian courts, pendency figure at its highest:Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra says
According to National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the five states which account for the highest pendency are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Gujarat.
While 2.84 crore cases are pending in the subordinate courts, the backlog clogging the High Courts and Supreme Court (SC) is 43 lakh and 57,987 cases, respectively. According to National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)
According to the data put out by the Law Ministry in sep 2018 in public domain, the judge to population ratio in India stands at 19 judges per 10 lakh people.
the judiciary faces a combined shortage of over 6,000 judges, including over 5,748 in the lower courts itself.
High courts need 1079 judges but has only 673
Supreme court has 6 vacancies out of 31
Apart from This corruption in judiciary is a Big problem In Chandigarh: justice Markandey Katju (retd), a former judge of the Supreme Court (SC), claimed on Monday 28th september 2015 that 50% of the higher judiciary consisting of SC and high court judges was corrupt.
Agriculture—The Centre informed the Supreme Court in 2016 that despit its efforts 12000 farmers committed suicide every year in the agriculture sector since 2013
This is known as the Agrarian crisis in india
Corruption—India has a 69% of bribery rate and in the list of LEAST CORRUPT countries has the 81st Rank Its worst was 95th rank in 2011
South africa and China are doing better than india with south africa being on 71st and china on 77th position of Least Corrupt
Indonesia is at 96th and pakistan at 117th position
The best being new zealand on 1st Denmark 2nd finland 3rd norway 4th and switzerland on 5th position of Least Corrupt Countries
Diaster Management—From 2005 to 2014, at least 167 disasters struck India, inflicting damages of more than $47 billion, ranking India among the top four countries in the world with the highest number of reported disasters, according to the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
India ranked 95 in disaster risk index OF the world
The index assessed the risk of disaster in 171 countries through the combined analysis of natural hazards and societal vulnerabilities.The index is part of the World Risk Report 2016 released by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security. Qatar is at least risk and vanuatu at the highest risk
National disaster risk index mapping hazards and vulnerabilities
across 640 districts puts Maharashtra at the top of the chart followed by West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, while Delhi is most at risk among Union territories (UTs).
At first glance, the lower hazard ranking to states like those in the north-east and
others like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, which are prone to earthquakes or floods, seems surprising but the index takes into account economic vulnerabilities and actions taken to mitigate risk.
Hence India needs to do a Lot to bring it into the safe zone or first 50 countries
Human development—India is at the 130 th place in human development index.
Happiness—For all of you who are very happy living in India, here’s a startling fact that will make you wonder: In the global happiness ranking list, India stands at rank 133 in 156 countries wich means only 23 countries are worst than india . india’s rank is -much after Pakistan (rank: 75) and China [86] Bangladesh (115), sri lanka [116]wich means pakistan China, bangladesh and sri lanka, are better in happiness than india.
People in india are filled with Inferiority Complex and therefore Showy,example they would rather own a high end Smartphone and Show though they may not understand its features and technical aspects.instead of enjoying something that they very easily and naturally could.
They measure each and everything in material wealth.So also they are inflicted with excessive Corruption wich is present in absolutely each and every aspect of life in india. And so they are nervous and depressed, broken and sad within due to the massive struggle they have to put forth to live. plus the environmental impact of pollution and hence they end up being less happy
Equality—The U.N.Gender inequality index puts india at 125th position out of 188 countries.
India surely needs to give 30% reservation to women in all sectors.
Slavery—The Global Slavery Index puts india on the 4th place among 167 countries It estimates that on any given day in 2016 there were more than 8 million people living in modern slavery in India. In terms of prevalence of modern slavery in India, there were 6.1 victims for every thousand people.
Migration—India is 2nd highest in 194 countries for people leaving their country You can understand how much they must be loving india that they just don’t want to live there.They might say all good things about it from far off, but want only those unable to leave india to live in india.yaeeee
Diabetes—India has 2nd highest number of diabetics in the world
Smoking—India is 7th highest in cigarett smoking./consumption
Drinking—India reported 2,60,000 alcohol-related deaths annually caused by ailments and road accidents, WHO said in its study
At $38 billion (Rs2.7 lakh crore) India’s alcohol market is among the world’s fastest growing. Globally, 6% of the industry’s growth was driven by India. Indians have a preference for whisky, consuming half of the world’s production.
Over the decade ending 2016, the country’s annual per capita spirits consumption more than doubled to 5.7 litres, according to a World Health Organisation Report.
SUICIDE—One indian committs suicide every 2 minutes 32% of all suicides in the world take place in india and hence it is called the suicide capital of the world.. it includes students, farmers,businessmen police officers and women. Says world health organisation.
Defence Spending—The US, China and the UK remain the top three defence spenders while India has the fourth largest military budget, followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia
Sports —For India nothing is more humiliating than this Statistic. Can you believe that swimming legend Michael Phelps’ 23 Olympics gold medals 3 silver and 2 bronze Total 28 Equals all the medals india has won since it started participating in the Olympic Games in 1900.
India has won in all 28 medals in olympics in 116 years 10 of wich are won by mens hockey teams and 18 are individual of wich 4 are won by Christians
India has won in all 28 medals in olympics in 116 years 10 of wich are won by mens hockey teams and 18 are individual of wich 4 are won by Christians
Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1877 – 31 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indiansports person and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics. He was of British ethnicity and moved to Great Britainpermanently in 1905, where he became a successful stage actor, and later moved to the United States to work in Hollywood.
1996 Atlanta : Leander Paes (Bronze medal in Tennis) His family hails from the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in Calcutta.he studied at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christian College
M.C. Mary Kom (Bronze medal in Boxing) 2012 London . A devout Christian brought up in a Baptist household, Mary Kom has often owed her success to Jesus. “It is all because of Him,” she always claims.
Now That makes Clear The State Of Sports and Health in india
Original Conributions—India’ s original contribution’s to humanity
Aayurved, Yoga and to Some extent Modern concept of zero.
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, or CV Raman as he was better known, Born In British India. won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him”. His discovery of what is now known as the “Raman Effect” – the phenomenon of change in wavelength in light rays that are deflected – is a path breaking milestone in the understanding of physics.
Kailash Satyarthi – The Nobel Peace Prize 2014
Kailash Satyarthi from Madhya Pradesh was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. This children’s rights and education activist has dedicated his life away from the spotlight, battling corporates for their use of child labour. He has also brought children’s right of education to the spotlight through his work with UNESCO. He shared this Nobel Peace Prize, 2014 with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan.
Mother Teresa – The Nobel Peace Prize 1979—Born in the Republic of Macedonia, Mother Teresa moved to India at the age of 19. She spent the rest of her life here as a Christian missionary serving the “poorest of the poor”. Her humanitarian work led her to establish the Missionaries of Charity. Her reputation brought in aid from all parts of the world and earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Amartya Sen – The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1998
In 1998, Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for his contributions to welfare economics”. Born in Manikganj (British India) Sen studied economics and went on to teach the subject in many reputed institutions in both the US and the United Kingdom. His research papers on economics and social justice, theories of famines, and welfare economics earned him much recognition and many awards including the Nobel Memorial Prize in 1998.
Press and media—The international NGO, Reporters Without Borders, in its annual World Press Freedom Index (WPFI).report of 2018 has In The index ranked 180 countries based on an amalgamation of qualitative and quantitative analysis that examines pluralism, media independence, media environment and self-censorship, legislative framework, transparency, quality of infrastructure for news production, and violence against journalists and media persons. India ranked 138th in 180 countries. hence very poor Standing
Plus
A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research.
The research found that facts were less important to some than the emotional desire to bolster national identity.
Social media analysis suggested that right-wing networks are much more organised than on the left, pushing nationalistic fake stories further.
There was also an overlap of fake news sources on Twitter and support networks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The findings come from extensive research in India, Kenya, and Nigeria into the way ordinary citizens engage with and spread fake news.
Films—Right from the very beginning Bollywood has been Copying Hollywood Fims and Music without Paying any royalty and most often it is a very cheap redndition offcourse indianised. many a times they even keep the scenes or the whole movie as it is, but more than often keep the music just as it is just fitting in hindi lyrics and it goes on from early times of Cinema in india but to give an example of 1950s Chori Chori of raj kapoor was a copy of ‘It Happened One Night’ wich was a 1934 American romantic comedy film
And This fact is common knowledge with majority of film personalities acknowledging it on camera in their interviews, jokes made about it in Films and in award functions
As far as the original Content and Global reckognition is concerned
The prestigious Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, honour the best talent in films, be it Hollywood or International cinema. While India sends an official entry to the Oscars every year, no Indian film has won under the Best Foreign Film category. While Indian themes have dominated and won at the prestigious awards ceremony (for example, Gandhi and Slumdog Millionaire), very few Indians have walked away with the Golden statue.
Bhanu Athaiya: She’s a name to reckon with in Indian cinema. A costume designer, she styled many Bollywood actors and worked on some of the best films in Bollywood with noted filmmakers like Guru Dutt, Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor, and Ashutosh Gowariker. Bhanu made India proud when she won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in the film Gandhi (1982) along with John Mollo. Starring Ben Kingsley as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the film focused on the life of the Father of the Nation. Bhanu was also the first Indian ever to win the prestigious Oscar award.
Satyajit Ray: Satyajit Ray has been an inspiration to filmmakers across the world and his legacy remains even today. Considered as one of the finest directors of Indian and Bengali cinema, Satyajit Ray has had an exemplary body of work to his credit. So impressed was the world with his vision and depiction of cinema that in 1992, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Ray an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. But Ray could not personally attend the ceremony as he was ill and lying on a hospital bed. However, the filmmaker gave his acceptance speech to the Academy via live video feed from the hospital bed.
AR Rahman: This great music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and musician needs no introduction. Considered as one of India’s most respected music directors, Rahman and Gulzar won an Oscar for Best Original Song (’Jai Ho’) for the film Slumdog Millionaire. But that was not all. It seemed as if the Academy wasn’t satisfied and bestowed a second Oscar on him. Rahman won once again for Best Original Score for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
Resul Pookutty: Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer, Resul Pookutty was one of the fortunate artists to receive an Oscar for his work in the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Gulzar: Gulzar and AR Rahman won an Oscar for Best Original Song for ’Jai Ho’ at the 81st Academy Awards.
Internet Speed— India ranks 88th with an average internet speed of 5.19 MB/Sec the Top Ranker is singapore with 69.39 MB/Sec 2nd is sweden with 46 MB/Sec India definately has to improve a Lot.
Railways—India’s rail network rose from 53,596 route kilometres as of April 1950 to 64,600 kilometres in March 2012.
Stating this in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Railways K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy, however, said the total rail route converted to broad gauge or new broad gauge laid totalled 52,241 kilometres.
Stating this in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Railways K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy, however, said the total rail route converted to broad gauge or new broad gauge laid totalled 52,241 kilometres.
Hence only 11004 Kilometers New track was added in 62 years
But apart from that The quality and sevice is extremly low
Indian Railways has recorded the worst punctuality record in the 2017-18 financial year. This is the worst and an all-time low record for the Indian railways, in the last 3 years. Statistics by the Indian Railways reveal that between April of last year and March 2018, almost 30% of both mail and express passenger trains were running late, across India.
Indian Railways Itself revealed that blankets given out in air-conditioned coaches are washed only once in two months
Airports—Theres good news 4 airports from india rank in the first 100
Mumbai at 63 banglore at 64 Delhi at 66 and hyderabad at 75
In the 2018 Report
Marriage industry—The Indian wedding market is estimated at $50 billion (around 33,000 crore) a year
Car sales— Indian new vehicle sales in September 2018 were up 0.3% y/y to 388525 units. Hence Car Sales in india per year is around 4 million units
Insfrastructure— India is on the 63rd place For Quality of Infrastructure
The best being Singapore, Hong Kong and Switzerland
Economy—India ranked 58th most competitive economy in
World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index for 2018, THE Most
Competative Economy on Earth is USA, 2nd is singapore, 3rd is Germany,
4th is japan and 5th is Switzerland.
