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Time of India
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Lives lost to natural disasters rise 18% to 3,080 in 2024-25
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel New Delhi: The number of human lives lost due to extreme natural events rose to an 11-year high of 3,080 in 2024-25, according to the latest data released by the government on Thursday. In comparison, 2,616 deaths were recorded in 2023-24. The highest number of fatalities in the past two decades occurred in 2013-14 at 5, the states/UTs, Himachal Pradesh recorded the highest number of disaster-related deaths at 452 in 2024-25, followed by Kerala (387), Madhya Pradesh (373), Gujarat (230) and Maharashtra (206).Such events also led to widespread damage to homes, with 360,000 households affected in 2024-25 compared to 140,000 in 2023-24. Assam was the worst hit state, with 160,000 households damaged, according to EnviStats India 2025: Environment Statistics released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI).The report was launched on the occasion of World Environment Day by chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran, Niti Aayog vice chairperson Suman Bery and MoSPI secretary Saurabh showed that agricultural losses also increased as the cropped area impacted rose to 1.424 million hectares from 1.339 million hectares in the same the number of cattle deaths due to natural calamities declined to 61,960 in 2024-25 from a five-year high of 119,683 in government incurred an expense of ₹4,969 crore in 2022-23 on environmental protection, an increase of 10.9% from ₹4,479 crore in the year government spending on environmental protection increased, corporate expenditure declined. Corporate spending on environmental protection under corporate social responsibility (CSR) declined by 5% to ₹2,605.6 crore in 2022-23 from an eight-year high of ₹2,741.3 crore in 2021-22. This expenditure covered three sectors: agro forestry, conservation of natural resources and environmental sustainability.
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
India evaluates 28 global indices, finds metrics in some flawed
India is closely looking at the methodologies used by 28 global indices such as the Democracy Index , Network Readiness Index , Global Hunger Index to track its performance vis-a-vis other countries, a government official told ET. New Delhi has termed the methodology followed in some of these indices, including the Global Hunger Index, as flawed. "We are looking at these indices to identify any imperfections or drawbacks," the official said. The ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) is analysing the methodologies used by international bodies that conduct cross-country comparisons, including sample sizes and models. The indices under review are the Democracy Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Network Readiness Index by the Portulans Institute, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, and the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute, and Climate Action Network International. The official said preliminary findings have highlighted issues around scoring system and methodology. The MOSPI has already sent inputs to the concerned departments and ministries, the official added. A paper co-authored by Sanjiv Sanyal, member, Economic Advisory Council to PM, had in 2023 highlighted that India's poor performance on specific international indicators despite rising per capita income was due to methodological issues. In another working paper the Prime Minister's economic advisory council said there were serious problems with the methodology used in these perception-based indices-Freedom in World Index, V-DEM indices, and EIU Democracy Index. Indices under scanner For instance, in 2024, India was placed 41 out of 167 countries and categorised as a 'flawed democracy' on the Democracy Index. In the 2024 edition, India was ranked 105 out of 127 countries on the GHI and classified under the 'serious' hunger category.
