Union territories in india 2022

After obtaining freedom 75 years ago, India battled with poverty, hunger, poor healthcare, and lack of basic facilities for its citizens. Today, when we compare States and Union Territories on various socioeconomic and development indicators, we find that they have all progressed over time, achieving new milestones in their path towards development. But the degree of improvement varies across States and UTs. There are stark differences in the performances of the northern, southern, central, eastern, western and northeastern regions of India. In general, southern and western States have fared better than other regions. Eastern States, such as Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand, have performed poorly across indicators. Except in agriculture, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (central States) have lagged behind the others. While most northern States have outpaced many other regions in terms of agriculture yield per hectare, availability of drinking water with pipes/pumps, and protected wells and toilet facilities, they have lagged behind on health indicators such as infant mortality rate and share of underweight children. Among the northern States, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh rank better across indicators, while Uttar Pradesh has fallen behind. Many northeastern States have performed well in women’s participation in the labour force and access to toilet facilities, though their progress has not been uniform across other indicators. All the States and Union Territories in the country ...

The adoption of electric vehicles leading to the requirement for battery manufacturing is estimated to drive demand for 2,400 acres of real estate by 2030 says ‘Electric Vehicles in India – New Wheels on the Roads’ report by CBRE South Asia, a leading real estate consulting firm. The report focuses on the real estate strategies for various stakeholders in the electric vehicle manufacturing lifecycle. It finds that among 28 states and 8 union territories in India, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are leading manufacturing of the EV charging infrastructure. It further points out that the current primary clusters for Lithium-ion Battery (LiB) manufacturing exist in Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Prantij, Surat, Mandal, Delhi-NCR, Gurgaon, and Mohali. Additionally, Maharashtra has the highest count of sanctioned EV chargers, with 317 under Phase II of the FAME India scheme, followed by Gujarat with 278 EV chargers. T-Hub, Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India to provide support to start-ups At present, the lithium-ion cells manufactured in India is dependent on raw material imports, which account for 77% of the total manufacturing cost. However, this is set to change with the discovery of a 5.9 million tonne lithium reserve in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi District in February this year. This is expected to reduce India’s reliance on imported lithium significantly. EV Investment trends. Furthermore, the real estate requirements of manufacturing facilities of two- and four-whee...

Climate Change State of India’s Environment in Figures: The first 4 months of 2023 have been more devastating in India than 2022 While heatwaves were the most commonly occurring extreme weather event in the first four months of 2022, hailstorms took over as the dominating extreme weather event in 2023 India experienced extreme weather events on 84 of the 120 days in the first four months of 2023. These events between January and April 2023 were spread across 33 states and Union Territories (UT). In contrast, the country experienced extreme weather events on 89 days in the same period last year spread across 27 states/UTs, according tothe Down To Earth (DTE) on June 4, 2023. While heatwaves were the most commonly occurring extreme weather event in the first four months of 2022, hailstorms took over as the dominating extreme weather event in 2023, Of the 84 days with extreme weather events in 2023, hailstorms were reported on 58 days. Extreme weather events in India this year Extreme weather events in India last year Hailstorms, which affected people across 33 states/UTs, remained the most frequently occurring extreme event during the period. During the same period last year, hailstorms (classified as ‘lightning’ and ‘storms’ by theIndia Meteorological Department (IMD)) had affected 22 states/UTs in Inida. Global warming, weak western disturbances and a strong subtropical jet stream are to be blamed for the unseasonal rains and hailstorms, “Scary statistics foretell how our ...