Friday Factly 21 August 2020

General Studies-1

Urbanization:

Home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP, India’s cities are at the frontlines of the pandemic.

General Studies-2

World Health Organization:

World Health Organization (WHO)’s reports show that the worsening state of poor air quality is responsible for more than 7.5 million fatalities worldwide annually.

Poverty:

• Average per capita income of Indians is 7.5 times that in 1950. India has moved from the so-called “Hindu rate of growth” of 3-4 per cent to an average growth rate of 7 per cent per annum and higher in recent decades.
• The last official estimate of poverty corresponds to 2011-12, according to which 22 per cent of the population was below the poverty line, suggesting a sharp reduction compared to the 2004-05 estimates. During this period, 110 million rural poor and 27 million urban poor moved out of poverty.

Road Accident:

India accounts for about 2 per cent of motor vehicles globally, yet is responsible for more than 11 per cent of road traffic deaths.

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MSME:

• The International Finance Corporation’s Financing India’s MSMEs Report, 2018 estimates the total MSME credit gap at 70 per cent (demand minus formal credit) of which 70 per cent is working capital (WC).
• According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans every year and makes up about 80 per cent of all marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.
• Cities are home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP
• India accounts for about 2 per cent of motor vehicles globally, yet is responsible for more than 11 per cent of road traffic deaths.

Plastic waste:

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans every year and makes up about 80 per cent of all marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.

GDP from Cities:

Cities are home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP