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MISC:
1. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: 1. President, 2. Vice-President, 3. Prime Minister, 4. Governors of States within their respective States, 5. Former Presidents, 5A. Deputy Prime Minister, 6. Chief Justice of India, Speaker of Lok Sabha, 7. Cabinet Ministers of the Union, Chief Ministers of States within their respective States, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Former Prime Ministers, Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, 7A. Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration, 8. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries accredited to India, Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States, Governors of States outside their respective States 9. Judges of Supreme Court, 9A Chairperson, Union Public Service Commission, Chief Election Commissioner, Comptroller & Auditor General of India, 10. Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chief Ministers of States, Deputy Speaker Lok Sabha , Members of the Planning Commission, Ministers of State of the Union {and any other Minister in the Ministry of Defence for defence matters}. 2. DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND: 3. POPULATION AGEING: Population ageing occurs when the median age of a country or region rises. This happens because of rising life expectancy or declining birth rates. In the entirety of recorded human history, the world has never seen as aged a population as currently exists globally. A decline in the proportion of the population composed of children, and a rise in the proportion of the population that is elderly. the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, one of the top institutions looking at global population ageing, has concluded that population ageing has slowed considerably in Europe and will have the greatest future impact in Asia, especially as Asia is in stage five of the demographic transition model. Population ageing arises from two (possibly related) demographic effects: increasing longevity and declining fertility. An increase in longevity rises the average age of the population by increasing the numbers of surviving older people. A decline in fertility reduces the number of babies, and as the effect continues, the numbers of younger people in general also reduce. A possible third factor is migration. Of these two forces, it is declining fertility that is the largest contributor to population ageing in the world today. 4. DEPENDENCY RATIO: is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those typically in the labor force (the productive part). It is used to measure the pressure on productive population. As of 2010 Japan and Europe had high age dependency ratios compared to other parts of the world. 5. DEMOGRAPHIC GIFT: is a term in demographics used to describe the initially favorable effect of falling fertility rates on the age dependency ratio, the fraction of children and aged as compared to that of the working population. The child-dependency ratio (the ratio of children to those who support them) at first rises somewhat due to more children surviving, then falls sharply as average family size decreases. Later, the overall population ages rapidly, as currently seen in many developed and rapidly developing nations. Between these two periods is a long interval of favorable age distributions, known as the "demographic gift," with low and falling total dependency ratios (including both children and aged persons). 6. DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION: The transition from a largely rural agrarian society with high fertility and mortality rates to a predominantly urban industrial society with low fertility and mortality rates. In beginning good coz dependency ratio decreases due to low fertility rates, high economic growth because of high working population and low dependency ratio. But in long term creates problem coz previous working population transit to dependent, and low working pop. coz already low fertility rate. 7. CENSUS 2011: The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.72 million (51.54%) are males and 586.46 million (48.46%) are females. The major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional figures) are as under: *The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. *Percentage growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males 17.19 and females 18.12. *2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade. *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million. *The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-

Pg 10 of 11 2001: -Uttar Pradesh (25.85% to 20.09%) -Maharashtra (22.73% to 15.99%) -Bihar (28.62% to 25.07%) -West Bengal (17.77 % to 13.93%) -Andhra Pradesh (14.59% to 11.10%) -Madhya Pradesh (24.26% to 20.30%) *During 2001-2011, as many as 25 States/UTs with a share of about 85% of the country's population registered an annual growth rate of less than 2% as compared to, 15 States/UTs with a share of about 42% during the period 1991-2001. *15 States/UTs have grown by less than 1.5 per cent per annum during 2001-2011, while the number of such States/UTs was only 4 during the previous decade. *The total number of children in the age-group 0-6 is 158.8 million (-5 million since 2001) *Twenty States and Union Territories now have over one million children in the age group 0-6 years. On the other extreme, there are five States and Union Territories in the country that are yet to reach the one hundred thousand mark. *Uttar Pradesh (29.7 million), Bihar (18.6 million), Maharashtra (12.8 million), Madhya Pradesh (10.5 million) and Rajasthan (10.5 million) constitute 52% children in the age group of 0-6 years. *Population (0-6 years) 2001-2011 registered minus (-)3.08 percent growth with minus (-)2.42 for males and -3.80 for females. *The proportion of Child Population in the age group of 0-6 years to total population is 13.1 percent while the corresponding figure in 2001 was 15.9 percent. The decline has been to the extent of 2.8 points. *Overall sex ratio at the national level has increased by 7 points to reach 940 at Census 2011 as against 933 in Census 2001. This is the highest sex ratio recorded since Census 1971 and a shade lower than 1961. Increase in sex ratio is observed in 29 States/UTs. *Three major States (J&K, Bihar & Gujarat) have shown decline in sex ratio as compared to Census 2001. *Kerala with 1084 has the highest sex ratio followed by Puducherry with 1038, Daman & Diu has the lowest sex ratio of 618. *Child sex ratio (0-6 years) is 914. Increasing trend in the child sex ratio (0-6) seen in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and A&N Islands. In all remaining 27 States/UTs, the child sex ratio show decline over Census 2001. *Mizoram has the highest child sex ratio (0-6 years) of 971 followed by Meghalaya with 970. Haryana is at the bottom with ratio of 830 followed by Punjab with 846. *Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points. *Percentage growth in literacy during 2001-2011 is 38.82; males : 31.98% & females : 49.10%. *Literates constitute 74 per cent of the total population aged seven and above and illiterates form 26 per cent. Good News The literacy rate has shot up to 74% from about 65% in the last count. More hearteningly new female literates outnumbered male literates during the past decade. Ten states and union terriorities achieved a literacy rate of above 85%. The quality of literacy may be uneven and debatable, but this is an achievement India can be proud of. Bad News The biggest shock in this census is the decline in the child gender ratio at 914 girls (up to six years) for every The good news is that at 17.64%, the rate of growth between 2001-2011 represents the 1000 boys. This is the lowest sharpest decline over a decade since Independence. The growth rate was at its lowest since Independence and it between 1941-1951 when it was 13.3%: that was a time of famine, religious killings, and looks like a precipitous drop the transfer of populations in the run-up to partition. The growth rate was more than 24% from a high of 976 girls in between 1961 and 1981. So a 17.64% growth rate points to a slowing down that will cheer the 1961 census. those who are concerned about how India will bear the burden of its massive population. The decennial census of India is the primary source of information about the demographic characteristics of the population of India.

The 2011 census will be one of the largest censuses in the history of mankind. The first census in India in modern times was conducted in 1872. First regular census was started in 1881 by Lord Rippon. Since then, a population census has been carried out every 10 years.

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The latest census commenced on 1 May 2010. It will create a National Population Register with photographs and fingerprints of every resident. All usual residents of India will also be provided with their Unique ID numbers and National Identity Cards.

The census is carried out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Delhi, an office in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, under the 1948 Census of India Act. The act gives Central Government many powers like to notify a date for Census, power to ask for the services of any citizen for census work. The law makes it compulsory for every citizen to answer the census questions truthfully. The Act provides penalties for giving false answers or not giving answers at all to the census questionnaire. One of the most important provisions of law is the guarantee for the maintenance of secrecy of the information collected at the census of each individual. The census records are not open to inspection and also not admissible in evidence. The census is conducted in two phases: first, house listing and house numbering phase and second, the actual population enumeration phase. Canvassing method The census is carried out by the canvassing method. In this method, each and every household is visited and the information is collected by specially trained enumerator. They collect data related to households e.g. number of members, water & electricity supply, ownership of land, vehicles, computers and other assets and services. In the second phase, total population is counted and statistics related to individuals are collected. 8. DEMOGRAPHICS OF INDIA: Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing China. Its population growth rate is 1.41%, ranking 102nd in the world in 2010. India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% hovers below the age of 35. It is expected that, in 2020, the average age of an Indian will be 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan; and, by 2030, India's dependency ratio should be just over 0.4. Only the continent of Africa exceeds the linguistic, genetic and cultural diversity of the nation of India. 9. IONS: 35-member Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). Recent meeting held in cape town, South Africa. The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region by providing an open and inclusive forum for discussion of regionally relevant maritime issues. - The IONS is a maritime security construct on similar lines as the WPNS. Whilst the WPNS is for the region of Asia-Pacific, the IONS addresses the Indian Ocean Region. 10. EU NAVFOR Operation ATLANTA: Launched in 2008 to repress increasing acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast and in the Indian Ocean, the European Union's Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) Operation ATALANTA. As piracy in the Western Indian Ocean has been a threat to security and international shipping, EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA has been able to provide protection to vessels of the World Food Programme (WFP), delivering food aid to displaced persons in Somalia. The task force has also safely escorted 126 ships of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA also draws strength from additional international military maritime presence in the area, comprising the Combined Maritime Force (CMF), the NATO and independent national units such as China, India, Japan and Russia all committed to counter piracy. 11. EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION POLICY PROPOSED: With the aim of providing integrated services for the holistic development of all children from the prenatal period to six years, the government has proposed a National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy that lays down the way forward for a comprehensive approach towards ensuring a sound foundation for every child. India has 158.7 million children in the 0-6 age group as per the 2011 Census. Broadly, the policy focuses on re-structuring the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme and integrating early childhood education with the Right to Education Act to ensure a smooth transition into formal schooling. This ECCE policy will cover all early childhood care and education programmes and related services in public, private and voluntary sectors in all settings across regions. These services include anganwadis (AWC), crches, play schools, preschools, nursery schools, kindergartens, preparatory schools, balwadis, and home-based care.