Thursday, August 4, 2011
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1. Changunarayan Temple, a World Heritage landmark, is prone to landslide due to rampant mining
2. After last month's fuel tankers strike, now the truckers have gone on strike. Shortage of food commodities start.
3. Yet again, India keep showing Nepal why it hurts to be a landlocked country. Nepalese containers coming through the Kolkata port now face additional problems.
4. Korea has increased the job quota for Nepalese from 7,100 to 10,000 for 2012.
5. Department of Education bans the use of mobile phones in classrooms during class hours.
6. Nepal Telecom refuses to accept Asian Development Bank's subsidy to construct broadband infrastructure. Nepal Telecom says it doesn't need any subsidy to do it.
7. Some yet to be published interesting results from National Living Standard Survey of 2010
*Between 2003/04 and 2009/10, absolute poverty has decreased by 18 percentage points.
*In 2010, population living in absolute poverty is 13 percent.
*Based on current market prices, anyone living below Rs 14,430 per annum income is considered poor (the national definition).
*Kathmandu Valley has the least poverty with only 5 percent of population living under poverty line.
*Taplejung, Khotang and Sankhuwasabha have the highest incidence with 23 percent of population living below the poverty line.
*Gini coefficient in 2010 is 0.35 compared to 0.41 in 2003/04 NLSS.
*Surprising: income inequality between rich and poor has decreased.
*Per capita income of poorest 20 percent of population has increased from Rs 4,003 in 2003/04 to Rs 15,888 in 2009/10. That is a 400 percent increase.
*Per capita income of richest 20 percent of population has increased from Rs 40,486 in 2003/04 to Rs 94,419 in 2009/10. That is a 200 percent increase.
*In 2003/04, 31.9 percent of households received remittance.
*In 2009/10, 55.8 percent of households receive remittance.
*Per capita remittance income in 2003/04 was Rs 2,100
*Per capita remittance income in 2009/10 was Rs 11,073
*79 percent of remittance income is used for daily consumption
*Only 2.4 percent is invested for capital formation
*In 2003/04, nominal per capita consumption was Rs 15,848
*In 2009/10, nominal per capita consumption was Rs 34,829
*Per capita consumption share of poorest 10 percent is Rs 11,093
*Per capita consumption share of richest 10 percent is Rs 102,772
*In 1995/96, there were 95.5 males for each 100 females
*In 2003/04, there were 92.6 males for each 100 females
*In 2009/10, there were 85.6 males for each 100 females
*In 2003/04, average household size was 5.3
*In 2009/10, average household size was 4.9
*In 2003/04, 19.6 percent of households were headed by females
*In 2009/10, 26.6 percent of households were headed by females
1. Changunarayan Temple, a World Heritage landmark, is prone to landslide due to rampant mining
2. After last month's fuel tankers strike, now the truckers have gone on strike. Shortage of food commodities start.
3. Yet again, India keep showing Nepal why it hurts to be a landlocked country. Nepalese containers coming through the Kolkata port now face additional problems.
4. Korea has increased the job quota for Nepalese from 7,100 to 10,000 for 2012.
5. Department of Education bans the use of mobile phones in classrooms during class hours.
6. Nepal Telecom refuses to accept Asian Development Bank's subsidy to construct broadband infrastructure. Nepal Telecom says it doesn't need any subsidy to do it.
7. Some yet to be published interesting results from National Living Standard Survey of 2010
*Between 2003/04 and 2009/10, absolute poverty has decreased by 18 percentage points.
*In 2010, population living in absolute poverty is 13 percent.
*Based on current market prices, anyone living below Rs 14,430 per annum income is considered poor (the national definition).
*Kathmandu Valley has the least poverty with only 5 percent of population living under poverty line.
*Taplejung, Khotang and Sankhuwasabha have the highest incidence with 23 percent of population living below the poverty line.
*Gini coefficient in 2010 is 0.35 compared to 0.41 in 2003/04 NLSS.
*Surprising: income inequality between rich and poor has decreased.
*Per capita income of poorest 20 percent of population has increased from Rs 4,003 in 2003/04 to Rs 15,888 in 2009/10. That is a 400 percent increase.
*Per capita income of richest 20 percent of population has increased from Rs 40,486 in 2003/04 to Rs 94,419 in 2009/10. That is a 200 percent increase.
*In 2003/04, 31.9 percent of households received remittance.
*In 2009/10, 55.8 percent of households receive remittance.
*Per capita remittance income in 2003/04 was Rs 2,100
*Per capita remittance income in 2009/10 was Rs 11,073
*79 percent of remittance income is used for daily consumption
*Only 2.4 percent is invested for capital formation
*In 2003/04, nominal per capita consumption was Rs 15,848
*In 2009/10, nominal per capita consumption was Rs 34,829
*Per capita consumption share of poorest 10 percent is Rs 11,093
*Per capita consumption share of richest 10 percent is Rs 102,772
*In 1995/96, there were 95.5 males for each 100 females
*In 2003/04, there were 92.6 males for each 100 females
*In 2009/10, there were 85.6 males for each 100 females
*In 2003/04, average household size was 5.3
*In 2009/10, average household size was 4.9
*In 2003/04, 19.6 percent of households were headed by females
*In 2009/10, 26.6 percent of households were headed by females
Labels: NLSS 2003/04, NLSS 2009/10
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