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Ranking among 10

status symbols

for elite Indians :

1. Edu. Degree
2. Car
9. Job/Business
10. Membership of club

Number of times an average man has

sex in a year

Worldwide : 109
India : 92

Percentage change in the

sperm count

of Indian men since 1986 :

- 30

Chances that

suicides

committed in India on account of
‘Ideological causes/HeroWorship’
occur in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh :

50%

Source: Survey by A&M magazine and AC Nielsen, New Delhi; NationalCrime Records Bureau; Durex-Mode Usage and Attitudes Study on Contraception in India andIRI, Mumbai

Number of years it would take for a rural household in

Bihar

to escape from income
poverty

Scheduled caste/Scheduled tribe : 30
Non-SC/ ST : 2

Percentage of Indians who said they disapprove of

politics ofviolence

1971 : 39
Today : 65

Percentage of Indians who prefer to put their

savings

in:

Banks and FDs: 62
Real estate: 21
Stocks & Shares: 2

Source: Human Development Report, UNDP; Indian Council of SocialScience Research, CSDS; Survey by Sofres-Mode for Intelligent Investor, Mumbai

Number of

wars

India fought in 25 years, from
1947-1972
:

4

Average

annual defence spending

during this period
(1947-72)
:

Rs 600 crores

Number of

wars

India fought during the 25 years from
1973-1998:

0

Average

annual defence spending

during this period
(1973-98)
:

Rs11,500 crores

Number of Indians who have been

displaced by dams

since 1950s:

14-22 million

Percentage of total displaced people who have been

resettled:

25

Source: Budget documents and Reserve Bank of India’s Report onCurrency and Finance ‘State of India’s Environment: the Citizens’ FifthReport,’ Centre for Science and Environment

Change in number of people below

poverty line

of one dollar per day since 1990 : (inmillion)

India : +40
China : -155

Average per capita

cereal consumption

of Indians: ( in Kg)

1950 : 17
Today : 13

People who say they indulge in

physical exercises

in their spare time: ( in per cent)

Indian : 19
Chinese : 34

Source : World Bank Poverty Update 1998, Washington; EPW and NationalSample Survey Organisation; ORG-Marg/ Roper Global Survey, 1998

Percentage of Indian husbands who get upset if their

wives refuse to have sex

58

Percentage of wives who say they are

forced to have sex

with their husbands at times :

23

Percentage of married men who say it is alright to have

sex before marriage

For Sons : 29
For Daughters : 4

Percentage of male and female students who consider it acceptable for a woman to engagein

casual sex

before marriage :

58

Source : Research paper by Mira Savara, C.R. Sridhar and Dr ParagMankekar, Mumbai and ‘University students in Delhi, A study’ by Dr Paul Sachdev,Prof, SSW, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Number of

communal riots

and incidents that have occurred in India since 1950 :

13,000

Percentage of

Muslim victims

in every communal riot :

80

Percentage of Muslims among those

arrested

in communal riots :

90

Percentage of police officials who say they have noticed communal bias in

behaviour ofpolicemen

during a communal riot :

48

Percentage of urban Indians who can be considered

completely healthy

and who adhere torules of good health :

15

Percentage of urban Indians who are

overweight

65

Source : Statement by Dr M. Manzoor Alam, Chairman, Institute ofObjective Studies, New Delhi and Combating Communal Conflicts; ‘Perception of PoliceNeutrality during Hindu-Muslim Riots in India’, Vibhuti Narain Rai, InspectorGeneral, BSF;National Urban Health Survey, New Delhi

Number of

judges

recommended

by Law Commission per million population in 1987:

50

Number of

judges

per million population:

10.5

Cases

pending

in Indian courts:

25 million

Number of

years

it would take Indian courts to clear
existing backlog
if they stoptaking new cases:

324

Percentage of schools in India which are without

drinking water facilities

58

Percentage of schools in India that have

functioning toilets

11

Percentage of schools in India which have

leaking roofs :

66

Source : Statement by the Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand andNewsweek, New York; Public Report on Basic Education, Delhi School of Economics and IndianSocial Institution

Percentage of India’s total

Viagra-like drugs

sold in
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
:

33

Percentage of India’s

total Viagra-like drugs

used by men in the age group of35-55 :

75

Number of men who underwent

vasectomy

for family planning (in million) :

1961 : 0.06
1999 : 0.07

Number of women who underwent

sterilisation

for family planning (in million) :

1961 : 0.10
1999 : 30.2

Source : ORG-Marg findings quoted in The Economic Times, Mumbai;National Population Commission, New Delhi

Percentage of

students

who say they have already experienced
pre-marital sex
:

Male Students : 25
Female Students : 20

Ratio of

Uttar Pradesh

population to entire population of
Pakistan
:

1:1

Out of 100 persons living on the Earth, Three are from

Uttar Pradesh

Percentage of Indian married women who need

permission to go to themarket

68

Percentage of Indian married women who do not have

any access to money

which they canuse as they wish:

40

Source : Research paper by Mira Savara, C.R. Sridhar and Dr ParagMankekar, Mumbai and study by Dr Paul Sachdev; Second National Family Health Survey, NewDelhi; Census of India 2001

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