Friday, March 18, 2011

Seismic Zoning and Nuke plants

Map below shows the location of operational and under constructional power plants as regrd to the earth quake zoning (seismic zones ).


As seen from above, Jaithapur power palnt falls in zone iv , which had created lot of uproar in the area. Other places are relatively safe if this is accurate enough. India should take detailed study about its site worthiness before venturing into new projects.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

New Methodology to Assess Price Index

CSO has released a new CPI index with 2010 as base year. see the report here

The report states that urban spends more on housing (22 % ) , education and transport than their rural counterpart. They also spend more on recreation than rural. Rural people's doesnt cost or costs less .

surprisingly, fuel % is more for rural than the urban , though in actual value urban may spend more.

rural spends more on food, fuel and health.

Interestingly, both use same % for alcoholic beverages.


New series of CPI-- All India weights





Sub group/group
Rural
Urban
Combined    (Rural+Urban)
Cereals and products
19.08
8.73
14.59
Pulses and products
3.25
1.87
2.65
Milk and milk products
8.59
6.61
7.73
Oils and fats
4.67
2.89
3.90
Egg, fish and meat
3.38
2.26
2.89
Vegetables
6.57
3.96
5.44
Fruits
1.90
1.88
1.89
Sugar etc
2.41
1.26
1.91
Condiments and spices
2.13
1.16
1.71
Non- alcoholic beverages
2.04
2.02
2.03
Prepared meals etc
2.57
3.17
2.83
Pan, tobacco  and Intoxicants
2.73
1.35
2.13
Food, beverages and tobacco
59.31
37.15
49.71




Fuel and light
10.42
8.40
9.49




Clothing and bedding
4.60
3.34
4.05
Footwear
0.77
0.57
0.68

Clothing, bedding and footwear
5.36
3.91
4.73




Housing

22.53
9.77




Education
2.71
4.18
3.35
Medical care
6.72
4.34
5.69
Recreation and amusement
1.00
1.99
1.43
Transport and communication
5.83
9.84
7.57
Personal care and  effects
3.05
2.74
2.92
Household requisites
4.48
3.92
4.30
Others
1.12
0.99
1.06
Miscellaneous
24.91
28.00
26.31




All Groups
100.00
100.00
100.00

Just have a look @ this

another SI unit that comes in newspaper after fukshima reactor disaster - sievert

Amendement in constitutution for GST on roll here

coverup of 2010-2011 protest in wiki

Another perspective to fix balance between free power and power crisis