2001 Census conducted enumeration of slum population for the first time in the country. The Census of India, 2001 conducted the enumeration of slum population of 640 cities/towns with a population of 50,000 or more spread across 26 States/ Union Territories. This enumeration reported slum population of 42.6 million constituting 23.1 percent of the population of 640 cities/towns.

11th Mumbai International Film Festival to begin from February Receives 864 Entries From 37 Countries

The 11th edition of M.I.F.F. (Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films) organized by the Films Division will be held from 3rd to 9th February, 2010 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, Mumbai.

As per existing scheme of Science Centres and Museums, new centres/museums are taken up where the State Government provides unencumbered land at a mutually acceptable location and agrees to bear 50 percent share of the capital cost.

Work at the following Science Centres is presently under way: -

The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards – 2009 on the following persons :-

The Government is proposing Emigration Management Bill, 2009 to replace the existing Emigration Act, 1983- Dr. Moily, Law Minister