Digital Population Clock

About Digital Population Clock:

• It will access real-time estimates of Karnataka’s and population of India.
• The project was jointly taken up by ISEC, and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
• It would update the figures of the state’s population for every 1.10 minute (one minute 10 seconds) and the country’s population at every two seconds.
• It aims to increase awareness of population dynamics and provide accurate data for research.
• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is installing similar clocks in 18 Population Research Centres across India.
• The clock has been equipped with a satellite connection for precise timekeeping. It operates autonomously with all necessary components integrated into the system
• It is also equipped with state-of-the-art software and tools to facilitate detailed demographic studies.
• Significance: The clock will play a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of population trends.
• The new census data research workstation would further strengthen the academic research, policy analysis, and capacity building in population studies.

Q1: What is the Institute For Social And Economic Change?

The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) is an All India Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Training in the Social Sciences, established in 1972 by the late Professor V K R V Rao. It is registered as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, to create a blend of field-oriented empirical research and advances in social science theories leading to better public policy formulation.

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