Facts every Indian should know

Some of the facts that I came to know after reading that article


India has 45,000 historically significant buildings and sites that do not figure on any list. Only 5,000 are protected by the ASI, another 3,000 by state governments.

Even if every couple decided to stop at two children, our population would overtake China's in 10 years.

When the sun goes down, more than 84 million homes begin their long day's journey into night. 90% of the 17 million homes in Bihar have no electricity.

Five million Indians travel abroad every year. Only 2.3 million foreigners return the favour, a million less than in diminutive Sri Lanka.

Of every Re 1 meant for development, only 12 paise reach the intended recipient in India. Eighty-eight paise are lost in transmission

630 million litres of untreated sewage flows into the Yamuna every day.

Delhi alone has one lakh beggars.

Ten million children work and sleep on the streets every day.

The Tirupati temple's annual income from offerings is Rs 300 crore. The Ramakrishna Mission makes Rs 150 crore.

60% of criminal cases in India do not end in a verdict because witnesses turn hostile.
there are just 10.5 judges for every million people.

Traffic snarls. Over 8,000 policemen in Delhi on the VIP beat. Rs 100 crore spent each year to shadow the prime minister and former prime ministers.

An MP gets Rs 2 crore a year for developing his constituency. Till 2002, Rs 9,780 crore was released under the MP Local Area Development Scheme. Only 64 per cent was used.

In India a woman is raped every hour. Even if a rape is proved, the sentence ranges from one to 10 years.

In India, road accidents are the No. 1 killer of those under 40. One person dies on the road every 12 minutes. And most deaths occur within the first 60 minutes.