-The Hindu Business Line The latest PLFS report shows that urban India has recouped jobs lost during Covid, but there are some structural shifts As Covid wanes, India’s high-frequency Indicators suggest that economic activity is normalising quickly, with high-contact services such as trade, hospitality and travel being the latest to revive. NSO’s latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the April-June quarter of 2022 shows that the growth revival is reflecting in...
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Why Delhi’s Sex Ratio Ranks Among The Worst In India -Eisha Hussain
-Behanbox.com New Delhi: The sex ratio of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has been consistently skewed over three decades, shows a BehanBox analysis. The reason for this lies in the Capital’s location, right in the middle of a “cultural and geographical continuum” where gender preferential practices are rampant, say demographic experts. Delhi’s sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men, as per the latest and fifth round of National Family Health...
More »Realistic analysis shows that the Indian economy has simply taken little steps in Q1 instead of a quantum leap
There is euphoria abound about India's growth performance during the first quarter of the current fiscal. As compared to the corresponding period last year, the year-on-year (y-o-y) GDP growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022-23 is down. However, one should take into account the fact that the high growth performance of the real GDP in Q1 of 2021-22 was due to the low base in the corresponding period of...
More »‘Want MNREGA Funds? Show You Acted on 5 Indicators’: Rural Devpt Ministry Reminds States -Pragya Kaushika
-News18.com The Ministry of Rural Development has written to all states reminding them that they need to furnish action taken reports showing compliance to the Indicators set by the ministry to avail funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MNREGA). “The assessment of the compliance with the Indicators brought in to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of MNREGA funds will be done in October,” said Giriraj...
More »Dr R Hemalatha, Director of ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, interviewed by Archana Jyoti (The Pioneer)
-The Pioneer Every year, India observes September as Poshan Maah (nutritional month) to raise awareness about proper eating habits and also about nutrition. Speaking to ARCHANA JYOTI, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition Director, Dr R Hemalatha, discusses in length about the nutrition landscape of India, the proposed revision of the dietary guidelines, the need for increased focus on maternal nutrition and the reasons behind India's sluggish performance on key maternal and child...
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