-The Times of India Ahmedabad: Of the state's 6.04 crore people, nearly 3.57 crore do not work. Most of those who don't hold a job handle household duties. These numbers emerge from the data of 2011 census. Data indicates that job seekers account for only 3.57% of the 3.57 crore non-working population of Gujarat. Thus the state has the lowest number of job seekers, in terms of percentage, in the country. According to...
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Five charts on the state of India’s housing sector -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Majority in India own a house, but that does not mean opulence like it would mean in an advanced country A year ago, the Union cabinet gave its approval to the “Housing for all by 2022” mission with a special focus on providing affordable housing to economically weaker sections in urban areas. While it is still early days to assess the scheme’s progress, what exactly is the housing situation in...
More »Bundelkhand's Roti Bank now feeds twice a day -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Within a year of its inception, Mahoba's Roti Bank has grown. It now takes home-cooked rotis and vegetable to almost 1,000 persons twice a day. A humble beginning by group of 40 youths and five elders in April 2015 under the aegis of Bundeli Samaj, roti bank has turned into a model for many do-gooders across India. "We get at least 2-3 calls everyday from people who...
More »Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan lag in curbing infant deaths -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The steady decline in infant deaths in Indian states appears to be faltering in some while progressing well in others, according to fresh data for 2014 released by the Census office based on an annual sample survey. Some of the more backward states like Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh did well in bringing down infant deaths, but Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand showed an alarming...
More »State action vital to end social exclusion, says new report
Although public goods are meant for everyone to enable living life with human dignity, certain groups are systematically deprived to access them, says a new report from the Centre for Equity Studies -- a NGO based in Delhi. Put differently, not all sections of the society are able to access or enjoy public goods and services on an equal footing, despite social justice being one of the key provisions of...
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