The Niti Aayog recently released its National Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023, according to which the poverty headcount ratio declined from 24.85 percent in 2015-16 to 14.96 percent in 2019-21. In absolute numbers this translates to 135 million people exiting multidimensional poverty in this time period. In addition, a few days earlier, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its own Multidimensional Poverty Index, which in a press note said that,...
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Govt in advanced stage to launch Rs 3,500-crore PLI scheme for toy sector -Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Business Standard Dept in advanced inter-ministerial talks; schemes for Bicycles, footwear to follow The industry department is in the advanced stage of inter-ministerial consultation for launching a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for both traditional and mechanical toys worth Rs 3,500 crore, which will be followed by PLI schemes for Bicycles and footwear. “Discussions for PLI for toys are at an advanced stage. PLIs for Bicycles and footwear are also under formulation,” a government...
More »Women’s lives get harder in Bundelkhand as water scarcity grows -Jigyasa Mishra
-TheThirdPole.net Up to 70% of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to one NGO estimate Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks half a kilometre to a house with a private borewell. “Getting water is the first thing I do,” Kamlawati says. “I carry one water container on my head and a second...
More »Bicycles left behind by migrant workers during Covid lockdown auctioned for ₹21 lakh -S Raju
-Hindustan Times During the Covid pandemic-induced lockdown in early 2020, nearly 25,000 migrant workers reached Saharanpur on Bicycles while heading back to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar from their places of work in Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Meerut: The Saharanpur district administration has auctioned 5,400 Bicycles left behind by migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar while rushing home during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of...
More »Amid Ukraine crisis, Punjab exporters stare at Rs.500-crore losses -Aneesha Sareen Kumar
-Hindustan Times Russia-Ukraine war has hit the industry badly with several exporters across the state staring at losses in crores. Exporters in Punjab are staring at nearly Rs. 500-crore losses due to delayed payments Ludhiana: The Russia-Ukraine war has hit the industry badly with several exporters across the state staring at losses in crores. Not only are huge consignments of goods such as hosiery items, Bicycle parts, tyres and rice stranded at...
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