A NABARD report shows number of agricultural households in Haryana rose from 34% to 58% in 5 yrs up to 2021-22, a sharper increase than in other agrarian states, signaling economic stress.
Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey 2022-23, conducted by NSSO, covered 3.02 lakh Indian households in urban and rural areas between July 2022 and June 2023.
States with lower poor population such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala used relatively higher proportion of MGNREGS funds due to better administration, says survey report.
The highlight of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 is that the share of rural households' expenditure on cereals has fallen below 10% for the first time.
'Overseas Migration from Rural Punjab: Trends, Causes and Consequences’ study by Punjab Agriculture University professors was conducted between 2021-2023. Canada preferred destination for 42%.
From a record-breaking number of households demanding work under the MGNREGS to the stark decline in consumption and FMCG sales — all signs point to a rural livelihood crisis.
As flagship scheme for tap water connection in every home picks up pace, states’ utilisation of funds up too, expecting over Rs 45,000 crore in budget, says drinking water secretary.
The share of traditional moneylenders to rural credit has come down significantly as institutional financing has become more accessible in a post Jan-Dhan account-holding India.
Centre is likely to allocate Rs 2.64 lakh crore in the next budget for the scheme, which will be a joint venture between the central and state governments.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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