271 million fewer poor people in India The 2018 Multidimensional Poverty Index provides the most comprehensive view of the many ways in which 1.3 billion people worldwide experience poverty in their daily life. In 10 years, India has nearly halved its number of multidimensional poor – a massive gain. India has made momentous progress in […]
Read MoreWe need to address the issue of slower growth in our poorer States India, as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, may well be catching up with the richer economies in terms of absolute size. But economic convergence within the country remains a distant dream as poorer States continue to lag behind the richer ones in […]
Read MoreThe number of young women who are not in education, employment and training in India is very high India’s employment generation in the last five years has remained weak. According to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index Baseline Report by NITI Aayog, 64 per 1,000 persons appear to be unemployed in the working age […]
Read MoreIndia has the technological capacity, the financial resources, and the need for a simple, transparent basic income scheme In 2010-2013, I was principal designer of three basic income pilots in West Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, in which over 6,000 men, women and children were provided with modest basic incomes, paid in cash, monthly, without conditions. […]
Read MoreIndia’s unprecedented economic growth during the last two decades has been spearheaded by lopsided spatial development, with clusters of economic activity concentrated in a few highly dense megacities. Engines of growth have failed to spread to less dense secondary cities. Given that a majority of the population in India still lives outside megacities, this has […]
Read MoreIn addition to reforming the credit system, agriculture should be made profitable Rural agrarian distress is firmly at the centre of the national discourse today, triggered by the recent Assembly election results in the Hindi heartland as well as continuous farmer agitations in the past two years (picture). Just a month ago, the farmers’ march […]
Read More15th Finance Commission reviews India’s Health Sector The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC) led by the Chairman Shri N.K. Singh, on 19th December 2018, held a meeting on with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare including the Union Minster of Health Shri J.P. Nadda, Ministresof State, Health Shri A.K. Choubey and Smt. Anupriya Patel. At the meeting […]
Read MoreVice President calls for new strategies to tackle malnutrition Scientists working in the fields of health, agriculture and nutrition must work together and exchange knowledge: Vice President India needs to focus both on food security as well as nutrition security; Prioritize the elimination of the triple burden of malnutrition; under-nutrition, over-nutrition and micronutrients deficiencies; Rise […]
Read MoreShyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) is under implementation across the country. The Mission has progressed since the launch in 2016. Out of the mandated 300 clusters, 295 clusters have been identified and approved across 29 States and 6 Union Territories. SPMRM was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister […]
Read MoreGlobal Nutrition Report 2018 The national framework to improve nutrition for children must be upgraded on priority The health, longevity and well-being of Indians has improved since Independence, and the high levels of economic growth over the past two-and-half-decades have made more funds available to spend on the social sector. Yet, the reality is that […]
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