“Climate change can force 216 million people to migrate within their
own countries by 2050
Lessons on Education Recovery report by UNICEF, UNESCO, World
Bank and OECD: It documents the steps that have been taken to overcome
the backlog of learning. Nearly 41% of countries have extended the
academic year. 42 % of countries have prioritized certain curriculum areas or
skills. Over 2/3rd of countries have implemented remedial measures to
address learning gaps.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MOLE) launched the E-
Shram, the web portal for creating a National Database of Unorganized
Workers (NDUW), which will be seeded with Aadhaar. It aims to register 38
crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant
workforce, street vendors etc
According to the International Labour Organization, around 330,000
new jobs could be created in the renewables sector by 2022 and more than
24 million new jobs by 2030.
As per the 2011 Census, there are 4.8 million transgender persons in
India. They have a literacy rate of just 46%, compared to 74% of the general
population.
(CMIE) shows that the unemployment rate has increased from around 7%
in July to 8.3% for August 2021.
What is the status of inequality in gender?
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR): According to the global Sustainable Development
Goals target, all countries are expected to have an MMR below 70. But the MMR in 456
out of 640 districts of India is above 140 per lakh live births.
The Global Gender Gap Index, produced by the World Economic Forum, India’s
position fell from 98 in 2006 to 135 in 2022. On the sub-indices, a) On economic
participation, India fell from 110 in 2006 to 151 in 2021, b) In health and survival, it
slipped from 103 in 2006 to 155 in 2021.
Crime against women: The reported Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes against women
as a proportion of total IPC crimes increased steadily between 1990 and 2019.
The article compares the present development with the
national income at the time of independence. It
highlights the lacunas in the growth patterns of India.
During the period 1900-01 to 1946-47, national income growth was 1% per
annum and per capita income growth was 0.2% per annum.
(1) During the period 1950-51 to 2019-20, India has restored economic
autonomy and enabled India to pursue its national development
objectives. For Example, the GDP has multiplied by just over 29, which
means it has doubled every 14 years and the GDP per capita has multiplied
by almost 8, which means it has doubled every 24 years.
(2) India’s rapid economic growth since 1980 has led to a substantial
reduction in absolute poverty.
According to NITI Aayog, “600 million people in India face high to
extreme water stress… with nearly 70% of water being
contaminated; India is placed at 120th amongst 122 countries in the
water quality index”.
Overall, the World Bank reported in 2013 that India was losing 5.7% of its GDP
due to environmental damage
According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), data
localisation laws have more than doubled from 2017 to 2021
World Inequality Report 2022 says that the top 1% of India held 22% of the total national
income as of 2021, and the top 10% owned 57% of the income
The Anganwadi system, part of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS),
at present serves over 30 million children in the age group of 3-6 in 1.3 million
centres across the country
The G20 membership represents nearly 90% of the world’s GDP, 80% of
global trade, and 67% of the planet’s population.
The Indian food security programme, for example, has over 800 million beneficiaries being
provided heavily subsidised food
grain under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The NFSA is the
world’s largest food security programme. About 120 million children are provided free lun
ch under the MidDay Meal Scheme. In addition, some 50 million people
benefit from the free meals programme run by a few State governments.
