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A report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released last week said the number of people living in multidimensional poverty fell to 16.4% of India's population in 2021 from 55% in ...
The National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD) is an Indian autonomous institute under NITI Aayog and the Government of India. [1]It was established in 1962 as the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, to serve as a center for ideas and policy research on human capital development. [2]
The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) under the NITI Aayog is responsible for evaluations. [15] Evaluation problems exist. [15] Ministries such as the transport ministry can show immediate physical outcomes of its schemes whereas in health related schemes, in certain cases, there is no output to show for. [15]
Sixteenth Finance Commission is the Finance Commission constituted by the Government of India under Article 280 of Constitution. Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as the Chief of the Commission with the main task of determining revenue sharing between Central Government and State Government for a period of five years from April 1, 2026.
The International Labour Organization in its report India Employment Report 2024: Youth Employment, Education and Skills states that the average earning of regular salaried workers (Rs 19,010) was considerably higher than those of self-employed (Rs 11,973) and casual (Rs 8,267) workers in 2022.
On July 17, 2023, Niti Aayog reported a significant reduction in the proportion of poor people in the country, declining from 24.8% to 14.9% during the period from 2015–16 to 2019–21. This improvement was attributed to advancements in nutrition, years of schooling, sanitation, and the availability of subsidized cooking fuel. [15]
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY; lit. ' Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme ', Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY lit. ' Live Long India Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme '), also colloquially known as Modicare, [2] [3] is a national public health insurance scheme of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income ...
The report "Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj" by Thomas Piketty and colleagues highlights several important aspects of inequality in India. By 2022-23, the top 1% of the population controlled 22.6% of the national income and 40.1% of the nation's wealth, marking historically unprecedented levels.