Districts had a major drop in performance in school education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Punjab shows marginal improvement: Performance Grading Index for Districts.
More than 17% of India’s rural population still practises open defecation, and 25% doesn’t even have basic sanitation facilities: WHO-UNICEF’s Joint Monitoring Programme Report for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene for Households for 2022.
NITI Aayog focussed on bringing reforms into agriculture, liberalising agriculture and changing regulations to boost farmers’ income.
Punjab Agriculture University developed a new variety of wheat, which reduces blood sugar and risks of Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
8 days of monsoon have wiped out rainfall deficit of India, but many regions are facing under and extreme rainfall due to regional variations.
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