Livelihoods Update: 28 August 2023

94.8% of minor irrigation schemes of India’s total 23.14 million schemes, depend heavily on groundwater: Irrigation Census Data.

178 bird species are now in ‘high conservation priority’: State of Indian Birds Report 2023.

Tamil Nadu Government extends State Government’s Breakfast scheme to cover 31,008 Government Primary schools and 17 lakh students.

The PM Jan Dhan scheme now has more than 500 million Indians covered, with Rs. 2.03 lakh crore deposits till 18th August 2023.

PM Modi sent out more than 51,000 appointment letters via video conferencing to new recruits, as part of the 8th Rozgar Mela.

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