Livelihoods Update 14 September 2023

The Central Government officially launched the ‘Skill India Digital Platform’ which will cover all skilling programmes, and give skill development options and entrepreneurship skills and support to the general public.

 

There are 150 Elephant corridors in India, and West Bengal tops the list of elephant corridors having 26 of them (17%): Report.

 

India created 5.3 crore new formal jobs between FY 20 and FY 23, and net created 2.7 crore jobs: Data.

 

A strong link exists between low learning and dropouts. Due to low learning, the rates of early marriage and leaving school to join work also rise: Study.

 

The Earth has broken 6 out of 9 planetary boundaries which maintain the Earth’s stability: Report.

 

Livelihoods Update 14 September 2023