Livelihoods Update 14 February 2024

India is 7th in the world in terms of facing shortage of talent, with 81% employers facing issues in finding skilled manpower: ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey.

 

The Rural Development Minister launched the ‘Smart Gram Panchayat: Revolution towards Digitization of Gram Panchayat’, to digitally empower rural India.

 

India Protection Index reached 45, up from 43 in the last Index, showing India has greater awareness and adoption of life insurance policies.

 

51% of the time, people check their smartphones without knowing why they did it: Boston Consulting India Report.

 

69.3% of cats and dogs in India are homeless, with 60 million homeless pets in India living on the streets: State of Pet Homelessness Project.

 

Livelihoods Update 14 February 2024

 

 

 

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