Livelihoods Update: 10 Mar 2025

More than 89 million women remained out of the labour market in 2023-24, despite a 10% rise in urban women’s employment in the past 6 years, of which 19 million have graduate level education: Study.

 

 

India is 2nd in the world in all time funding of Women Led Tech Startups, with capital of 26 billion$, and the highest amount raised being 6.3 billion$ in 2021.

 

67% of dialysis patients are men, while women are 73% of the living kidney donors: Study.

 

The Rural Development Ministry has asked for extra funds for schemes, as current expenditure under MGNREGS has reached 106% of the available funds, with Rs. 82,963 crore already spent.

 

India’s senior citizen population is expected to grow from 157 million in 2024 to 346 million by 2050, becoming 20.6% of India’s total population: Study.

 

Livelihoods Update: 10 Mar 2025

 

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