Livelihoods Update: 09 Jun 2025

India has lifted 269 million people from extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23, bringing the extreme poverty rate down from 27.1% to 5.3%: Study.

 

Women from the Chizami Community Seed Bank, Nagaland are the guardians of 156 traditional seed varieties including rice, millets, beans, vegetables, herbs and tubers.

 

The number of youth trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, since its inception in 2015, has crossed 1.63 crore.

 

The Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, that will take Shubhanshu Shukla, Indian Gaganyatri, has been postponed to 5:30 PM on 11th June, due to bad weather conditions.

 

India’s gig workforce is expected to grow to 62 million by 2047, becoming 15% of India’s non-agricultural workforce: Study.

 

Livelihoods Update: 09 Jun 2025