Livelihoods Update 21st Aug 2025

The Lok Sabha passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which bans processing payments for real money gaming platforms, and punishes offenders by fines of Rs. 1 crore and imprisonment of up to 3 years.

 

Dairy contributes 25% of India’s Food & Beverage sector, by producing 1/4th of world’s milk worth ₹12 trillion with 17 million farmers in 235,000 villages: Study.

 

The Group of Ministers of GST rate rationalisation, has agreed to reduce the GST slabs to 2 rates except the 40% levy on sin goods and luxury products.

 

The Indian Railways received 1,00,280 complaints about water non-availability in toilets and wash basins in 2022-23, of which 33.84% weren’t resolved within expected time: Study.

 

Indian users spent an additional 68 billion hours on entertainment apps, and 50 billion hours on social media, in 2024, as compared to 2023, with 34% of their time spent on apps being involved in gaming: Study.

 

Livelihoods Update 21st Aug 2025