Livelihoods Update 31st Oct 2025

Heat stress has reduced the productivity of India’s migrant workers by 10% in the last 40 years: Study.

 

46.5% of Indians tested are vitamin D deficient, 26% have insufficient levels, totaling nearly three-quarters of tested individuals: Study.

 

5.31% of agricultural workers in Tamil Nadu have chronic kidney disease. Lack of education, anaemia and smokeless tobacco use, and prolonged outdoor work are major risk factors: Study.

 

Himachal Pradesh Rural Development Department and the Jal Shakti Vibhag have partnered up, to co-treat faecal sludge in 22 Sewage Treatment Plants in the State.

 

The Pudukottai Administration, Tamil Nadu will employ workers under MGNREGS, to raise 1 lakh tree seedlings of native species, at a cost of Rs. 73.91 lakh.

 

India’s GST revenues have risen 9.1% year-on-year, with September collections rising to Rs. 1.89 lakh crore, despite the rate cuts on 99% of taxed items: Study.

 

Livelihoods Update 31st Oct 2025