Livelihoods Update 17 February 2026

Only 54.81% of Indian graduates meet industry employability standards, due to lack of soft skills, adaptability and workplace readiness: India Skills Report 2025.

 

49% of the world’s cancer cases are due to modifiable risk factors like tobacco, alcohol, obesity, infections and air pollution: Study.

 

Andhra Pradesh’s 2026-27 agriculture budget, has allocated Rs. 14,277 crore for irrigation, Rs. 13,722 crore for free power, Rs. 6,600 crore for Annadata Sukhibhava scheme, Rs.1,124 crore for horticulture, Rs. 1,121 crore for animal husbandry and Rs. 524 crore for fisheries.

 

Indian news outlets provide the most substantive climate-health reporting, amongst the USA, India and China. 46.4% of Indian articles provided substantive health framing, as compared to 31.3% in USA and 17% in China: Study.

 

China, Indonesia, India, USA, Thailand and Brazil together generate 61% of the world’s cropland greenhouse-gas emissions. Rice generates 43% of the world’s cropland emissions: Study.

 

India’s wholesale price inflation rose to a 10-month high of 1.81% in Jan 2026, up from 0.83% in Dec, due to rise in inflation in manufactured products, basic metals and food articles.

Livelihoods Update 17 February 2026

 

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