Livelihoods Update: 23 June 2025

Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar, has raised Bihar’s Social Security Scheme pension amount from Rs. 400 p.m. to Rs. 1,100 p.m. benefiting 1,09,69,255 beneficiaries.

 

The Renewable Energy Ministry has launched a scheme to boost rooftop solar installations and boost India’s renewable energy ecosystem, at a cost of Rs. 2.3 crores.

 

Tripura has become India’s 3rd fully literate State, reaching a literacy rate of 95%: Tripura CM.

 

Limiting MGNREGS expenditure will hurt tribal communities, since they depend heavily on the scheme during the lean agricultural season: Experts.

 

Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average land and oceans, due to widespread and prolonged heat waves: Study

 

Livelihoods Update: 23 June 2025