Amazon has signed a 30 million$ deal to purchase carbon credits from Indian rice farmers, involving…
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Livelihoods Update 20th April 2026
Only 6% of Indian farmers benefit from MSP, and 90% of procurement happens in only 3…
Livelihoods Update 13th April 2026
Extreme climate weather events in India have pushed 5 million people into poverty in the past…
Livelihoods Update 10th April 2026
25% of Indians below 30 years of age are now clinically obese, a 10% increase over…
Livelihoods Update 9th April 2026
60% of Dalit households are now landless. The top 10% wealthiest people of India own 44%…
Livelihoods Update 8th April 2026
India had 17,000 childhood cancer deaths in 2023: Lancet study on the Global Burden of Disease…
Livelihoods Update 7th April 2026
Unseasonal rains in North India, has affected 15% of total sown area of 34 million hectares,…
Livelihoods Update 24th March 2026
India’s under-5 mortality rate has fallen from 127 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 26.6…
Livelihoods Update 11th March 2026
A sustained 50$ per barrel increase in oil prices would wipe out more than 2% of…
Livelihoods Update 27th Feb 2026
24% of India’s household tap water samples failed microbiological standards. 73% of households drink this water,…