​Cultivating Progress: Enhancing Innovations in Rural India

  • The national multi dimensional poverty index reveals a substantial reduction in poverty rates from 32.59% in 2015-16 to 19.28% in 2019-21.
  • This decline is attributed to targeted government initiatives like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and Saubhagya Scheme for rural electrification.
  • Approximately 35.5% children of children under 5 years are stunted due to malnutrition.
  • The rural unemployment rate is too low at 2.4% in 2022-23 indicating the need for more robust employment opportunities.
  • The Swachh Bharat Mission has enhanced sanitation facilities with over 1,00,000 villages declaring themselves open defecation free (ODF). ....
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