Is This the Right Time to Close Down #APMC Mandis Sans Consulting All Stakeholders?

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[1/n]. Despite a far greater decline in vehicle registration in 2020 as compared to 2019, we see a rising trend for growth in vehicle loans in the fortnight ended 25th Sep, 2020 vis-à-vis the fortnight ended 27th Sep, 2019.
URL: bit.ly/3pB1Fx9 @FinMinIndia @bsindia [2/n]. Total no. of vehicles registered in the country was 1.92crore in 2016, 2.09cr. in 2017 (8.63% growth over previous year), 2.27cr. in 2018 (8.87%), 2.15 cr. in 2019 (-5.52 %) and 1.34cr. in 2020 (as on 16th Nov '20).
URL: bit.ly/3pB1Fx9 @FinancialXpress @the_hindu

[1/n]. More than half of #Bihar's (52.5%) population was #MultidimensionallyPoor in 2015-16. #MultidimensionalHeadcountRatio of the state was 77.4% in 2005-06.

URLs: bit.ly/34y6tut ,
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bit.ly/2Tw16FQ [2/n]. Among the states/UTs, #Bihar has the higher #MultidimensionalPovertyIndex (i.e. 0.248). It was 0.449 in 2005-06, highest among the states/UTs.

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bit.ly/31PtebD ,
bit.ly/34z0bed ,
bit.ly/2Tw16FQ @the_hindu

[1/n]. Almost 74.3% of #SouthAsia's #undernourished people resided in #India during 2017-19 as opposed to 78.4% in 2004-06.

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#SOFI2020Report [2/n]. Prevalence of #SevereFoodInsecurity in the country was 15.5% in 2014-16 that climbed up to reach 17.3% in 2017-19.

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bit.ly/2ZSF2cb ;
bit.ly/3kvIRvD ;
bit.ly/2FRnciI ;
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#SOFI2020Report

[1/n]. Kerala (43) had the lowest and Assam had the highest (215) #MaternalMortalityRatio vis-à-vis other states/ UTs during 2016-18

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#InstitutionalDeliveries
#FemaleNutrition
#Pregnancy
#SDGs [2/n]. India's #MaternalMortalityRatio during 2016-18 was 113 maternal deaths per one lakh live births

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#NationalHealthPolicy2017
#SampleRegistrationSystem

[1/n]. #WorkerPopulationRatio according to usual status (ps+ss) among urban males (age group 15-59 years) fell from 74.2% in 2017-18 to 73.7% in 2018-19 i.e. a decline by 0.5 %age points. [2/n]. In other words, it means #ProportionUnemployed went up from 25.8% to 26.3% between those two years for urban males.

[1/n]. State-wise status of #COVID19 outbreak as on 25th Mar, 2020 (till 9.15 am). Source: @MoHFW_INDIA mohfw.gov.in. @nytimes @the_hindu @WHOSEARO @kafila @scroll_in @ravishndtv [2/n]. Most confirmed #coronavirus cases among Indians in Andhra (9), Delhi (30), Gujarat (32), Haryana (14), Karnataka (41), Kerala (101), M.Pradesh (9), Maharashtra (98), Punjab (29), Rajasthan (30), T.Nadu (16), Telangana (25), Ladakh (13), U.Pradesh (34) and W.Bengal (9).

[1/n]. A total of 18,383 samples from 17,493 individuals have been tested by #ICMR for #SARSCoV2 as on 23rd March. 2020 10:00 AM IST. A total of 415 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases. @AltNews @newsclickin [2/n]. It means infection rate of 2.37 percent among the sampled individuals. URL is icmr.nic.in/sites/default/… #COVID19 #Coronavirus @ICMRDELHI @icmr_nims @newslaundry

[1/n]. State-wise status of #COVID19 outbreak as on 22nd March, 2020 (till 6.30 pm). Source: @MoHFW_INDIA mohfw.gov.in.

@businessline @the_hindu @Shambhug @swarajexpresstv @MahilaKisan [2/n]. Most confirmed cases among Indian citizens reported in Delhi (28), Gujarat (18), Karnataka (26), Kerala (45), Maharashtra (64), Punjab (21), Rajasthan (22) and Uttar Pradesh (26).

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 @KiranBissa @dwatchnews @newslaundry

Budgetary allocation for #MGNREGA has been slashed from Rs. 71,002 crore in 2019-20 (Revised Estimates) to Rs. 61,500 crore in 2020-21 (Budget Estimates) viz. a fall of Rs. 9,502 crore (-13.4%). URL is indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Budget_at_… #EffectiveDemand In comparison to #MGNREGA allocation of Rs. 60,000 crore in 2019-20 (B.E.), the rise in allocation in 2020-21 (B.E.) is just by Rs. 1,500 crore (viz. 2.5%). #unionbudget_2020 @newsclickin @sayantanbera @the_hindu @rozi_roti @NREGA_Sangharsh