Daily Practice Sheet 28 November 2021

Here are the key findings:

One in every four people in India was multidimensional poor.

Health

Some 37.6 per cent Indian households are deprived of healthy nutrition levels. A household is considered deprived if any child between the ages of 0 and 59 months, or woman between the ages of 15 and 49 years, or man between the ages of 15 and 54 years — for whom nutritional information is available — is found to be undernourished.
Some 2.7 per cent households have reported child and adolescent mortality. A household is deprived if any child or adolescent under 18 years of age has died in the household in the five-year period preceding the survey.
Some 22.6 per cent households have been deprived of maternal health. A household is deprived if any woman in the household who has given birth in the five years preceding the survey has not received at least four antenatal care visits for the most recent birth or has not received assistance from trained skilled medical personnel during the most recent childbirth.

Education

At least 13.9 per cent households have a member aged 10 years or older who has not completed six years of schooling. At least 6.4 per cent households have a school-aged child not attending school up to the age at which he / she would complete class 8.

Standard of Living

At least 58.5 per cent households have dung, agricultural crops, shrubs, wood, charcoal or coal as their primary source of cooking fuel. At least 52 per cent households are with unimproved or no sanitation facility or are sharing their resources with other households.
At least 14.6 per cent households do not have access to improved drinking water or safe drinking water is more than a 30-minute walk from home (as a round trip).

CSE MAINS 2021

Discuss the role of interest groups in policy making with example of farmers association.

GS 1: Society

GS 2: Polity

“Incidence and intensity of poverty are most important in determining poverty based on income alone”. In this context analyze the latest NITI Aayog Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index report. [Reference: Business-Standard]

GS 3: Economy