Friday Factly 25 September 2020

General Studies – 2

• A 100 Kcal of energy from fruits costs five times that from rice — but they are also 20 per cent more expensive than even the western world. 
• Based on a NIN-ICMR report of 2019, I estimate that Indians eat only 32 grams of fruit a day versus the recommended amount of 100 grams.

Health Expenditure

• Public expenditure in health in India is 0.9% to 1.28% GDP.
• It is one of the lowest in the world.
• In fact, this is less than the average of the poorest countries in the world at 1.6%.

Hunger and Malnutrition:

• In terms of overall undernutrition, 14 % of the population doesn’t get enough calories.
• 35% of children are stunted. This was 54% in 2000.
• 17% of under 5 children are wasted. This is highest in the world.
• 42% of adolescent girls have low BMI and 56% anemic.
• 27% of girls married before age.

General Studies – 3

Debt:

• The IMF projects the fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP in emerging markets and middle-income economies (EMMIEs) as a group to rise from 4.9 per cent in 2019 to 10.7 per cent in 2020 

Rural Economy:

• Rural economy contributes 25-30% to the GDP.

MSME:

• Share in national gross value added is about 32%.
• Provide employment to about 111 million workers.
• Share of MSME-related products in exports was about 48% during 2018-19.
• The government is gearing to increase their contribution in the gross value added to 50%, and in exports to 75%.