Akshara Livelihoods

India's power consumption will grow rapidly, with the air conditioners alone expected to consume more power than all of Mexico, by 2035: Study. The global hydrological cycle has gone out of balance for the first time in human history, Northwest India & Northeast China & South and East Europe are at the greatest risk: Study. More than 1.1 billion people across the world live in acute poverty, with India topping the list with 234 million people living in extreme poverty: Study. The Labour and Employment Ministry will launch a policy to give social security benefits to gig and platform workers by Feb 2025. The Supreme Court adjudged that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act will prevail over personal laws, to ensure that children have the free will to get a partner of their choice. #LivelihoodsUpdate #India #China #Europe #HydrologicalCycle #Power #Electricity #AirConditioners #GlobalWarming #Poverty #ExtremePoverty #GigWorkers #GigEconomy #SocialSecurity #ChildMarriage #Children

Yogakshemam 121024 Into longest transition What do we take forward into the next transition, probably the longest? A sense of purpose, meaning, focus, realizing maximum potential, happiness et al. A deep gratitude to life so far, the people who made that, the experiences. An established identity, pehchaan, credibility, solidarity group-teams, and capacities harnessable. A freedom to embrace and work towards the deepest aspirations. https://lnkd.in/gC3TE8cN #Yogakshemam #DevelopmentWorker #Navaratri #Vijayadasami #Dussehra #Dasara #DurgaPuja #Ramlila #GokarakondaNagaSaibaba #Business #Conglomerates #Work #SenseofPurpose #Happiness #Content #Emotions #DunningKrugerEffect #varishtayoga

India has achieved a milestone of installing 4 lakh rooftop solar units, under the PM Kisan Surya Ghar Yojana. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has raised MSP for wheat, barley, gram, lentil, rapeseed & mustard, and safflower. Poor households across the world lose 5% of their total average yearly income, due to heat stress, and 4.4% due to floods, as compared to those who are better off: Study. 44% Indians consider the right age to start retirement planning is before 35 years of age: India Retirement Index Study. Hypertension and diabetes are the reason for 68% of all chronic diseases in India. Cardiovascular diseases, mental health disorders, diabetes and cancer are the major causes of death and disability in India: Fedo Vitals Report. #LivelihoodsUpdate #India #CabinetCommitteeonEconomicAffairs #MSP #Wheat #Barley #Gram #Lentil #Mustard #Safflower #Farmers #Agriculture #RooftopSolar #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #HeatStress #Floods #Poverty #Retirement #RetirementPlanning #ChronicDiseases #AirPollution #CardiovascularDiseases #MentalHealth #Diabetes #Cancer #Hyptertension #Malnutrition #AirPollution #HighBloodPressure #Cholestrol #Obesity #health

Yogakshemam 111024 Wait to blink Can we stop/delay blinking first? Can we write down and work on our plans? Can we see ‘nature’ outside, inside? Can we smile? Can we think fast, speak slow? Can we be quiet, when we have an opportunity? Can we enjoy moments of loneliness? Can we be fair? Can we be intense? https://lnkd.in/g5kBVjay #Yogakshemam #DevelopmentWorker #VimlaPandit #Femina #NobelPrize #HanKang #SouthKorea #India #DoPT #IAS #IPS #Telangana #AndhraPradesh #NewEducationPolicy #Gurukulam #NavodayaSchools #YoungIndiaIntegratedResidentialSchools #NoelTata #TataGroup #VenuSrinivasan #VijaySingh #MehliMistry #NITIAayog #APCNF #NMNF #NaturalFarming #Farmers #Agriculture #yaanayoga

If plant diversity in agriculture is increased, carbon sequestration i.e. carbon storage in soil also increases: Helsinki University Study. Indians living in extreme poverty have fallen from 431 million in 1990 to 129 million in 2024, at an income of less than Rs. 181 per day: World Bank Report. 2 billion women and girls worldwide, don't have access to any social protection, like cash benefits, unemployment insurance, pensions or healthcare: UN Women Report. The Central Government issued detailed guidelines to stop greenwashing and misleading environmental claims by companies. Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, as the National Conference-Congress Alliance took power. #LivelihoodsUpdate #India #ExtremePoverty #WorldBank #Diversity #Agriculture #Farmers #CarbonSequestration #Women #Greenwashing #MisleadingEnvironmentalClaims #OmarAbdullah #JammuKashmir #NationalConference #Congress

Yogakshemam 091024 Realizing possibilities Mental health. A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities and can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community, according to WHO. https://lnkd.in/gUJPwkW6 #Yogakshemam #DevelopmentWorker #NobelPrize #VictorAmbros #GaryRuvkun #MicroRNA #PostTranscripturalGeneRegulation #RatanTata #TataTrusts #TataSons #CornellUniversity #Philanthropy #MentalHealth #Health #Meditation #hrdayayoga

Groundwater reserves are falling due to farm subsidies, which is making agriculture non sustainable in the long term. Odisha topped the National Water Awards 2023, due to setting up more than 21,000 water treatment plants, and converting 90,900 hectares into micro irrigation systems. The Skill Development Ministry and Meta are working together to launch an AI Assistant for the Skill India Mission, and to establish 5 Centres of Excellence in Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality. Cancer cases and deaths will rise by 12.8% from 2022 to 2045 in India: Study. The Central Government will soon begin to re-evaluate the MGNREGA scheme, to find out its impact on the ground level. #LivelihoodsUpdate #India #Odisha #NationalWaterAwards2023 #WaterTreatmentPlants #Irrigation #Water #Groundwater #WaterConversion #FarmSubsidy #Agriculture #Farmers #SkillDevelopment #Upskilling #Reskilling #Meta #ArtificialIntelligence #SkillIndiaMission #CentreofExcellence #Cancer #Health #MGNREGA

Yogakshemam 081024 Six sigma inclusion N-way is democratic, consensus, and collective. Can we democratize N-way organizations, projects, programmes, missions, large federal collectives, and giant civil society organizations? https://lnkd.in/gPe3Rkkq #Yogakshemam #DevelopmentWorker #HaryanaStateElections #JammuKashmirElections #BJP #INDIAlliance #Article370 #Leh #Kargil #NobelPrize2024 #JohnHopfield #GeoffreyHinton #MachineLearning #ArtificialNeuralNetworks #Coldplay #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #Coexistence #Democracy #CivilSociety #purvottarayoga

Average farm landholdings in India have reduced from 1.08 hectares in 2016-17 to 0.74 hectares in 2021-22, a reduction of 31%: All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2021-22. India is ranked 105th amongst 127 countries covered in global hunger rankings, which puts it in the serious category along with 42 other countries including Pakistan and Afghanistan: Global Hunger Index. India's white rumped vulture population fell by 98% and the slender billed vulture population fell by 93% from 1992-2002: Living Planet Report 2024. The Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education & the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology are working together to give students practical education tailored to the current needs of the industry. The Central Government has revoked President's rule in Jammu & Kashmir, late night on 13 Oct 2024. #LivelihoodsUpdate #India #Vultures #WhiteRumpedVulture #SlenderBilledVulture #LivingPlanetReport2024 #GlobalHungerIndex #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Farmers #Landholding #Agriculture #AllIndiaRuralFinancialInclusionSurvey202122 #MaharashtraStateBoardofTechnicalEducation #NationalInstituteofElectronicsandInformationTechnology #Students #Education #Industry #PresidentsRule #JammuKashmir

Yogakshemam 061024 N juggernauts Systems change in favour of the new Galileo-Copernicus paradigm. Reduced subsidies for chemical inputs, increased budget outlays for transformation. Critical scale in 5 years, transformation goes viral in the next 10 years. N-way becomes the default way. https://lnkd.in/gwMfG_c8 #Yogakshemam #DevelopmentWorker #CerebralPalsy #AbnormalBrainDevelopment #Literacy #DigitalLiteracy #Knowledge #SelfHelpGlobalMovement #SelfReliance #SelfSufficiency #EconomyofScale #NaturalFarming #Farmers #uttharayoga