Women’s Employment Rate in India: The Labour Ministry reported that women’s employment rate in India nearly doubled from 22% in 2017-18 to 40.3% in 2023-24, while female unemployment fell from 5.6% to 3.2%.Women’s Workforce Participation Rate (WPR) as measured by PLFS, reflecting the share of women engaged in economic activities (self-employment, regular jobs, casual labour). […]
Category: Important Reports
Periodic Labour Force Survey : June 2025
Periodic Labour Force Survey: June 2025 According to the Monthly Bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), India’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in July 2025 from 5.6% in June 2025. Periodic Labour Force Survey gives estimates of key employment and unemployment Indicators like the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR), […]
District Flood Severity Index
District Flood Severity Index: Researchers from IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar have developed a District Flood Severity Index. Key findings of District Flood Severity Index: Patna turns out to be number one on the index followed by many districts in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and in Assam. Thiruvananthapuram is number one in terms of flooding events, […]
India Electric Mobility Index
India Electric Mobility Index: NITI Aayog launched the India Electric Mobility Index It is a first-of-its-kind tool developed to comprehensively track and benchmark the progress of States and Union Territories (UTs) in achieving their Electric Mobility goals. The India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) tracks, evaluates and scores all Indian States and UTs out of 100 […]
Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) City Index 2025
Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) City Index 2025: Bengaluru has secured the 26th rank in the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) City Index 2025, emerging as India’s top AI R&D and data centre hub. Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) City Index 2025: A global benchmarking report that evaluates cities on their capacity, investment, and innovation in artificial intelligence. […]
Henley Passport Index
Henley Passport Index: India has climbed eight places on Henley Passport Index 2025 to 77th rank from 85 last year. Henley Passport Index is a popular ranking of global passports that measures passport strength by the number of destinations that holders can visit without a prior visa. The index ranks countries based on statistics provided […]
Global Wetland Outlook 2025
Global Wetland Outlook 2025: The Global Wetland Outlook (GWO) 2025, released by the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention (1971), highlights that Africa’s wetlands are among the most degraded in the world. Wetlands (Seagrass, Kelp Forests, Coral Reefs, Estuarine Waters, Salt Marshes, Mangroves, Tidal Flats, Lakes, Rivers and Streams, Inland Marshes and Swamps, and Peatlands) cover […]
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034 report, offers a 10-year outlook on global agricultural and fish markets to guide evidence-based policymaking. Global cereal production is expected to grow at 1.1% annually, driven largely by yield increases (0.9% per year). […]
India Becomes Global Leader In Fast Payments : IMF Report
India Becomes Global Leader In Fast Payments : IMF Report: India has become the global leader in real-time payments as UPI processed 18.39 billion transactions in June 2025, according to an IMF-supported report. It is Jointly developed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FIS Global, this Fast Payments Report 2025 analyses global public digital […]
UN SDG Report 2025
UN SDG Report 2025: The UN SDG Report 2025, released at the High-Level Political Forum, warns that 35% of measurable SDG targets are stagnating or reversing, with five years left to 2030. UN SDG Report 2025: SDG 2: Zero Hunger Hunger affected 9.1% of the global population in 2023 (~713–757 million people). 2.33 billion people […]
