Social Infrastructure, Employment and Human Development

The expenditure on social services (health, education and others) by the Centre and States as a proportion of GDP increased from 6.2 % in 2014-15 to 7.7 % in 2019-20 (BE).

  • Gross Enrolment Ratio at secondary, higher secondary and higher education level needs to be improved.
  • The share of regular wage/salaried employees has increased by 5 percentage points from 18 % in 2011-12 to 23 % in 2017-18.
  • A significant jump of around 2.62 crore new jobs with 1.21 crore in rural areas and 1.39 crore in urban areas in this category.
  • Total formal employment in the economy increased from 8 % in 2011-12 to 9.98 % in 2017-18.
  • Gender disparity in India’s labour market widened due to decline in female labour force participation especially in rural areas.
  • Around 60 % of productive age (15-59) group engaged in full time domestic duties.
  • Access to health services inter-alia through Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush across the country has improved.
  • Mission Indradhanush has vaccinated 3.39 crore children and 87.18 lakh pregnant women of 680 districts across the country.
  • About 76.7 % of the households in the rural and about 96 % in the urban areas had houses of pucca structure.
  • A 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029) launched to focus on sustaining the sanitation behavior change and increasing access to solid and liquid waste management.