Rural Development and Social Progress: From Participation to Partnerships
- Poverty Metrics: Under the World Bank’s revised $3.00/day poverty line (2021 prices), India’s 2022-23 poverty rates were 5.3% for extreme poverty and 23.9% for lower-middle-income poverty.
- Social Spending: General government Social Services Expenditure (SSE) has risen steadily from 7% of GDP in FY24 to 7.7% in FY25 (RE) and reaching 7.9% in FY26 (BE).
- Rural Property (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas): Drone surveys completed in 3.28 lakh villages (out of 3.44 lakh target); 2.76 crore property cards prepared for ~1.82 lakh villages as of Dec 2025.
- Namo Drone Didi: 1,094 drones distributed to ....
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