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Cleanliness survey for villages across India launched

Minister of State in the Jal Shakti Ministry Prahlad Singh Patel, who presided over the e-launch of Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2021 under phase two of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), said India achieved the massive challenge of declaring all villages open-defecation free in a mission mode in five years. Phase two of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) aims at achieving the goal of comprehensive cleanliness by addressing open-defecation free sustainability and solid and liquid waste management issues, he said.

Over 50% agricultural families in debt with average loan of ₹ 74,121 in 2019: Survey

The survey further said the average monthly income per agricultural household during agricultural year 2018-19 was at ₹ 10,218. Of this, the average income per household from wages was ₹ 4,063, crop production ₹ 3,798, animal husbandry ₹ 1,582, non-farm business ₹ 641 and leasing of land ₹ 134.

According to the survey, the number of agricultural households in the country was estimated at 9.3 crore with OBCs accounting for 45.8 per cent, SC 15.9 per cent, ST 14.2 per cent and others 24.1 per cent.

Govt launches drive to on-board 8.68 lakh street vendors for digital payments

”The special drive aims to accelerate on-boarding of street vendors on the UPI QR code and handhold them to start accepting and making digital payment transactions. Five major aggregators including Paytm, Phone Pe, Bharat Pe, Mswipe and Aceware have agreed to participate in 45-day special drive for digitally onboarding the street vendors with BHIM-UPI QR code on pro-bono basis,” Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a statement.

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