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).
India’s ranking in Human Development Index improved to 129 in 2018 from 130 in 2017:
o With 1.34 % average annual HDI growth, India is among the fastest improving countries
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:
o 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.
