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Suggest draft of letter to Parliamentarians: whereas census 2011 identified the percentage of disabled population to be 2.21 per cent, NFHS-5 has an estimate of 1 per cent only. The lack of data on 21+ disabilities in mainstream research reports and crime records by the govt is obvious.The lack of proper data leads to deprivation, with many being left out of various social security schemes amongst others.

introduce  a mandatory registration system for disabilities. Such mandatory registration should  be done  at the level of the rural/urban bodies; anganwadis; schools; community health centres, village sanitation & nutrition committees etc.

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UNDP’s 2023 poverty report shows India’s poverty reduction fastest, Africa improving but gap remains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqq9LP5oMZA Jul 14, 2023 #cuttheclutter
Poverty reduction is a welcome global phenomenon but 110 cr around the world, 50% of them under the age of 18, still continue to live in abject poverty. In Episode 1271 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down the findings of UNDP’s Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023.

https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-07/National-Multidimentional-Poverty-Index-2023-Final-17th-July.pdf 

Middle Class Trap | Why the Indian Middle Class will get Poorer with Time | GIGL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIvscl2CZxU  Jun 6, 2023

This is today's population of India- 142 crores (show Indian population in full number on the screen) and if we want to divide the population on the basis of income then we can divide it into 3 categories- upper class, middle class and lower class.

Now if we look at this pyramid the question arises whether this is the pure population and the real middle class – who and how much? Actually, generally speaking, most of us already consider ourselves to be middle class. And this is not with me, the research of the Center for Advanced Study of India is telling. According to this, about 50% of Indians believe that they are middle class.