Do You Know?
- Analysis shows that out of 104 countries covered by MPI about 1.56 billion people, approx 30% of the population are living in multidimensional poverty and it is higher than 1.14 billion people in these countries who live on USD 1.25 a day.
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World Bank survey in 2014 said that appx. 148 million people, almost 33% of world’s poor population, live below the poverty line, in India
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UNICEF said in its 2013 report, that 43% of Indian infants are underweight
- As per report of 2008 from the Pratham (ASER, 2009) only 61% of the class V student could tell the time on the clock correctly. Pratham’s Report for the year 2010 (ASER, 2011) says that “Only 53.4% children in Standard-V can read a Standard-II level text.
- In Sept’ 2013, Zee news reported that Inequality in earnings has doubled in India over the last two decades. The top 10% of wage earners now make 12 times more than the bottom 10%, up from a ratio of six in the 1990s.
- A 2007 study found that discharge of untreated sewage is the main source of pollution in surface and ground water in India. India lacks sufficient treatment capacity and the existing treatment plants are also not maintained
Influencers- Social Landscape
- Businesses- using resources & having the ability to influence their operating environment
- Government – responsible for embedding social impact into their decision making & taking appropriate initiatives for robust planning & implementation
- Society - accepts the reforms & adapts to these for common good
Our Role
We partner with the Influencers- the Businesses, the Government as well as the Society at large, for long term & sustainable value creation
