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Meghalaya households monthly income less than Rs 5000

Shillong, July 20 (UNI) Twenty-five out of 39 Community and Rural Development Blocks of Meghalaya remains highly “vulnerable” with household monthly income less than Rs 5000, a report revealed.
According to a recent research titled “Integrated climate vulnerability assessment of Meghalaya at Block level”, conducted by the Meghalaya Climate Change Centre to assess climate vulnerability, revealed 25 out of 39 Blocks “fall under high or very high vulnerability.”
The assessment has been published as a research article in Discover Sustainability, a journal by the Europe-based Springer Nature Group.
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