-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Inequality in South Asia is much more glaring than what government data shows because standard yardsticks of measuring income don't reveal the true picture, says a World Bank report 'Addressing Inequality in South Asia', released on Tuesday. For instance, the Gini coefficient - the standard measure to gauge income inequality - ranges from 0.28 to 0.40 in this region, suggesting a level of inequality much lower...

-Livemint.com   This is a shift from the September 2014 survey where many respondents had expected inflation to rise over the next one year   Mumbai: According to recent surveys conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), fewer households in India expect higher inflation in the year ahead, even though expectations regarding future economic conditions, income and spending showed a decline. In the 38th round of The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households December...

-The Hindu The very process of development and change in India may be generating new forms of social and economic competition that manifest themselves in terms of social bias Popular debate around social biases in India is structured around two competing narratives. One view holds that as an urbanising country with rapid economic growth over the past few decades, the importance of ascriptive identities such as caste and religion is gradually eroding....

-The Hindu Economic diversification in rural India, involving the emergence and growth of non-agricultural activities, is considered an important means of increasing employment and per capita incomes, and improving standards of living. However, non-agricultural activities themselves are of various kinds differing in terms of productivity and the returns they yield. So while the development of some activities may point to rural dynamism, many others exist and grow because of the distress-driven...

-Down to Earth This has happened in past surveys also, say experts The figures in the 19th livestock census report and the recently released survey report by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) don't tally. While the census report that was released this September shows that number of sheep and goats stood at 200 million in the 2012-13, the 70th round of National Sample Survey showed a huge decline in their number...