Economic Times Call it the next-gen consumption survey. The ongoing government consumption survey is going beyond asking what you eat, what you wear, and what you own; it also wants to know your OTT subscription spend, the time you spend online, how often you shop online, whether you order meals from Zomato or Swiggy, and if you own an electric vehicle. India's Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) will now include questions on...
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Wholesale Price Inflation in negative territory, hits three year low of -3.48% - PTI/Deccan Herald
Wholesale price-based inflation rate declined by (-) 3.48 per cent in May, a 3-year low, on easing prices of food, fuel and manufactured items. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation rate has been in the negative territory for the second straight month. In April it was (-) 0.92 per cent. In May, 2022 WPI inflation was at 16.63 per cent. The May, 2023 data print of (-) 3.48 per cent...
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Employment generation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) increased by a handsome 28.8 per cent to 277.5 million person days in April 2023. This growth was higher than the 5.6 per cent increase recorded in the previous month. Employment generated under MGNREGS increased substantially by close to 62.1 million person days in April, compared to 11.4 million person days that were generated...
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Sales of scooters (including electric scooters) increased by a handsome 7 per cent in April 2023. Motorcycle sales grew modestly, by 2.9 per cent, while moped sales fell by 7 per cent in April 2023. Total two-wheeler sales in April 2023 were 4 per cent higher than in March 2023. Scooters led the recovery in two-wheeler sales in 2022-23 with a 26 per cent jump. Its leader...
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KEY TRENDS • Oxfam India's 2023 India Supplement report on poverty and inequality in India reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Following the pandemic in 2019, the bottom 50 per cent of the population have continued to see their wealth chipped away. By 2020, their income share was estimated to have fallen to only 13 per cent of the national income and have less than 3...
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