-TheWire.in Real average daily wages improved between 1993-94 and 2011-12, but gains of growth have bypassed casual workers, women and rural areas. Over the past two decades, India became one of the two fastest growing economies in the world, alongside China. The gross domestic product (GDP) has risen four folds since 1993. But has this growth been distributed to lower economic inequality? Has the increase in wages matched the pace of growth...
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Modi govt: Don't quote report that showed higher GDP growth under UPA than NDA -Mahua Venkatesh
-ThePrint.in Report by government-backed panel has pegged average growth under UPA at 8%, higher than that during 4 years under NDA. New Delhi: The Modi government has said that a GDP report that showed higher growth during the UPA years than under four years of NDA rule is only a draft and “should not be quoted anywhere”. The back-series GDP growth report was published on the website of the Ministry of Statistics and...
More »ILO: Strong wage policies are key to promote inclusive growth in India
-ILO News Despite real wage growth, inequality, informality and gender wage gap persist. New Delhi: While India’s economy in the past two decades has seen an annual average GDP rate of 7 % — low pay and inequality persist according to the India Wage Report: Wage policies for decent work and inclusive growth , published by the International Labour Organization. The NSSO estimates also indicate that the real average daily wage has doubled...
More »MoSPI says back series GDP figures 'not official', formal data later
-PTI As per the back series data on GDP, Indian economy clocked a 10.08 per cent growth rate in 2006-07, the highest since liberalisation of the economy in 1991 New Delhi: Amid ongoing controversy over the back series GDP figures showing better economic performance during the UPA regime, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Sunday said "these are not official estimates" and the data will be released officially later. As...
More »Back series GDP data not official: Ministry of Statistics -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu This exercise will then be considered in the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics and subsequently by the National Statistical Commission. The government on Sunday clarified that the back-series GDP data purportedly released by the government was just a draft using one of several possible calculation methods, and that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) would announce the results when it settles on a final method. “It is clarified...
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