-Livemint.com * NSO says the change in criteria from monthly per capita expenditure to education levels has direct implications on the comparability of the results * Official data suggests unemployment rate rose to 45-year high of 6.1% in FY18 A day after the Narendra Modi government took oath of office for its SECond term, the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday formally released the leaked annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which showed...
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Farm relief, new MSP regime on govt's to-do list
-Hindustan Times The Narendra Modi government’s new agenda for the crisis-ridden farm SECtor is being geared towards achieving the single goal of doubling agricultural incomes — a legacy of its first term in office. Prime Minister Modi had ambitiously promised a 100% jump in farmers’ incomes between 2017 and 2022, but farmers have been hobbled by unprofitable sales and even negative returns on some crops, as farm produce continue to sell below...
More »Atrocities Against dalits Continue Unabated in Gujarat -Bharathy Singaravel
-Newsclick.in In 2019, the Gujarat government revealed a 32% rise in crimes against Scheduled Castes between 2013 and 2017, and a 55% rise in crimes against Scheduled Tribes for the same period. On May 22, Jignesh Mevani, MLA from Vadgam, Gujarat, released a strongly worded statement on his Facebook page, following the killing of Rajesh Sondarva. Sondarva was a 21-year-old dalit murdered by upper caste Hindu men in Rajkot, Gujarat. Earlier in...
More »Economic growth may have slipped below 7% in FY19, lowest in 5 years: ET Poll - Kirtika Suneja
-The Economic Times January-March quarter growth may have slumped to 6-6.3% against 6.6% expansion in the preceding one. NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth is likely to have slipped below 7% in FY19, the lowest in the past five years, because of a disappointing fourth quarter. That could prompt a further cut in interest rates by the central bank and renewed efforts by the incoming government to drum up demand and private investment,...
More »Why is the government merging India's statistics bodies? -Dhirendra Tripathi
-Livemint.com * NSSO and CSO are to be merged into what will be known as NSO * The order puts the merged entity under Mospi SECretary The ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) passed an order on 23 May to merge the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) into the National Statistical Office (NSO). Mint analyses what led to the decision. * When was a revamp of the statistical...
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