-India Today The NSO report claims the consumer spending in villages for FY18 dipped by 8.8, whereas, it rose by 2% in cities over six years Consumer spending dropped for the first time since 1973 on weak rural demand, according to National Statistical Office (NSO). Latest Consumption expenditure survey, titled 'Key Indicators: Household Consumer Expenditure in India', reveals that the average sum of money a person spends in a month dropped by 3.7%...
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Big Data: Don't ask how much, ask what for -Swapnil Shekhar & Kaamila Patherya
-The Hindu Business Line Big Data by itself will give little insight, especially when it comes to Consumption patterns. Indicators that help contextualise the information collected must be used Everyone seems to be talking about Big Data. Organisations across sectors are buying into the premise of data-driven decision-making and growth. Studies show that the overall adoption of data science and analytics at large Indian firms has been as high as 64 per...
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-PTI Greenpeace India and air visual report earlier in March this year declared Delhi as the most polluted capital city in the world. The Delhi government’s claim of a 25 per cent reduction in air pollution levels over the past few years is not true, Greenpeace India said on Thursday, inviting a quick rebuttal from city’s ruling party which dismissed the NGO’s report. According to a Greenpeace India analysis, “Historical ambient air quality...
More »One in every four TB cases is from India, show a recent international report
The newly released Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 finds that among the five risk factors behind TB cases in the country, undernourishment posed the greatest risk. Close to 7 lakh TB cases in India could be attributable to undernourishment during 2018. The other four risk factors behind TB cases were alcohol Consumption (around 3 lakh TB cases), smoking (nearly 2 lakh TB cases), diabetes (more than 1 lakh TB cases) and HIV...
More »Pronab Sen, former chief statistician of India and current programme director of the International Growth Centre's India Programme, interviewed by Kundan Pandey (Down to Earth)
-Down to Earth Pronab Sen, former chief statistician of India and current programme director of the International Growth Centre’s India Programme, speaks to Kundan Pandey about how recent government policies have crippled the income of the poor and slowed the economy * Kundan Pandey: Is there low demand in the economy? Pronab Sen: The demand is not low. The crisis is that the demand is not growing. For a long time, people...
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