-Live Mint In urban India, the ratio of the top and bottom 10% of the economic group increased to 10.9% from 10.1% Economic growth is increasing the income and consumption levels of the average Indian faster than before, but income disparity is getting sharper, especially in the country’s villages, which may require a greater effort aimed at creating jobs in the non-farm sector in rural areas. The increase in inequality is evident from...
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NSS: Poorest live on Rs 23.40 in cities, Rs 16.78 in villages-Surabhi
-The Indian Express The National Sample Survey has found that the poorest 10 per cent of India’s urban population lives on Rs 23.40 per day while their rural counterparts make do with even less at Rs 16.78. “The poorest 10 per cent of India’s rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of Rs 503.49 per month,” the survey found. In the last round of the NSS for 2009-10, the...
More »Rural income on rise: study-Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Live Mint The latest numbers may lead to a significant decline in the poverty level India’s rural income grew at a much faster clip between 2010 and 2012 than in the previous years, according to the provisional results of the 68th round of the consumption expenditure survey carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The latest numbers may lead to a significant decline in the poverty level once the Planning Commission...
More »NSS data shows improvement in living standard of the poorest-Surabhi
-The Indian Express The National Sample Survey has found a 17 per cent improvement in expenditure patterns of the poorest decile of India’s urban population in two years till 2011-12. “The poorest 10 per cent of India’s rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of Rs 503.49 per month,” the survey found. In the last round of the NSS for 2009-10, the poorest 10 per cent of the rural...
More »'10% of Rural India Lives on Less Than Rs 17 a Day'
-PTI Two decades of economic reforms and drum beating about inclusive growth seem to have failed to change the face of rural India as 10 per cent of the population live on less than Rs 17 a day. According to a government survey released for 2011-12 on household consumer expenditure, "The poorest 10 per cent of India's rural population had an average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of Rs 503.49 per month." Their...
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