Since the urban population is more educated and demands greater accountability on economic issues such as housing and transit, increasing their political voice is important.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 puts the average MPCE in rural India has been Rs. 3,773 and in urban India has been Rs. 6,459.
The improved employment scenario as per PLFS 2019-20 is restricted to women and is due to the increased percentage of rural women in the unpaid family worker category.
Data from NSSO 2004-05 and Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18 show that the education level of those belonging to OBC is now similar to General Category young men in urban India.
Since the urban population is more educated and demands greater accountability on economic issues such as housing and transit, increasing their political voice is important.
Bitcoin is up about 23% this week, on track for its best weekly gain since March 2023, as US Treasury bond buybacks lower yields and boost appetite for risk assets.
Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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