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.
Indian urban localities are as segregated as our villages. Caste is still an important factor in deciding the organisation of spatial environment in cities.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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