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'No basis in the claim that poverty is down to 5%'

'Without a poverty line, how are we to know whether poverty is the same, or it has come down or it has gone up?' IMAGE: A homeless girl asks for alms outside a coffee shop in Mumbai. Photograph:......

Why we must support the Food Security Bill

Only three percent of Indians pay income tax; our tax-GDP ratio is among the lowest in the world. This must change. Our elites must realise that India’s poverty has damaging consequences for......

Poverty figures: Opposition brings Lok Sabha to a standstill

The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday following uproar over fresh poverty estimates released by the Planning Commission, which pegged the poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in......

Quotas for Muslims: Cong's next self-goal?

After badly goofing up on the Telangana issue, it remains to be seen if the government will do the same with the Justice Ranganath Misra Report on linguistic and religious minorities -- Prime......

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......

Govt releases 5 survey reports but holds back study it junked

The government’s decision to release the reports comes two days after over 200 scholars from across the globe issued a statement demanding release of all withheld reports produced by the NSO,......

Wooing Middle-Income India

From middle-class, it is middle-income India that marketers are chasing for volumes. The 166 million households in this category is their new focus. IMAGE: Middle-Income India is what you......

Among durables, households spend highest on vehicles

The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas. Image: Households allocated the most to expenditure on vehicles. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com......

India's poverty higher than World Bank's estimates: Govt

There is lack of scientific basis in computing the poverty line, says govt. The government has contested the World Bank's recently released data that showed only 12.4 per cent of India's population......

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National Sample Survey On Household Consumer Expenditure

News for National Sample Survey On Household Consumer Expenditure

'No basis in the claim that poverty is down to 5%'

Why we must support the Food Security Bill

Poverty figures: Opposition brings Lok Sabha to a standstill

Quotas for Muslims: Cong's next self-goal?

Did poverty and inequality spike during Covid?

Govt releases 5 survey reports but holds back study it junked

Wooing Middle-Income India

Among durables, households spend highest on vehicles

India's poverty higher than World Bank's estimates: Govt

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