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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) is in talks with the Department of Posts to take the help of its staff in collecting sample data for the proposed Consumer Price Index for Rural India (CPI-R). The data for the index would be collected from 1,000 villages, Chief Statistician of India Pronab Sen said on the sidelines of a national seminar on the results of the 61st round of the National Sample Survey.
'There is no mechanism to understand how things would evolve'.
Higher rural incomes, pay commission benefits, and lower interest rates are key positives: Analysts
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies can rejoice as the Rs 27,369 crore rural market in the country registered a growth rate of 17 per cent in the first 10 months this year.
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Effects of the new schemes launched under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be felt more in tier-II and tier-III cities, as not many budget or affordable housing projects are in the works in metropolitan cities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' on Saturday, an ambitious village development project under which each MP will take the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.
Microsoft on Thursday announced the roll-out of fourth round of funding under its 'Unlimited Potential - Project Jyoti' programme that seeks to impart IT skills in village communities to help them improve their earning potential.
'Implementation of GST would lead to the growth story of India'.
Economic growth not only changed the food consumption pattern in rural households but has also encouraged rural India to go for more efficient energy sources like liquefied petroleum gas.
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In the 15-24 age-group, time spent by women grew 110 per cent compared to 104 per cent by men.
The Minister said government is aware that regional language barriers have impeded the e-governance initiatives in rural India.
The faster we make the transition from farm to industry, the shorter the pain?
Key questions remain about the operational and financial viability of a completely paperless bank such as India Post, says Mayank Jain.
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The loss of income has severely dented the loan repayment ability of small borrowers
The Indian economy may be registering strong growth, but nearly 20 per cent of the population or close to 250 million people of spent less than Rs 14 per person per day on consumption in 2004-05.
'Which path should Muslims take politically as they have been completely marginalised?'
This and many more issues related to India's growth will be deliberated at the 22nd edition of the India Economic Summit, to be held here from November 26 to November 28
'The link between global warming and weird, extreme weather events is being better understood every year.' 'India is particularly at risk from such events.' 'Indian communities and urban centres don't have the resilience needed to survive such disasters,' says Mihir S Sharma.
The domestic consumer electronics and television makers on Tuesday asked the government to bring down the tax on the industry on par with other countries
Manmohan Singh has mooted a 'specific financing window' for the ambitious Rs 174,000 crore Bharat Nirman Programme aimed at giving a new deal to rural India.
Sleep has been a casualty for Vijay Shekhar Sharma, whose wallet company Paytm has a user base of close to 150 million and is working 20 hours a day.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
Amid a raging controversy over saffronisation of education, IIT Delhi's decision to invite yoga guru Ramdev and an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate for deliberations on a programme to leverage the technical strength of the IITs for development of rural areas has raised eyebrows.
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