'Unless the economy is sound in the country how can only three movies collected so much business in a single day?'
Jaitley said the Budget proposals would boost the realty sector, which would help meet the housing needs of a vast section of the population.
Unemployment rate for men is the highest in Lucknow among major cities.
Real estate buying dropped between 2004 and 2012.
While the dire image of Indians having to travel long distances for water and other basic needs is stuck in most of our heads, the official statics published in the 69th round of the National Sample Survey (2012) actually present quite a heartening picture.
Rediff.com's data journalists have broken down the National Sample Survey Office 68 round (July 2011- June 2012) report data into a state-wise listing.
In the rural areas, 35.3 per cent of the workers are employed as casual labourers while the figure is 14.6 per cent in the urban areas.
The drought of appropriate employment opportunities and rising incidences of unemployed educated graduates fail to inspire confidence about the future, says Kunal Kumar Kundu
The map above visualises the percentage of households that have access to drinking water within the premises as found in the National Sample Survey's 69th round (2012).
Food insecurity and hunger are rooted in bad policies, faulty design, poor governance and a lack of political will.
The Planning Commission pegs decline at 7.8 percentage points between 2009-10 and 2011-12.
This map shows the districts of India with their encroachment levels.
Expenditure on food articles as a proportion of monthly expenditure is decreasing.
The minister said the international experience suggests that the inequalities tend to increase in the early phase of development.
About 7 crore (70 million) people in the country are either unemployed or under-employed, the National Sample Survey Office has said in its latest report.
Rediff's data journalists bring you data about toilet/bathroom and sanitation facilities across India from the 69th round (2012) of National Sample Survey.
According to principal advisor with the Planning Commission and former chief statistician, Pronob Sen, there were 40-45 million more people in the age group of 15-59 between 2004-05 and 2009-10. The unemployment rate has correspondingly fallen from 2.3 per cent to 2 per cent of the labour force.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed the ministries and government departments not to duplicate official estimates and sought strict compliance to ensure that data and statistics collected are consistent.
Urban India accounted for 26 per cent of the poor in 2004-05.
According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure in rural areas was Rs 1,054 and urban areas Rs 1,984.
Literate and rich sections of the society do not cooperate enough with surveyors collecting economic data.
The creation and maintenance of a business register and directory are expected to be an economic data framework for various needed statistical surveys, including the Annual Survey of Industries and others of the National Sample Survey Organisation.
'Our competitiveness with China is very important.' 'If the exchange rate depreciates, it is good for us because it helps in our competitiveness.'
Consumption per capita was 5.6 times less in a month for the bottom ten per cent of the population than the top 10 per cent in rural areas during 2009-10.
The report on 'Household Social Consumption: Education in India as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey -- from July 2017 to June 2018' provides for state-wise detail of literacy rate among the persons aged seven years and above.
Muslims' enrolment at secondary level of education is less than that of the scheduled castes, a government survey has indicated.
108 economists, social scientists said it was imperative that agencies like CSO and NSSO are not subject to political interference.
Employment data are currently estimated once in five years through a sample survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation.
The Rediff Labs team analysed the 65th round of the National Sample Survey data for domestic travel to find out some interesting patterns in the way Indians travel.
"There are several ways in which poverty can be measured . . . the National Sample Survey is the basis for calculating poverty on headcount basis. However, when minister of state for planning V Narayansamy said 'poverty line is being assessed', there was an uproar in the House and Joshi was joined by CPI-M- MP Brinda Karat, who wanted a satisfactory reply from the minister.
As per the 64th round of the National Sample Survey, nearly 29 per cent of Indians had relocated in the last 365 days.
National Sample Survey Organisation, a division within the ministry of statistics, has been roped in to collect price data for the new series and a dry run is on the anvil in the next couple of months. The new series will have 2004-05 as the base year, as against 1993-94 in the present mode and will reflect a consumption basket that is relevant in today's scenario, thereby making inflation data more reliable. The new series will have 2004-05 as the base year.
This graphic shows scholarships available to Indians as reported by the 64th round of the National Sample Survey.
The difference of wages and salaries between rural and urban women employees is of Rs 67.66, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes said, citing a report of the National Sample Survey Organisation in the Upper House. The average wages and salaries of rural and urban women employees per day are Rs 85.53 and Rs 153.19 respectively, he said.
Job opportunities across the country grew at an estimated rate of 2.62 per cent every year, the latest quinquennial (once every five years) analysis by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) showed. The growth of unemployed, at 5.42 per cent per annum, outnumbered the rate of job creation during the survey period between 1999-2000 and 2004-05. Unemployment rate was found to be maximum in qualified graduates in rural and urban parts of the country.
According to an NSSO survey, Indians in rural areas spend less than Rs 21 per day, while in urban area an Indian spends about Rs 39 per day.
It is of course true that a lot of low-income people can indeed afford mobile phones today, as handsets cost no more than Rs 700.
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.
The National Sample Survey Organisation conducted the survey in 43 districts across 14 states
While the economy has been averaging an annual growth rate of around 8.7 per cent for the last five years, the unorganised manufacturing sector is slowing down.
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