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Over 100 Experts Raise Concern Over "Political Interference" In Data
Expressing concerns over "political interference" in statistical data in India, as many as 108 economists and social scientists Thursday called for restoration of "institutional independence" and integrity of statistical organisations.
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Provident Fund Enrolment, Tax Data Can't Measure Jobs: Think Tank Chief
Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country's unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs.
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Only 17 Of 686 Districts In India Have Become Open Defecation Free
Only 17 of the 686 districts in the country have become open-defecation free so far, even as the government said rural sanitation programme was picking up under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
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Why More And More Women Take To Farming, But Remain Invisible
In Kalibhigapar village in Bihar’s Nalanda district, Bachhi Devi’s is an all-women household. It was the lack of money in farming that pushed the men in her family, her husband and three sons, to the cities like Delhi and Kolkata in search of work. Bacchi Devi is 55 and a sharecropper. She leases about half an acre of land from a landowner in h...
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Government must remove supply bottlenecks to trim retail inflation: India Inc
Terming the rise in October retail inflation despite a bumper crop as "disturbing", India Inc said on Tuesday the government must immediately address supply-side bottlenecks to bring down the consumer price inflation.
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Overall unemployment rate in cities and towns lowers: study
Unemployment rate among men rose sharply in Agra, Ludhiana and Meerut during the five-year period ended 2010, while overall it lowered in cities and towns in the country, according to a government study.
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60% of rural India lives on less than Rs 35 a day, shows survey
The survey also pointed out that 10 per cent of the population at the lowest rung in rural areas lives on Rs 15 a day, while in urban areas the figure is only a shade better at Rs 20 day.
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Over 100 Experts Raise Concern Over "Political Interference" In Data
Expressing concerns over "political interference" in statistical data in India, as many as 108 economists and social scientists Thursday called for restoration of "institutional independence" and integrity of statistical organisations.
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Provident Fund Enrolment, Tax Data Can't Measure Jobs: Think Tank Chief
Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country's unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs.
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Only 17 Of 686 Districts In India Have Become Open Defecation Free
Only 17 of the 686 districts in the country have become open-defecation free so far, even as the government said rural sanitation programme was picking up under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
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Why More And More Women Take To Farming, But Remain Invisible
In Kalibhigapar village in Bihar’s Nalanda district, Bachhi Devi’s is an all-women household. It was the lack of money in farming that pushed the men in her family, her husband and three sons, to the cities like Delhi and Kolkata in search of work. Bacchi Devi is 55 and a sharecropper. She leases about half an acre of land from a landowner in h...
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Government must remove supply bottlenecks to trim retail inflation: India Inc
Terming the rise in October retail inflation despite a bumper crop as "disturbing", India Inc said on Tuesday the government must immediately address supply-side bottlenecks to bring down the consumer price inflation.
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Overall unemployment rate in cities and towns lowers: study
Unemployment rate among men rose sharply in Agra, Ludhiana and Meerut during the five-year period ended 2010, while overall it lowered in cities and towns in the country, according to a government study.
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60% of rural India lives on less than Rs 35 a day, shows survey
The survey also pointed out that 10 per cent of the population at the lowest rung in rural areas lives on Rs 15 a day, while in urban areas the figure is only a shade better at Rs 20 day.
