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The government last week released some findings from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey. In this regard, our lead editorial notes that there is a need to increase the frequency of such surveys. Consumption patterns are changing fast enough that policymakers need more rapid and granular data in order to make the right decisions. Read here
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“I want to tell youngsters that their dreams are my resolve. Your dreams and hard work and my resolve are a guarantee of Viksit Bharat.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi