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NSO's consumer spend report showing first fall in 40 yrs won't be released

Consumer spending surveys help set the base year for key macroeconomic data, including gross domestic product

Retail inflation spikes to 7.59% in January; December IIP at -0.3%

Retail inflation rose sharply to 7.35 per cent in December 2019.

Economic slowdown bottomed out, uptick from here onwards: Subramanian

Based on NSO's first advance estimates of GDP growth for 2019-20 at 5 per cent, an uptick in GDP growth is expected in the second half of the fiscal, it said.

India's GDP growth for FY20 maybe just 5%; lowest in 11 years

In nominal terms, India's gross domestic product is expected to grow at 7.5 per cent, a multi-decade low, suggesting that tax revenues and individual incomes may remain under stress

Over to the Budget

Advance estimates show growth revival remains a daunting task

Panel will look at existing gaps and overlaps on data points: Pronab Sen

Our job is not to give recommendations, this is a standing committee, says Pronab Sen

Year in Review: From job data to growth woes, India's 'shrinking' feeling

A list of events and policy decisions that made the biggest impact on Indian economy during the year 2019

1.24 mn jobs created in Oct, marginal rise from Sept: ESIC payroll data

Gross enrolments of new subscribers with ESIC were 1.49 crore during the entire financial year 2018-19, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said in a report

NSO data paints a dismal picture of health insurance in the country

While households across income groups are borrowing less to pay for medical costs, the insurance sector has progressively ignored the poor and focused instead on the more lucrative upper-income groups

Can't compare GDP data with consumer spending report, says govt panel

A fall in household spending is a signal that poverty may have increased, according to experts

Death of an institution

The NSS was established in 1950 by the government on the advice of then statistical adviser to the Cabinet with support of Jawaharlal Nehru

Not in favour of scrapping consumer survey report: NSC's Bimal Kumar Roy

The government's concern is that the estimate does not look realistic. We are trying to examine the issues, says Bimal Kumar Roy

Rural India open defecation free? Not quite, shows NSO survey report

In 2014, NDA govt had set a target of making rural areas open defecation free by October 2, 2019 by launching the Swachh Bharat Mission to "provide access to toilet facilities to all rural households"

Avg medical expenditure at pvt hospitals 7 times higher than govt ones: NSO

Interestingly, only about 17 per cent of childbirths in government hospitals were surgery cases, of which over 92 per cent were provided free.

Consumer spend survey: Panel didn't flag quality issues, ask for scrapping

Govt had said a committee of experts was formed and several 'concerns' related to the survey report was flagged to it

Maharashtra, Haryana saw biggest drop in rural consumer spending: NSO data

Rural parts of Haryana and Maharashtra saw an 18 per cent fall in consumer spending in 2017-18, compared to 2011-12

Data credibility at stake

Unfortunate fiasco over consumer spend survey

NSO's junked consumer expenditure survey shows inequality gap declining

Ratio of top and bottom 10% declined sharply to 5% in 2017-18 from 5.9% in 2011-12 in rural areas

How secure are social media messaging apps?

Cyber-security is often a game of cat and mouse. In fact, two major directions of research in cryptology are breaking the available security, and devising more efficient security

Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey over 'data quality'

The findings of the report, published by Business Standard on Friday, showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18