SEOUL – South Korea’s elderly poverty rate worsened for the second consecutive year, intensifying concerns as the country officially became a superaged society at the end of last year — where 20 ...
The latest data showed an improvement in the Gini coefficient, which measures inequality, across rural regions in all states, except Karnataka, where inequality increased.
In urban centres, the growth in consumption spending was faster for STs and OBCs, at 11.4 and 9.1 percent, respectively, compared to the general category.
Mumbai: Indians are spending a larger portion of their income on processed food, according to a government survey. The gap between rural and urban consumption spending has continued to narrow, though ...
While consumption inequality, or the gap between what the richest and poorest households spend on consumption, declined across the country, rural Karnataka and urban Jharkhand indicated a different ...
A government survey spanning August 2023 to July 2024 showed Odisha recording the highest increase in rural Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) at 14%, while Punjab led urban areas with a 13% rise.