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Survey: Living on Rs35
| 24/05/2012 05:06 PM |
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“The average per capita daily expenditure comes to about Rs35 in rural and Rs66 in urban India. About 60% of the population lives with these expenditures or less in rural and urban areas,” said J Dash, director general of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in his preface to a report.
According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey (NSS), carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, the all-India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) in rural areas was Rs1,054 and urban areas Rs1,984. The survey also pointed out that 10% of the population at the lowest ...
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