National Sample Survey

Agriculture can be highly profitable, but the gains are not easy to sustain

India's farmers are good at production. Their Achilles' Heels are marketing and nature's waywardness. If the government could be more proactive, farming can be viable for many, though not all, farmers

At 6.9% growth, new GDP formula gives Chidu's budget a post-facto boost

The government is planning to change the method of calculating GDP from this year. This will impact growth and deficit numbers marginally.

Why the UPA's poverty numbers show a poverty of achievement

It is plain dishonest to claim that only 22 percent of India now lives below the poverty (compared to 39 percent in 2004) line, when the poverty line threshold of an approximate per capita daily consumption worth Rs 33 per day has been confined to the dustbin.

In rural India, men got 56% higher wages than women, shows National Sample Survey

"Average daily earnings of a regular wage/salaried employee in the informal sector was about Rs 189 for rural males, Rs 121 for rural females," revealed the National Sample Survey's 'Informal Sector and Conditions of Employment in<br /> India' study conducted during July, 2011-June, 2012.