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American woman reveals why India offers better lifestyle despite lower incomes: ‘Can afford far more with less money’

October 17, 2025 5:15 pm

Kristen Fischer, who regularly shares her experiences of living in India on Instagram, explained why she prefers life here.

‘None of us are middle class’: Edelweiss CEO says social media makes even those with Rs 70 lakh income face financial anxiety

September 16, 2025 6:49 pm

Radhika Gupta puts the real middle-class bracket at just Rs 5–8 lakh annually, not Rs 70 lakh.

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‘Income disparity reduced in FY23; top 10% still holds large share of national income’

January 06, 2025 8:28 am

The Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income or consumption among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.

Why inequality between South and West India, and North and East could grow – and the the dangers that carries

Why inequality between South and West India, and North and East could grow – and the dangers that carries

September 12, 2024 10:56 am

From manufacturing to services and consumption, wealth and growth are skewed towards southern and western India. This is deepening inequalities, widening faultlines.

Hotel industry opposes BMC plans to collect use fee for garbage disposal

February 04, 2022 9:17 pm

The solid waste management rules of 2016 define “user fee” as a charge imposed by the local body on a waste generator to cover full or part of the cost of providing door-to-door solid waste collection, transportation, processing and disposal services.

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Income of poorest fifth plunged 53% in 5 yrs; those at top surged

January 24, 2022 10:58 am

🔴 This stark K-shaped recovery emerges in the latest round of ICE360 Survey 2021, conducted by People’s Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE), a Mumbai- based think-tank.

Every additional year of education increases person's average income by about 6.7% in India: Study

November 16, 2021 10:24 am

The study also found that every rupee invested towards the completion of school education is expected to bring an economic benefit between Rs 4.5 and Rs 8.2 in terms of the future earnings of each individual.

Earn better now to shun loneliness later in life: Study

May 14, 2016 3:17 pm

Having a good job along with a satisfied professional status is what people want. The higher the income, the less likely it is that that the individuals would be lonely.

Investments: Before the plunge,know risk appetite and tolerance

September 06, 2013 7:44 pm

The higher the returns from a particular investment,the higher will be the risks involved.

'Indians optimistic on salaries,job'

February 16, 2011 5:59 pm

Indian consumers are more optimistic about their regular income and employment than six months ago.

INCOME VIDEOS

What is stopping women in India from accessing mobile phone: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:16 pm

Apart from economic constraints, social barriers like the level of education, marital status and the lack of empowerment prevent women’s access to mobile technology in India, suggests a study by the Harvard Kennedy School.

Doubling farmers’ income is government’s political stunt, says Lalu Yadav

February 29, 2016 4:35 pm

Patna, Feb 29 (ANI): Former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday said the ruling government’s statement of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, is just a political stunt to reserve their berth in the next general elections.He further asserted that the BJP-led Central Government will not win the 2019 polls.

Rohtak traders demand compensation for their loss

February 23, 2016 6:37 am

Rohtak, Feb 23 (ANI): The traders, whose shops were either burnt down or looted during the quota stir by the Jat community in Rohtak, Haryana, took to the streets and urged the government to compensate them for their losses at the earliest. A shopkeeper, Gulshan Dang, said, "I want to urge the Narendra Modi-led government to compensate our losses 100 percent without any delay." Another shopkeeper, Anil Kumar said that he is left with no source of income after his two showrooms were burnt down by the protestors. He asked PM Modi and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that why are common people suffering who don't relate to Jat demands.