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P Chidambaram writes | Eleven years: a data-based critique
June 22, 2025 7:03 am
Expenditure is a proxy for income and borrowing. The persons in the bottom 10% have an expenditure of Rs 50-100 per day. Ask yourself, with Rs 50-100 a day, what kind of food can a person consume? What kind of dwelling can a person have? What kind of medical care or medicines can the person afford?
ExplainSpeaking: How India improved the quality of its govt expenditure — and why that matters
February 22, 2025 7:33 am
The RBI has used data since 1991 to create the ‘Quality of Public Expenditure’ index to assess how well the government is spending its [read: ‘your’] money. Spoiler alert: things are as good as they have ever been
Spending on sugar and salt declines; rises for beverages, processed food: What Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 shows
January 09, 2025 9:28 am
The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 showed rural spending growing at a faster pace than urban areas, narrowing the gap between the two, and also perhaps signalling a cut in consumption by urban households.
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23: In 11 years, rural consumption spend rises more sharply than urban; share on food falls
February 25, 2024 6:43 am
Average monthly rural spend Rs 3,773; average monthly urban spend Rs 6,459
No bottomless kitty
April 14, 2016 12:01 am
Suggestions for public expenditure must also account for opportunity costs.
'Education,health spends outgrow GDP'
October 08, 2012 10:04 pm
Public expenditure on education and health grew faster than GDP which expanded 15.3%.
Plan panel fund disbursal role may dwindle
September 02, 2011 12:34 am
* Rangarajan committee for management approach based on measurable outcomes.
Driving backwards
September 16, 2010 12:35 pm
Growth is good,because it leads to trickle-down,though this doesn't negate the need for direct govt intervention through anti-poverty programmes.
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