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News Reports

Indian villages have prospered over the past ten years: purchasing power has risen, poverty level down to 5 per cent of population

अर्पित त्रिपाठी - 26 February, 2024

Over the past ten to eleven years, the economic gap between the village and the metropolis has narrowed.

Opinions

How The Hindu tortured data to claim ‘consumer sentiment weaker in Rural areas’: Here is an analysis of 5 graphs they misrepresented

S. Sudhir Kumar - 29 July, 2022

At first glance of one such “Data Point” published on July 27th, 2022, it looked like there is a gloomy scenario in the country today.

News Reports

Budget 2022: Govt plans to reimagine our cities as ‘centres of sustainable living’, pushes for urban planning

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2022

Earlier during Modi Government 1.0, the government had announced the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to facilitate Urban Transformation along with the Smart Cities Programme in 2015.

Government and Policy

Budget-2019: NDA government announces Mega Pension scheme for workers in the unorganised sector

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2019

Any worker working in the unorganised sector can avail the benefits of this scheme with workers between 18-28 age has to pay Rs 55 per month, while workers above 29 years will be paying Rs 100 per month.

Opinions