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Women's role in India's labour market is shifting toward stability, SBI Research findsIndia's female labour market may be on the cusp of a structural upgrade, with education, household agency and social mobility driving a gra...- West Bengal polls 2026: Amid welfare push, bidi work sustains women in Malda villagesIn Malda's remote villages, women are actively engaged in bidi-making, a traditional livelihood. This self-employment provides income indep...
- The road to development of India as a whole is no longer caste-codedIndia's consumer economy (ICE) surveys 2014, 2016 and 2021 - show that caste is not as important a determining factor as 'caste warriors' m...
- Odisha starts OBC surveyThe survey will encompass various indicators of backwardness such as occupation, educational qualification along with type of educational i...
- No plan to collect caste data during census: Nityanand RaiPolitical parties, including BJP allies, have been demanding collection of caste data for empirical evidence on the total population of Oth...
- Government hopes to reach poorest families with VISVAS, an interest subvention schemeFor the first year, the Centre has identified 3.28 lakh beneficiaries, including 1.98 lakh SCs and 1.27 lakh OBCs, for its interest subvent...
- Sub-categorisation of OBCs: Panel seeks countrywide surveyJustice G Rohini (retd), who is heading the five-member panel, set up to suggest parameters for an equitable distribution of OBC reservatio...
- Economic gap between upper castes and dalits persistsSince there is no direct survey of incomes in India, monthly household expenditure is seen as a proxy measure of monthly income for most ho...
- Position of socially & financially deprived hasn't improved: SurveyThe relative position of socially and financially backward groups especially SC and ST have not shown any improvement despite the various s...
- Village households' average assets at Rs 10 lakhHouseholds in rural areas hold assets worth over Rs 10 lakh on average, less than half the holdings by those in cities, says a government s...
- Stark inequality: Why political mobilisation on the basis of caste & class is likely to persistRoughly 3.4% of the Muslims across the country are graduates, broadly the same as that for Dalits. The national average is 7.3%.
- OBCs account for 38.5% of rural populationSubject to politically charged and conflicting claims, the mist over the percentage of OBCs in the population might have lifted a bit with ...
- India spends double than BharatThe benefits of high economic growth have been unable to bridge the gap between urban and rural people in terms of spending capacity. India...
- Sachar panel: Thin samples & inaccurate conclusionsThe Economic Times carried a series of stories in the first week of April on income disparities across different religious groups in India.
- Divergence among social groups grows with rise in educational levelThe government is looking for a solution by increasing the number of seats in country’s premier educational institutes.
- Indebtedness on the rise, hits peak among OBCsLow interest rate and easier availability of credit has increased the Indian household sector’s appetite for borrowing.
- Asset scale: Caste divide greater in urban IndiaRecently there has been a lot of debate over the socio-economic status of different castes in India.
- Assets in caste iron mouldIf asset accumulation is anything to go by, then there are clear signs of a substantial difference between various castes in India and thes...
- Caste no bar: Occupation's a great levellerIf occupation defines a person's social class, then the OBCs are not much behind the general population.
- OBCs no laggard spendersIf consumption defines our economic status, the OBCs are not far behind the general category population.
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