This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in six Asian countries using demographic surveys. We first estimate a composite wealth index as a proxy for economic status, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute...

A debate has started on the replacement of food grains with cash in the Public Distribution System in the country. Financial Inclusion is seen as a part of the entire scheme of reaching the last person with the benefits of all the welfare programs initiated by the government. Both sides of the...

We analyse the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning the period 1987/88-2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying...

We analyze the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88–2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these...

We analyze the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88–2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these...

As per Census of India 2011, there are 7,935 towns in the country. The number of towns has increased by 2,774 since last Census. The total number of Urban Agglomerations/Towns, which constitutes the urban frame, is 6166 in the country. Already the number of metropolitan cities with population of...