Despite rapid recovery the unemployment rate in India remains high
N Chandra Mohan / New Delhi September 24, 2010, 0:25 IST

Although India

Rajiv Shah | TNN

New Delhi: A tad less than 30% of India

The majority of households in urban as well as rural areas migrate because of employment opportunities, according to a new government survey.

Nearly 55 per cent of households in rural areas and 67 per cent in urban areas migrated for employment-related reasons in 2007-08, says the National Sample Survey Office report (64th round) released today.

24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO
Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN

New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to live in pathetic conditions.

Mahesh Vyas / New Delhi May 24, 2010, 0:42 IST

Against the official savings level of 35 per cent, CMIE survey estimates this to be 40 per cent.

Rajasthan: Economically-prosperous states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and u are

37 per cent of the expenditure was on food items and 63 per cent on non-food items

NEW DELHI: The monthly per capita expenditure in the urban areas of Delhi is the highest in the country, reveals a report on

The current state of rural banking in the country is poor. A recent report, by the National Sample Survey Organization, revealed that 51.4 per cent of the 89.3 million total farmer households in the country had no access to credit; 27 per cent of the households were indebted to formal sources of which one-third also borrowed from informal sources.

5,00,000 PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO DELHI EVERY YEAR, THROUGH BIRTH AND MIGRATION. AND HALF OF ALL FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY