[11/n]. Avg. cost of #healthydiet in India in 2017 was US$ 3.41/person/day, which is 118.2% of food expenditure. Almost 77.9% of India's population cudn't afford it.
[1/n]. Despite a far greater decline in vehicle registration in 2020 as compared to 2019, we see a rising trend for growth in vehicle loans in the fortnight ended 25th Sep, 2020 vis-à-vis the fortnight ended 27th Sep, 2019.
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[2/n]. Total no. of vehicles registered in the country was 1.92crore in 2016, 2.09cr. in 2017 (8.63% growth over previous year), 2.27cr. in 2018 (8.87%), 2.15 cr. in 2019 (-5.52 %) and 1.34cr. in 2020 (as on 16th Nov '20).
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[3/n]. In the fortnight ended 25th Sep, 2020, y-o-y growth in outstanding credit to vehicle loans was found to be 8.8%, whereas in the fortnight ended 27th Sep, 2019, y-o-y gr. rate in vehicle credit was at a much lower level i.e. 4.1%.
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[1/n]. #WorkerPopulationRatio according to usual status (ps+ss) among urban males (age group 15-59 years) fell from 74.2% in 2017-18 to 73.7% in 2018-19 i.e. a decline by 0.5 %age points.
[2/n]. In other words, it means #ProportionUnemployed went up from 25.8% to 26.3% between those two years for urban males.
[3/n]. Overall #WPR for age group 15-59 years according to #usualstatus (ps+ss) was 50.3% in 2018-19 -- 75.1% for males and 25.0% for females. In 2017-18, overall WPR was 49.5% -- 74.9% for males and 23.8% for females. #PLFS