The low penetration of health insurance and high health costs expose Indian households, especially those at the bottom of the pyramid, to severe financial shocks, according to fresh data from a large-scale nationally representative survey.
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This article was published on 21 Dec 2016. Single-earner families are less likely to own a house and slightly less optimistic about the future compared to others, the ICE 360 survey shows New Delhi: Four out of 10 households in […]
You may think that eating out and taking a holiday trip are some of the simpler pleasures of life, but fresh data on household spending across India shows that an overwhelming majority of families in India may find such pleasures beyond their reach.
In metros, 22% use a public bus and 11% use a local train (or metro) to reach work. The proportion of people using auto-rickshaws is higher than those using personal cars and higher than those using hired cabs to reach work in metros, the survey shows.
New Delhi: The proportion of car-owning households in the country was 5%, according to the 2011 census data. That proportion has more than doubled, and stands at 11% today as per the ICE 360° survey 2016. The proportion of two-wheeler owners has increased 15 percentage points to 36%, while the proportion of bicycle owners has increased 13 percentage points since 2011 to 58%, the survey shows.
New Delhi: The poor use India’s massive public distribution system (PDS) for foodgrains much more than the rich, and rate the quality of grains more favourably than richer income classes, a large-scale nationally representative survey conducted this year shows. The ‘Household Survey on India’s Citizen Environment & Consumer Economy’ (ICE 360° survey 2016) shows that 73% of households belonging to the bottom quintile avail grains from the PDS. The proportion of households belonging to the top percentile that avails PDS grains is less than half that figure at 35%.
If you thought home ownership was a sign of wealth and prosperity in India, think again. Unlike in the West, most poor people live in their own homes in India
Ever since the government announced the scrapping of high value currency notes on 8 November, bank accounts opened over the past couple of years
38% of Indian households have no toilets, 27% have toilets without running water and only 35% have both.
Despite significant strides in toilet construction in rural areas, the D1-D11 district clusters have a long way to go before achieving 90%-plus toilet penetration.
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