Living Conditions
Vehicle ownership in India
Two-wheeler ownership has become more widespread in India, but car ownership is relatively low and concentrated among some groups
Abhishek Waghmare
Living Conditions
Household spending in India
Consumption expenditure, an important indicator of living standards, has risen steadily, and the share of spending on food has declined sharply
Measurement
Measuring consumption expenditure
Consumption expenditure data is vital to the understanding of living standards in India. The latest official data offers a new window, but has also seen key changes in methodology
Living Conditions
Higher education
Enrolment in higher education has grown relatively slowly in India, and large regional and gender gaps persist
Living Conditions
Education levels in India
Over time, the share of the population that is illiterate has declined sharply. But few Indians go on to get a higher education.
Living Conditions
Literacy in India
India is nearing universal literacy, and historic gaps between socio-economic groups are narrowing
Living Conditions
Enrolment in education
Independent India has brought almost every Indian child into school. But there's still a long way to go with higher education
Economy
Trade
Software service exports in particular have transformed the nature of international trade between India and the world
Work
Employment in India
Who is in India’s labour force, who is out of it, and what work people in the labour force do
Economy
The move away from agriculture
As countries industrialise and grow, the contribution of agriculture to the economy starts to fall. But the pathways from there on are diverse, and India is in some ways unique.
Measurement
Measuring employment and unemployment
What is work in Indian statistics, how is work captured, and who is defined as unemployed
Economy
GDP and per capita income
India's economy is now the fifth largest in the world and is growing faster than most comparable countries. At the individual level, however, it is some distance from the world's richest countries.
Work
Women and work in India
Many women are out of India's paid workforce. But they're working - just not in the same ways as men.
Living Conditions
Access to phones and the internet
The last two decades have seen a massive increase in the number of mobile phone connections in India. But not everyone uses phones and the internet in the same way.
