Introduction -- Earning pattern of Indian households -- Spending pattern of Indian households -- Saving pattern of Indian households -- Income pyramid: distribution and income disparity -- Rural well-being -- Urban well-being
Summary
This book maps the earning, spending and saving profiles of Indians in the post-liberalisation era. It studies how socio-economic, religious and individual characteristics lead to inequality in the incomes of households. Among other aspects of the problematique, it reveals that while a household's income is primarily dependent on socio-economic factors (occupation, education and age of its chief earner), its economic prosperity is impacted by factors like its spending and saving levels, sectors of employment of members, state of residence, and so on. The book is based on the results of the Nat
