What is Consumer Expenditure Survey? Why was it withheld?

The Government of India withheld the release of Consumer expenditure survey results of 2017-18. The leaked draft of the survey showed a decline in consumption expenditure in rural India. As per the draft, consumer expenditure declined 8.8% in 2017-18 in rural India, but it increased 2% over six years in urban India. (It translates to …

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