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After an 11-year break, highlights on household consumption was published last Saturday, by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In addition to trends in the composition of such expenditure, the report featured estimates of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) split across income classes, urban and rural India, States, and Union Territories. The full report will be released later. In Episode 1405 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta analyses key takeaways from Consumption Expenditure Survey and what it says about the 'MSP trap'.----more----Raed Household consumption expenditure survey 2022-23 here: https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/Factsheet_HCES_2022-23.pdf----more----Read Nikhil Rampal’s article here: https://theprint.in/economy/here-are-5-key-takeaways-from-household-consumption-expenditure-survey-2022-2023-highlights/1980278/

Alliance forged on the heels of AIADMK snapping ties with BJP. Party chief G.K. Vasan says he expects BJP to take care of welfare of Tamil Nadu and Tamils around the world.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/tamil-maanila-congress-joins-nda-ahead-of-ls-polls-annamalai-hails-it-as-sign-of-bjps-future/1979692/

Like the Uttarakhand UCC, the Esop judgment in 1913 South Africa was supremacist and demeaning to the customs and practices of minorities.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/uttarakhand-ucc-resembles-colonial-south-african-law-kasturba-gandhi-fought-against-it/1980203/

Hours after Kamal Nath's virtual address to thousands of Congress workers, Amit Shah exhorted BJP cadre to bring in leaders from Congress during a meeting in Gwalior-Chambal region.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/amid-rumours-of-switch-to-bjp-kamal-nath-urges-congress-workers-to-make-rahuls-nyay-yatra-a-success/1978691/

Repeal of Muslim marriage legislation, criminalising 'magical healing', converting madarsas into general schools- Assam CM Himanta Sarma is building a hardliner image. ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses Sarma's politics in this episode of #politicallycorrect ----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/himanta-sarma-is-reading-rss-modi-politics-wrong-hardliner-image-wont-help-beyond-a-point/1978913/

भाजपा के आठवें उम्मीदवार की जीत सुनिश्चित करने में कुंडा के कद्दावर नेता अहम भूमिका निभाएंगे. इसी तरह, सपा को अपने तीसरे उम्मीदवार के लिए बाहरी समर्थन की ज़रूरत है. राज्यसभा चुनाव मंगलवार को होंगे.----more----https://hindi.theprint.in/politics/bahubali-seven-time-mla-former-minister-why-are-bjp-sp-in-queue-in-raja-bhaiyas-kunda-haveli/666619/