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    Does the consumption of the poor really matter?

    Overall growth in private consumption has been strong even in years that saw a shrinkage in real rural wages

    Manas Chakravarty
    February 06, 2024 / 11:15 IST
    Analysts have from time to time pointed to the data brought out by government’s Labour Bureau that show rural real wages have been negative or marginally positive for years
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