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Households assets in India
The ownership of assets is one way to understand living standards in a country. In India, TVs are the most commonly owned of four key assets
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Access to banking
Nearly everyone in India now has a bank account. However, some gender gaps remain, and not everyone with an account uses it
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The economies of Indian states
India's states differ from each other not only in the sizes of their populations, but also in the sizes of their economies. While all states are growing, the rate of growth varies significantly between regions
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Trade
Software service exports in particular have transformed the nature of international trade between India and the world
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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.
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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.
