CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ ■ BHUBANESWAR l sunday l february 25, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 26 l LATE CITY EDITION L46 per person consumption a day by poorest Latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey shows wide gap between rich & poor Average spends The survey shows that the rural population spends an average of 46% on food items while the same is 39% for urban population express read Yoga enables better colonoscopy prep Bhubaneswar: Yoga can be a better, more effective and safer alternative to conventional medical procedure for bowel preparation before colonoscopy, a study by doctors at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has found | P2 WITH THIS ISSUE As You Life It PLUS 12 PAGES The bottom 5% of rural population, ranked by MPCE, has an average PCE of `1,373 while it is `2,001 for the same category of population in the urban areas Among UTs, MPCE is highest in Chandigarh (rural `7,467 and urban `12,575), whereas it is the lowest in Ladakh (`4,035) and Lakshadweep (`5,475) for rural & urban areas M o n i k a Ya d a v @ New Delhi The poorest 5% of the country survives on a daily consumption of just `46 per person in rural areas and `67 in urban areas, the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 shows. The survey, which took place after over a decade, also shows the large gap in consumption between the bottom 5% and the top 5%. The per capita daily consumption for the richest 5% of the population is `350 in rural areas and `700 in urban areas. According to the survey the average monthly per , capita consumption (in current prices) in rural and urban areas was `3,773 and `6,459 respectively - 2.5 times the monthly consumption recorded in 201112. However, much of the growth in monthly consumption over the previous decade is because of inflation. In real term, monthly per capita consumption has grown by only 1.3 times in urban areas and 1.4 times in rural areas. At 2011-12 prices, the same expenditure stood at `2,008 in rural India and `3,510 in urban India in 2022-23. This analysis, excludes the imputed values of items received free of cost through social welfare programmes. The bottom 5% of India’s rural population has an average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) of `1,373 while it is `2,001 for the same category of population in the urban areas. The top 5% of India’s rural and urban population has an average MPCE of `10,501 and `20,824, respectively . MPCE is the highest in Sikkim for both rural and urban areas (`7,731 for rural and `12,105 for urban). It is the lowest in Chhattisgarh (`2,466 for rural and `4,483 for urban). The rural-urban difference in average MPCE among the states is the highest in Meghalaya (83%) followed by Chhattisgarh (82%). The last time such a survey was conducted by the NSSO was in 2017-18, but the report was junked by the government. Congress, AAP formalise deal for five states P r ee t h a N a i r @ New Delhi Close on the heels of the SPCongress pact in UP, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc received another shot in the ar m on Saturday with the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announcing their seat-sharing deal in five states, including Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Apar t from Delhi, they reached agreements for Haryana, Chandigarh, Gujarat and Goa. However, there will be no alliance in Punjab. According to the seat-sharing deal, the AAP will contest four out of the seven seats — West Delhi, South Delhi, East Delhi and New Delhi. The Congress will contest from three seats North East Delhi, North West Delhi and Chandni Chowk. Both parties reached an agreement after months-long deliberations. Addressing a joint press conference here, senior Congress leader Mukul Wasnik said the AAP will contest two of the 26 seats in Gujarat, and one of the 10 seats in Haryana, while Congress will contest the rest of the seats in these states. The two seats allotted to the AAP in Gujarat are Bharuch and Bhavnagar. In Haryana, AAP will contest from Kurukshetra. In Goa, the Congress will contest both the seats and the sole seat in Chandigarh in alliance with AAP. “Long rounds of talks were held on the Chandigarh seat. It was finally decided that the Congress candidate would contest this seat. In Goa, it was decided that Congress will contest both seats,” said Wasnik. Byju Raveendran claims he continues to remain the CEO of the ed-tech company | P12 urban growth Naveen announces 34 new NACs, five get municipality upgrade E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bhubaneswar ahead of the general elections, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced formation of 34 new notified area councils (NACs) in 20 districts and upgradation of five existing NACs into municipalities in four districts. With this, the number of urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state has gone up to 149 including five municipal corporations, 52 municipalities and 92 NACs. Earlier, the state had five municipal corporations, 47 municipalities and 63 NACs in its 30 districts. The chief minister hoped the newly created ULBs will ensure overall socio-economic development of areas under their jurisdiction. The five NACs that have been upgraded to municipalities are Boudhgarh in Boudh district, Karanjia in Mayurbhanj, Kantabanji in Balangir and Chhatrapur and Aska in Ganjam. Of the 34 new NACs, the maximum four urban areas in Jajpur and Cuttack districts have been accorded the status of NAC, followed by three in Rayagada, two each in Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Balangir, Ganjam and Khurda and one each in the rest 11 districts. The new NACs are Bin- Upgradation of ULBs Five existing NACs upgraded to municipalities in four districts Of the 34 new NACs, maximum four are in Jajpur and Cuttack Ganjam has the highest 20 ULBs and Deogarh the lowest one jharpur, Panikoili, Jaraka and Chandikhole in Jajpur district, Salepur, Badamba, Narasinghpur and Niali in Cuttack district and Chandili, Muniguda and Bisamkatak in Rayagada district. Pallahara and Chhendipada in Angul district, Basta and Simulia in Balasore, Paikamal and Bheden in Bargarh, Belapada and Saintala in Balangir, Shergarh and Kukudakhandi in Ganjam and Tangi and Begunia in Khurda have also been declared as NACs. Similarly, Agarpada in Bhadrak, Jaipatna in Kalahandi, Raikia in Kandhamal, Borigumma in Koraput, Sinapali in Nuapada, Dunguripali in Subarnapur, Bonai in Sundargarh, Kantilo in Nayagarh, Betnoti in Mayurbhanj, Parjang in Dhenkanal and Kantamal in Boudh district have been accorded NAC status. Continued on P7 Rollout of new criminal justice laws from July 1 M U K E S H RA N J A N @ New Delhi ThREE new laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nag rik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) — would come into force from July 1, the Centre announced on Saturday . However, the provision related to cases of hit-and-run accidents — sub-section (2) of Section 106 — will be on hold. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), the central government hereby appoints the 1st day of July, 2024 as the date on which the provisions of the said Sanhita, except the provision of sub-section (2) of section 106, shall come into force.” The three codes were enacted to overhaul the criminal justice system by replacing the British era IPC, the CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872. Passed by Parliament on December 21, the codes got President Draupadi Murmu’s assent on December 25. The government decided not to roll out the hit-and-run provisions in view of the promise it made to protesting truckers. Truckers had staged a nationwide strike against the stringent punishment for the accident. According to the Section 106 (2), death of any person by rash and ne gligent driving not amounting to culpable homicide without reporting it to police soon after the incident, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to 10 years.
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