In the 50 years between 1961 and 2011, urbanisation in 𝐁𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐫 increased by 𝟑.𝟗 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. For the same period, 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 urbanisation increased by 𝟏𝟑.𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. However, last 10-12 years […]
Bihar / Charts
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Urbanisation in Bihar: What Urbanisation?
Only 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 districts of Bihar (Patna, Munger, and Nalanda) has urbanisation rate more than 25 percent. Unsurprisingly, most urbanised is Patna at 44.3 percent. Least urbanised is Madhubani at 3.6 […]
Economic Growth / Quotes
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Size of The Pie Is Not Fixed
“Most economic fallacies derive … from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.” – Milton Friedman […]
Bihar / Charts / Economic Growth
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Bihar’s District-wise Per Capita Gross District Domestic Product
Most districts of Bihar, except for a few along the river Ganga and the capital city Patna, has income levels not too far apart from each other. These numbers still […]
Bihar / Progress
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Bihar Tourism Booming, Huge Space to Grow Further
This news report from Dainik Bhaskar caught my eye over Twitter. I had no idea that tourism in Bihar is starting to do well. Even though the numbers are starting […]
Bihar / Charts
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Percentage of Women with Bank Accounts
Bihar has seen the highest increase over the four year period between 2015-16 and 2019-21. I suppose there is a story waiting to be told as to how such a […]
Culture / Quotes
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हरिशंकर परसाई जी की कुछ पंक्तियां…
हिन्दी भाषा के मेरे सबसे पसंदीदा लेखक हैं हरिशंकर परसाई जी। कई बार ऐसा हुआ है कि जब किताबों के शेल्फ रखे उनकी रचना-संग्रहों पर मेरे हाथ अनायास ही चले […]
Quotes
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Bastiat on Opportunity Cost of The State
When economists refer to “opportunity cost” of a resource, they mean the value of the next-highest-valued alternative use of that resource. What is opportunity cost of the State? Bastiat has […]
Think
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Value Imputation: Austrian vs. Classical vs. Neoclassical
This comes from Per Bylund’s Twitter/X timeline. As summarised by economist Jeffrey Herbener.
Bihar / Kavita
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