Rural Indians survive on 43 rupees a day: Survey
The average household in rural India spends just 43 rupees (77 US cents) per head a day, with their urban equivalents consuming almost double, according to new government data.
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Pradeep Singh is at ease as he lounges on a charpai, smoking a hookah in the courtyard of his ancestral house.
His male cousins sit beside him while the womenfolk demonstrate the art of milking cows