India: Morethan 6.85 crore Households Hold No Land..!
Released on July 3, 2015 the first such Census in
independent India the last one was conducted in 1932 did not include
caste-specific data despite the title saying so.
The bad news is that more than 6.85 crore
households (38.27%) hold no land, deriving a major part of their income from
casual manual labour.
Also, the number of households with destitutes or
/ those living on alms is more than 6.68 lakh; as many as about 4.08 lakh
households rely on rag-picking.
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