The affordability of vegetarian Thalis have improved by 29 per cent from 2006-07 to 2019-20 while that for non-vegetarian Thalis by 18 per cent, according to the Economic Survey 2019-20. It also noted that the affordability of thalis vis-a-vis a day’s pay of a worker has improved over time. The Economic Survey 2019-20 was presented in Parliament today by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman. The conclusion has been drawn on the basis of “Thalinomics: the Economics of a plate of food in India” – an attempt to quantify what a common person pays for a Thali across India.
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