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In rural India, rich people travel for education, poor for social reasons

In urban areas, 28% rich households travelled overnight during 2014-15

Rural, MGNREGA, Employment
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Prachi Salve | IndiaSpend
Most of the overnight trips (in the last 30 days) in rural areas were completed by rich households (monthly per capita income of Rs 1,800 and above) during 2014-15, according to this report on domestic tourism by the ministry of statistics and policy implementation.
In urban areas, 28% rich households ( monthly per capita income of Rs 3,600 and above) travelled overnight during 2014-15.
Rich households travel mainly for education and business. In rural areas, 35% households travelled for education followed by 35% households that travelled for business purposes.
In urban

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