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1. The average cost of 1GB of mobile data in 2019
|
Country |
Average Cost |
|
India |
$0.2 |
|
Russia |
$0.9 |
|
Malaysia |
$1.1 |
|
Pakistan |
$1.8 |
|
Nigeria |
$2.2 |
|
Brazil |
$3.5 |
|
Spain |
$3.7 |
|
UK |
$6.6 |
|
Germany |
$6.9 |
|
China |
$9.8 |
|
Canada |
$12 |
|
US |
$12.3 |
|
South Korea |
$15.1 |
|
Switzerland |
$20.2 |
Source: cable.co.uk
2. Four-fold surge in online payments in rural and semi-urban India
|
Particulars |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
|
Transactions* |
4.57 |
10.10 |
13.72 |
17.37 |
17.38 |
|
Value** |
1,558.1 |
3,717.3 |
7,120.6 |
23,795.5 |
28,243.2 |
|
Electricity Bills |
|||||
|
Transactions* |
0.24 |
0.32 |
0.49 |
0.56 |
1.00 |
|
Value** |
108.7 |
138.7 |
239.5 |
308.4 |
1,198.4 |
|
Insurance Premiums |
|||||
|
Transactions* |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
0.17 |
|
Value** |
2.1 |
9.1 |
23.9 |
48.7 |
77.3 |
*Crore; **Rs. In crores
Source: Common services
centres data
3. Market size of the music industry across India (in billion rupees)
Source: Statista 2019
4. Retail inflation eases marginally
Source: Economic Times
5. Electricity Consumption
(in kWh per capita)
Source: The Spectator Index
6. GST Returns filing summary for financial year 2019-20
Source:
www.gstcouncil.gov.in
7. Only 15% of taxpayers have filed GST returns (as of 9th August,
2019)
Source: ET Online Aug 9,
2019; at 11.12 am IST
