Households
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Bad Housing on the Rise
EghtesadOnline: The government’s active involvement with rental market is inevitable, as a significant proportion of tenants are financially vulnerable people. Rental housing should be viewed…
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Gov’t Doled Out $3.3 Billion in Covid-19 Financial Assistance
EghtesadOnline: The government has extended a total of 770 trillion rials ($3.37 billion) in financial assistance to households, businesses, the unemployed and the heath sector in the last fiscal…
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Minimum Wage Covers 38% of Urban Households’ Expenses
EghtesadOnline: Workers' wages cover only 38% of their living costs in urban areas and 69% in rural areas.
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Parliament Passes Bill to Support Underprivileged Households
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament’s proposal for “supply of essential goods to households” was approved on Wednesday.
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Transportation Inflation Tops 100% YOY
EghtesadOnline: The transportation sector recorded a whopping inflation rate of 109.5% year-on-year in the seventh month of the current Iranian year (Sept. 22-Oct. 21) – the highest among 12…
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'Health & Treatment' Inflation at 23.6%
EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of "health and treatment" among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households increased by…
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Food & Beverages Inflation at 21.7%
EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of food and beverages—among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households—in the 12-month…
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Leisure & Culture Inflation at 30.5%
EghtesadOnline: The average Consumer Price Index of "leisure and culture", among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households, in the 12-month period ending…
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'Leisure & Culture' Registers Highest Monthly Inflation
EghtesadOnline: The Consumer Price Index of "leisure and culture" group, with a coefficient of 1.65%, stood at 284.4 in the month ending July 21, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian month,…
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With 7.3%, Communications Registers Lowest Inflation
EghtesadOnline: The average annual Consumer Price Index for the communications sector in the 12-month period ending July 21, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian month, increased by 7.3%…
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Communications Sector Registers Lowest Inflation Rate
EghtesadOnline: The average Consumer Price Index of the communications sector in the 12-month period ending June 20, which marks the end of the third Iranian month, increased by 8.7% compared…
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Poll: Income of 70% of Tehran Residents Declines Due to COVID-19
EghtesadOnline: The coronavirus outbreak has reduced the income of 70% of households living in the capital city, an opinion poll jointly conducted by the Social and Cultural Studies Department…
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Underground Water Resources Crucial
EghtesadOnline: Underground water resources meet close to 57% of the domestic water demand from households, farming and industries. The balance (43%) comes from renewable resources.
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Gas Delivery to Power Plants Cut by Half
EghtesadOnline: Natural gas delivery to thermal power plants has halved with the aim of sustaining and stabilizing natural gas supply to households in the winter season, director for technical…
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3-Month Restrictions on Gas Supply to Cement Factories
EghtesadOnline: Following plans to sustain and stabilize natural gas supply to households in the winter season, the National Iranian Gas Company has cut gas delivery to cement factories across…
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Smart Electricity Meter Program Making Headway
EghtesadOnline: An estimated 3,000 energy-intensive agricultural units and households have been equipped with smart electricity meters (known as Faham in Persian) in the mountainous province…
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Transportation Registers Highest Monthly Inflation in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The highest monthly growth in the Consumer Price Index among 12 groups of consumer goods and services purchased by households in the Iranian month ending Nov. 21 was recorded…
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Iran: Urban, Rural Households' Health Expenditure Rises
EghtesadOnline: The average healthcare expenditure of urban and rural families increased by 22.46% and 31.17% respectively in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) compared with the year before.
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Iran: 200K Households Struck Off Cash Subsidy List
EghtesadOnline: Two hundred thousand high-income households have been removed from the list of cash subsidy receivers, the spokesman of the headquarters associated with the implementation of…
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Appalling Waste of Energy in Buildings
EghtesadOnline: Buildings account for a significant share of energy waste (almost 50%) in Iran including households, commercial sectors, private companies and state organizations.
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Digital Electricity Meters For Kordestan Agro Sector
EghtesadOnline: An estimated 4,500 energy-intensive agricultural units and households have been equipped with smart electricity meters (known as Faham in Persian) in the mountainous province…
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72% Iran Households Have Internet Connection
EghtesadOnline: By March 2018, more than 72% of households in Iran had access to the Internet, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.
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19,000 Households to Join National Gas Grid
EghtesadOnline: Projects to connect 10 towns and 1,900 villages across the country to the national gas have been completed and new subscribers will join the grid this week, the National Iranian…
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Statistical Center of Iran Data Shows: Inflation Highest for Top Earners
EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has released its latest report on inflation rates for each of the 10 deciles, in which Iranian households are categorized on the basis of their…
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U.S. job market optimism lifts consumer confidence to 11-month high
EghtesadOnline: U.S. consumer confidence rose to an 11-month high in August, with households more upbeat about the labor market, in a further sign that the economy was regaining steam after faltering…