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GDP 2nd Advance Estimates: what’s changed since 1st, what it meansSubscriber Only
March 01, 2022 03:30 IST
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Monday released the Second Advance Estimates of GDP for the current financial year. How many revisions of GDP estimates are done, and why? What is the highlight in the SAE? Is this the final picture?
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: Urban Employment Guarantee schemes — why, what and howSubscriber Only
February 28, 2022 08:58 IST
India’s urban poor not only suffer higher unemployment rates but also higher inflation than their rural counterparts and yet, relatively speaking, there are few policy solutions specifically targeted toward them.
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
Explained: What are MSPs, and how are they decided?Subscriber Only
February 24, 2022 20:14 IST
Typically, MSPs create the benchmark for farm prices not just in those commodities for which they are announced, but also in crops that are substitutes.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: Why record food grain production may trigger renewed demands for MSPsSubscriber Only
February 21, 2022 08:49 IST
The past six years have seen more and more farmers protesting against poor remuneration even when this period has seen a sustained increase in farm output. Are MSPs the answer?
Mon, Feb 21, 2022
Everyday Economics: What are repo & reverse-repo rates?Subscriber Only
February 16, 2022 18:34 IST
What are repo & reverse-repo rates, how are they decided, and how do they affect the economy?
Thu, Feb 17, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: How does Uttar Pradesh compare with Kerala, Kashmir and Bengal?Subscriber Only
February 14, 2022 09:26 IST
From law & order to child nutrition and from the status of women to the economic metrics, UP lags behind the three states mentioned by CM Adityanath
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: How poll-bound states compare on unemployment among youth, educated, and womenSubscriber Only
February 07, 2022 08:33 IST
Youth employment rates have plummeted across all states, explaining why the young are out on the streets demanding jobs
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
Five questions: The Budget big pictureSubscriber Only
February 02, 2022 04:00 IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has bet on significantly ramping up capital expenditure to start a virtuous cycle of growth. The strategy has obvious benefits in normal times — but India’s economy is still Covid-scarred, demand is weak, and capital assets have a long gestation period
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: What can Union Budget 2022-23 do to address the unemployment crisis in India?Subscriber Only
January 31, 2022 09:30 IST
Labour economists suggest it is time for India to adopt an employment-centric growth strategy instead of just fetishising GDP data.
Mon, Jan 31, 2022
Explained: What is reverse repo normalisation?Subscriber Only
January 29, 2022 10:47 IST
To understand what is reverse repo normalisation, it is important to understand what is reverse repo and how it is not “normal” at present
Mon, Jan 31, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: Should the Union Budget depend on an investments-led economic recovery?Subscriber Only
January 24, 2022 09:31 IST
While it appears that there are all the preconditions of a sustained uptick in investments in the Indian economy, there are many reasons why it may not happen
Tue, Jan 25, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: Brief history of inflation and wage rates in the 5 poll-bound statesSubscriber Only
January 17, 2022 08:52 IST
In the run-up to the next election, all the states have witnessed inflation rates that are higher than the national average, especially food price inflation.
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
Fewer have jobs in poll-bound Goa, UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand than five years agoSubscriber Only
January 11, 2022 04:20 IST
While all the four states were below the national average, the fact is India – as a whole – has seen its labour force participation rate (LFPR) and employment rate fall sharply over the past five years.
Tue, Jan 11, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: High unemployment, a common factor in poll-bound statesSubscriber Only
January 10, 2022 09:54 IST
Notwithstanding lakhs of people joining the working-age group, be it UP, Punjab, Goa or Uttarakhand, the total number of employed people in each state today is less than what it was five years ago.
Tue, Jan 11, 2022
Explained: Reading GDP early estimatesSubscriber Only
January 07, 2022 22:45 IST
The First Advance Estimates project a GDP growth of 9.2%, after a contraction in the last fiscal. What do the data reveal about the economy, and the average Indian's income and purchasing power?
Sat, Jan 08, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: Key takeaways from RBI’s Financial Stability ReportSubscriber Only
January 03, 2022 10:26 IST
As part of the FSR, which is published twice each year, the RBI also conducts a Systemic Risk Survey, wherein it asks experts and market participants to assess the financial system on five different types of risks — global, financial, macroeconomic, institutional and general.
Mon, Jan 03, 2022
Explained: Expected economic recovery, and factors it will depend onSubscriber Only
December 28, 2021 07:40 IST
India’s GDP is expected to return to pre-Covid levels by the end of 2021-22. But some sectors are struggling more than others, the number of unemployed remains high, and private consumption is low.
Fri, Dec 31, 2021
ExplainSpeaking: How the Indian economy performed in 2021Subscriber Only
December 27, 2021 08:02 IST
From GDP and inflation to unemployment and inequality, here's what impacted the economy this year
Tue, Dec 28, 2021
ExplainSpeaking: Why (gentle) policymakers prefer retail (over wholesale) inflationSubscriber Only
December 20, 2021 09:24 IST
🔴 Wholesale inflation does not capture price movements in non-commodity producing sectors like services, which constitute close to two-thirds of economic activity in India
Thu, Dec 23, 2021
ExplainSpeaking: Should India reverse economic reforms to reduce widening inequalities?Subscriber Only
December 13, 2021 09:01 IST
If inequality is still rising rapidly then it only implies that the government needs to bring in more economic reforms because such alarming levels of inequality could easily drag down the domestic growth story.
Tue, Dec 14, 2021
Bangladesh@50: From a ‘basket case’ to a case study, how the country put itself on the fast trackSubscriber Only
December 11, 2021 17:56 IST
Bangladesh has outperformed neighbours India and Pakistan in the economic arena
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
ExplainSpeaking: How policymakers in UP, rest of India are underestimating the unemployment crisisSubscriber Only
December 06, 2021 08:04 IST
Merely looking at the traditional metric of the unemployment rate is misleading. Here’s why policymakers should look at ‘employment rate’ if they want to accurately assess the scale of joblessness
Tue, Dec 07, 2021
Explained: How to read Q2 GDP dataSubscriber Only
December 01, 2021 07:10 IST
The economy is recovering from the recession it went into in the second quarter of 2020. However, the recovery is only beginning, and GDP and GVA levels are still far away from a V-shaped recovery.
Wed, Dec 01, 2021
ExplainSpeaking: What to look for in India’s Q2 GDP data this weekSubscriber Only
November 29, 2021 07:42 IST
🔴 High growth rates can be misleading; best to focus on absolute levels of GDP
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
Explained: In perspective, farm distress and the demand for guaranteed MSPSubscriber Only
November 23, 2021 04:15 IST
At present, the government announces MSPs for 23 crops, but procurement happens only for a few among them. Also, procurement varies quite a lot across states.
Wed, Nov 24, 2021Journalism of Courage
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