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Good auguries: Inflation falls while industrial output rises

January 12, 2023 11:27 pm

The driving consideration for both fiscal and monetary policy must be to preserve macroeconomic stability

October IIP lowest in more than a year: Why has industrial output declined?

December 13, 2022 3:55 pm

Manufacturing output, which accounts for 77.6 per cent of the weight of the IIP, contracted 5.6 per cent in October as against 3.3 per cent growth in the previous year.

High input prices hurt manufacturing, pull down Q2 GDP growth to 6.3%

December 01, 2022 4:59 am

The GDP data, although lower than expected, suggests the economy continues to recover post the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the agriculture and the services sectors posting a growth of over 4 per cent for the third straight quarter.

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New government data paints a mixed picture of the Indian economy

November 30, 2022 11:00 pm

Services, agricultural and allied sectors lead growth momentum as shadow of global slowdown looms large

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Private capex improving: Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran

November 25, 2022 12:22 am

Speaking on growth, he said India's growth projections for FY2023 made by RBI and international and private sector participants is around 6.5-7 percent and this appears to be reasonable at this point in time.

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Why the RBI communication to government on the failure to meet inflation target must be placed in the public domain

October 13, 2022 6:15 am

Doing so will not only provide greater clarity on the trajectory of monetary policy, but will also ensure greater accountability and transparency in its making

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Easing inflation, robust industrial output signals uptick in growth

August 15, 2022 6:28 am

CPI down TO 6.7% in July, IIP up 12.3% in June; manufacturing, which accounts for three-fourth of IIP, rose 12.5% in June

NSO officials face hurdles during surveys in Pune city as some housing societies deny them entry

July 29, 2022 3:03 am

While the "Periodical labour force survey," is underway, the National Statistical Office is now preparing to undertake the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey from August 1.

Over 3 times more women in part-time jobs than men: National Statistical Office

July 20, 2022 3:10 am

The employment rate of workers living in a household with no child under age three years rose to 61.2 per cent in 2019-20 from 58.37 per cent in 2017-18 in the 26-49 years age group and 59.6 per cent in 2018-19.

Explained: The fall in unemployment rate in the 2020-21 labour survey, what it means

June 16, 2022 6:29 am

The annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey for July 2020 to June 2021 showed that the unemployment rate, as per usual status (reference period of last 365 days preceding the survey), eased to 4.2 per cent from 4.8 per cent in 2019-20.