Govt expanding data sources for better decisionsIndia's statistics ministry is exploring new data sources like e-commerce and social media. The ministry will release a Time Use Survey and...
Industrial sector growing at fast pace, India can now aim 9% growth: NITI Aayog CEOIndia's industrial sector is expanding swiftly, aiming for 9% GDP growth. NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam emphasized manufacturing job gr...
ET Explainer: Decoding the hype over building an AI brain smarter than humansWhile some, like OpenAI, are striving for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a new frontier in AI is generating debate: Artificial Supe...
ET Explains: What is ASI, and what is its connection with GDP?India swiftly recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, with employment rising above pre-pandemic levels in 2021-22, according to the latest An...
Gyanvapi moque complex: Court asks ASI to explain reason for seeking more time to file survey reportTaking up the plea of the ASI seeking three additional weeks to submit the report, District Judge A K Vishvesh asked a senior ASI official ...
COVID-19 surge: ASI monuments closed for visitors till May 15An order to this effect was issued by the ASI and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel this evening. "Due to the prevailing COV...
Manufacturing investments fell 15% in FY18: ASI dataASI, principal source of industrial statistics in India, is the most comprehensive data on organised manufacturing. The survey was conducte...
Number of workers grew 4.8% to 12.2 million in FY18: ASI dataManufacturing sector investments declined 10.3% in 2017-18, as pet the data released by the ASI.
ASI stumbles upon Rs 2.8 lakh entry fee fraud at Humayun’s TombASI had hired a new data operator service provider on November 15 and the fraud was detected a few days after it took charge, the source sa...
MPC member Ravindra Dholakia questions new GDP series methodologyRavindra Dholakia has raised doubts over the veracity of the higher growth registered in manufacturing output.
ASI data shows contraction in investment in 2013-14The total number of factories increased 1.1% in 2013-14 while the number of workers employed there rose 3.7% at 1.04 crore from 1.005 crore...
Industrial survey fails to capture complete manufacturing data, as many as 70,000 cos not on listNSC has discovered that data from a substantial number of manufacturing companies don’t get captured in the annual survey of industries.
Industry grew at decade low of 2.8 per cent in FY13: ASIThe economic growth as initially estimated at decade low 4.5% in FY13 may be revised downwards after the latest ASI result in incorporated.
Latest ASI data to take FY 2012 GDP higherThe industrial production growth in the initial GDP numbers is based on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
2008 financial meltdown, Euro debt crisis hit Indian economy: ASI dataHaving weathered the 2008-09 global financial crisis, India also had to brave the effects of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2011-12.
- In quality drive, IIP basket and base year to be updated often: CSO
India's apex statistical body plans to change the structure of the IIP more frequently to quell the rising doubts on its accuracy.
- IIP understating growth numbers, reveals industry ministry paper
The index of industrial production may be understating the manufacturing growth, as suspected by many experts, says a working paper put out...