India’s new services speedometer flashes green across 17 sectorsIndex of Services Production: In July, India's services sector experienced significant growth, with 17 of 19 sub-sectors reporting year-on-...
29 Sep, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Colombia seeks IMF financing as government grapples with fiscal crisis: ReportColombia's government is engaging with the International Monetary Fund to secure financial assistance amid ongoing fiscal challenges. Presi...
29 Sep, 2026, 07.36 AM IST
Infra projects see cost overrun of Rs 2.88 lakh crore in August: MoSPIIn India, infrastructure initiatives monitored by 17 ministries have faced significant cost overruns, totaling approximately Rs 2,88,122 cr...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.06 PM IST
Forget holidays, Indians travelled most for religion: 47.7% of domestic overnight trips were for pilgrimage, govt survey revealsReligious travel accounted for 47.7% of domestic overnight trips in India during the year to June 2026, making it the most common purpose o...
24 Sep, 2026, 12.23 AM IST
India's new GDP series: GST, corporate data drive new methodologyIndia's revamped GDP calculation incorporates extensive corporate filings and GST data, as revealed by the statistics ministry. This update...
22 Sep, 2026, 01.05 AM IST
Govt taking steps to build harmonised data infrastructure: MoSPI SecretaryIn a transformative move, India is developing an integrated data framework for enhanced information discovery and application. This process...
21 Sep, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Decoding GDP growth: The good, the bad & the dataET drew up a longlist of more than five dozen indicators across all key themes of the economy— from the external sector and markets to farm...
21 Sep, 2026, 09.10 AM IST
GDP more than aggregation of high-frequency indicators: Pronab Sen, India’s first chief statistician"The GDP estimates are a lot more than just the aggregation of the high-frequency data. They bring in all sorts of other things and in cert...
20 Sep, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
From INSAS to AK-203: How India's 'Sher' assault rifle came to beThe journey from INSAS to the indigenous AK-203 'Sher' involved years of negotiations, technical challenges and efforts to secure technolog...
20 Sep, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
Nearly 250 districts have over 25% youth out of work, educationOver a quarter of young Indians aged fifteen to twenty-nine are NEET. This issue is most pronounced across northern Indian districts and so...
19 Sep, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
India's district-level unemployment rates revealed: 77.8% of districts below 5.5%New data shows most Indian districts have low unemployment rates. Many districts reported young people not in employment, education, or tra...
19 Sep, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
FCRA registered NGOs down by half in last 10 years; contribution rises from Rs 17832 cr to Rs 22974 crActive FCRA registered NGOs have halved in the last decade. Foreign contributions received by these organizations have significantly increa...
18 Sep, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
School Assembly News Headlines, September 16, 2026: Top national, international, business, sports updates and thought of the daySchool Assembly News Headlines Today: Delhi is set to develop hostels catering to 10,000 students, while Google faces scrutiny concerning f...
16 Sep, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
Retail inflation in August rises to 4.8%, wholesale print up 9.9%India's retail inflation reached 4.8% in August, its highest level since January. Wholesale inflation also climbed to 9.9%, driven by fuel ...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
India has shown ‘quite a lot of resilience’ to oil price shock, says IMF as it welcomes stronger statistical frameworkAcknowledging India's strength in weathering increased energy prices, the International Monetary Fund has praised the country's economic st...
11 Sep, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
Fifty districts drive a third of India's informal economy, women lead the way in 25A robust economic framework is evident in fifty districts that drive India's unincorporated enterprise GVA and businesses. Impressively, 28...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
New GDP series reflects better data, methods: MoSPIThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation defends its new GDP series methodology. Double deflation is presented as a methodol...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.40 AM IST