Households pull Rs 54,786 cr worth of equities from secondary markets in FY25; invest record Rs 5.43 lakh crore in mutual fundsIndian households demonstrated a structural shift in FY25. They pulled Rs 54,786 cr from secondary equities but doubled primary investments...
20 May, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
India revises GDP release calendar, annual and Q4 figures now due on June 7India's National Statistics Office has revised the annual GDP data release schedule, moving it from the last working day of May to June 7 a...
12 May, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
States told to shift to new base year for GSDP by end of FY27The statistics ministry has directed states to adopt 2022-23 as the new base year for Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) computation by fi...
09 May, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
MoSPI asks states to shift GSDP base year to 2022-23 for better economic data accuracyThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has issued new guidelines for calculating Gross State Domestic Product. The base ye...
08 May, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
Statistics ministry plans city-level labour, enterprise reportsThe statistics ministry is set to release detailed city-level reports for major urban centers. These reports will use data from the Periodi...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
MoSPI to launch new surveys, boost high-frequency economic indicators: Saurabh GargIndia's statistics ministry is set to launch a new Index of Services Production. Plans include state-level data revisions and harmonisation...
06 Mar, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
MoSPI speeds up data releases, launches new website, revamps surveysIndia's statistics ministry is modernizing its data systems. New digital tools and faster releases are improving access to socio-economic i...
26 Dec, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
Govt to tap e-tailers, online sources for price data in new CPI seriesThe government plans to include online and e-commerce price data in calculating retail inflation (CPI) to improve its accuracy, reliability...
23 Dec, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
New GDP series to include data on informal sectorThe ministry of statistics and programme implementation is exploring new data sources for estimating the informal sector within the revised...
30 Jan, 2025, 11.15 PM IST
India changes timing of revealing its GDP dataThe Government of India has announced a change in the release timing for its quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates, moving the r...
08 Nov, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Govt mulls more frequent job data surveysIndia's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is considering increasing the frequency of the Periodic Labour Force Su...
19 Jun, 2024, 08.57 PM IST
MoSPI reduces no. of GDP estimates, timeline by a yearThe ministry will now release five GDP numbers instead of six, with the final revision coming nearly two years from the completion of the f...
29 Feb, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
Decoding GDP Estimates: Six iterations in three years, but is it necessary?Releasing GDP estimates undergoes six revisions over three years, starting with the First Advance Estimate (FAE). Examining four years of d...
03 Jan, 2024, 11.06 PM IST
Government defends official growth data, says followed global practicesIn a clarification issued in response to a paper authored by Arvind Subramanian, the govt said the country follows accepted international p...
11 Jun, 2019, 09.32 PM IST
MoSPI is giving an increased focus on data quality, assurance, credibility: GovernmentThe government had last month approved the merger of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under Mo...
10 Jun, 2019, 09.47 PM IST
Chief statistician to remain head of statistics systemUnder criticism for restructuring the statistical system, the government has clarified that the chief statistician will continue to be the ...
08 Jun, 2019, 07.23 AM IST
NSC members didn’t express concerns on GDP back series, jobs data earlier, says govtNSC members PV Mohanan & JV Meenakshi quit the apex statistics body citing concerns on its functioning.
30 Jan, 2019, 10.00 PM IST