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Reallocation of public spends on health, decentralisation required: Bibek DebroyChairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Council Bibek Debroy said that the ongoing Covid-19 crisis has flagged the issue of expenditure o...
India not keen to take legal recourse to fix data gapsAs per the Collection of Statistics Act, whoever fails to produce any books of accounts, vouchers, documents or other business records, neg...
Final decision on revising GDP base year to be taken within 2-3 months: Chief StatisticianPravin Srivastava's statement came a day after the Congress criticised the BJP-led central govt's plan to revise the base year from the cur...
New base year for GDP to be decided in a few monthsThe ministry is considering 2017-18 as the new base year; the current base year for the GDP is 2011-12.
Is the job scene in India bad? Depends on how you see it, says govtThe unemployment rate was highest among urban females at 10.8% followed by males at 7.1%.
Govt to merge CSO with NSSO to create new stats bodyThe restructuring is in line with the proposed National Policy on Official Statistics which was floated last year.
2 more members of NSC quit on feeling sidelinedP C Mohanan and JV Meenakshi sent their resignation citing lack of involvement in some key decisions.
One more institution died due to government's negligence: P Chidambaram on NSC resignations"One more venerable institution died on 29 January 2019 owing to malicious negligence by the government," Chidambaram tweeted.
Government mulls creating national business register, may spend Rs 300 crore in economic censusMoSPI has roped in CSC e-governance, also known as CSC SPV, for conducting the seventh economic census.
Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman accepts Chidambaram's 'challenge' on revised GDP dataIn January 2015, the government moved to a new base year of 2011-12 from the earlier 2004-05 for national accounts. The base year of nation...
India to undertake more reforms to grow over 8%: Rajiv KumarHe also expressed displeasure at politicisation of release of back-series GDP data Wednesday at a joint press conference addressed by him a...
Ahead of 2019 polls, government slashes UPA era GDP growth rateAs per the data released, the economy in 2010-11 grew by 8.5% and not 10.3% as estimated earlier.
GDP backseries data: Niti Aayog's role raises eyebrows“Involving Niti in the GDP story is strange. It gives out signals that CSO (Central Statistics Office) lacks capability while the Aayog has...
Back series of GDP likely this month, says chief statisticianThe national accounts numbers had been recast in 2015 to shift to an internally followed system and the base year had also been updated to ...
Two Dalits tonsured, paraded on charges of stealing cowsThe victim alleged that the Hindu Yuva Vahini activists shaved off his and another man's heads and paraded them in the town with tyres arou...
ASI, Google unveil 360-degree online view of 30 monumentsThe iconic Taj Mahal is among 30 Indian monuments which can now be "visited" online with a 360-degree panoramic view, thanks to a novel ini...
ASI to decide soon if it will continue treasure hunt in UnnaoThe archaeologists hit the soil in the first trench after excavating to a depth of 4.8 metres, which indicates there was nothing underneath.