Unincorporated establishments surge to over 9 cr; jobs hit 15-cr mark: Govt surveyIndia's unincorporated non-agricultural sector shows remarkable growth. Over 9 crore establishments now operate, employing more than 15 cro...
India’s unemployment rate steady at 5.2% in April; rural joblessness rises to 4.6%India's job market shows stability. The overall unemployment rate was 5.2% in April 2026. Rural joblessness increased slightly. Urban unemp...
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...
One gap narrows, another widensThe rise of Indian girls in academia is undeniably impressive, with an increasing number pursuing higher education. Yet, a troubling discon...
The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrongRecent studies reveal a misrepresentation of income inequality in India, challenging the commonly accepted pre-tax Gini coefficient of 0.61...
79% households fund construction via own income, informal loans: NSOA recent pilot survey reveals a striking reliance on personal funds and family loans for household construction, with nearly 79% of familie...
India's Industrial Production growth at 4.0 per cent in AugustIndia's industrial production growth accelerated to 4 per cent in August from 3.5 per cent in July, NSO data revealed. This surge was prima...
NSO begins process to empanel survey institutionsThe National Statistics Office (NSO) has initiated a Request for Proposal (RFP) to empanel private survey institutions for conducting socio...
View: Whichever way you cut it, the economy’s booming and is a welcome gift for the incoming governmentThe Indian economy is booming with a GDP growth of 8.2% for 2023-24, surpassing estimates. The National Statistics Office data highlights t...
Sluggish pace of GDP growth suggests shortage of investment: CongressThe NSO in its second advance estimate of national accounts pegged the country's growth at 7 per cent for 2022-23. Besides, the NSO revised...
Nirmala Sitharaman says economy 'sound', inflation 'manageable'The National Statistical Office (NSO) data shows that the headline CPI surged to a 17-month high of 6.95% in March from 6.07% in February. ...
ESIC scheme adds 12.19 lakh new members in OctoberGross new enrolments with Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 10.78 lakh in April, 8.91 lakh in May, 10.68 lakh in June, 13....
Amazon shuts down Pegasus-owner NSO Group's infrastructureIn a statement to Motherboard, an AWS spokesperson said that "When we learned of this activity, we acted quickly to shut down the relevant ...
NSO used data of real people to pitch contact-tracing tech: ReportThe NSO Group launched its contact-tracing technology named "Fleming" in March 2020 amid rising Covid-19 cases around the world.
ESIC scheme adds 11.75 lakh new members in OctoberGross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 8.27 lakh in June, 4.87 lakh in May and 2.62 lakh in April...
12.19 lakh new jobs created in June: ESIC payroll dataGross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 1.49 crore during 2018-19, a report released by National Statistical Office (NSO) st...
12.66 lakh new jobs created in May: ESIC payroll dataGross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 1.49 crore during 2018-19, a report released by National Statistical Office (NSO) st...