Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 57: Forging firm that supplies Tata, M&M, JCB. Nobody talks about it enoughFor over four decades, one company has been making crankshafts quietly and precisely, supplying customers from Tata Motors to Liebherr to M...
06 May, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
Fish, meat & West Bengal elections: It’s about money and not politicsWest Bengal Elections BJP vs TMC: Political campaigns in West Bengal are creatively using fish and meat, staples of Bengali culture, to con...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.46 PM IST
Who is Mohammad Marandi? The man dubbed Iran’s ‘English-language mouthpiece’The name Mohammad Marandi has surged across global search trends, especially during geopolitical crises involving Iran. Data from internati...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.00 AM IST
Deepinder Goyal claims Temple outperforms screenless wrist tracker in heart rate trackingA study conducted during a badminton match tested three devices — the Eternal founder’s startup Temple's head-mounted heart rate (HR) track...
14 Apr, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh hits out at Centre after NSO predicts 8.2 % growth rate in 2025-26 Q2, cites IMF reportCongress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized India's quarterly GDP data, calling it ironic following an IMF report that gave India's national a...
30 Nov, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
Post-poll statistical reports: EC streamlines old manual systemThe Election Commission has upgraded its system for generating post-poll statistical reports, replacing manual methods with automation and ...
05 Jun, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
India needs to overhaul metrics used for measuring infrastructure utilisation: Eco Survey 2024The Economic Survey 2023-24 has recommended creating an index to better track infrastructure utilisation rates, addressing concerns of over...
22 Jul, 2024, 03.20 PM IST
Proper interpretation of data necessary for more informed decision making: RBI GovernorSpeaking at the RBI's annual 'Statistics Day Conference', Das mentioned that lockdowns in various countries, including India, posed severe ...
29 Jun, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
Households spent lower on vegetables, breads, cereals, pulses in FY19: MoSPIThe private final consumption expenditure (PFCE) on bread, cereals and pulses was Rs 4.43 lakh crore in 2018-19 from Rs 4.74 lakh crore in ...
21 Jul, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks 'qualitative' look at High Court decisionsChief justice of India HL Dattu has asked high courts to file details of the verdicts they reach as part of efforts to undertake a "qualita...
20 Nov, 2014, 05.44 AM IST
Corporate Affairs Ministry strengthens data dissemination effortsAs part of data dissemination initiative, various new sections have been introduced on the Ministry website apart from coming out with mont...
02 Feb, 2014, 12.39 PM IST
Annual services survey to be launched soonAt the moment, the only data source for services sector firms is the enterprises survey done by the NSSO once every five years.
08 May, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
New rules for company disclosure can worsen the quality of industrial dataThe new norms on company disclosure and reporting standards are, ironically, more likely to worsen data quality in manufacturing and other ...
06 Sep, 2012, 08.40 AM IST
- After CPI, India Post may help CSO with IIP nos too
Rattled by criticism about IIP data, India's apex statistical body is taking inspiration from a very unlikely quarter - our post office sys...
24 Apr, 2012, 04.03 AM IST