Estimating is not fudging: Decoding the needless jump from 'GDP is estimated' to 'GDP can't be trusted'India poses an exceptionally difficult statistical challenge because hundreds of millions work on farms, tiny shops, construction sites and...
22 Sep, 2026, 10.59 PM 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
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
Gaining ground: Household manufacturing grows 4x faster than corporatesHousehold manufacturing in India is growing nearly four times faster than corporate entities. This sector's gross value added shows a subst...
08 Sep, 2026, 11.52 PM IST
SBI Ecowrap calls ‘missing’ GDP figures claim ‘fiction’, defends revisionsAn SBI Ecowrap report dismisses claims of missing national account sums as fictional. It states criticisms stem from comparing distinct sta...
08 Sep, 2026, 08.39 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
2.7 ka 7.8, 7.8 ka 2.8... The data debate behind India’s GDP growthLatest GDP metrics reveal a robust real growth of 7.8% for Q1 FY27, although some dissent surfaced due to erroneous comparisons between out...
04 Sep, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Plan afoot to create index for unincorporated enterprisesThe index, proposed by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI), will provide insights into the health of the large ...
29 Jun, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
India's informal job generation marked key milestone in January-March 2026India's informal sector employment has surged past 15 crore for the first time during January-March. This marks a significant 15% increase ...
22 May, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
India’s unincorporated businesses rise to 9.2 crores in Q4FY26India's small businesses are booming. The number of unincorporated establishments grew by 16.7% to 9.2 crore in the January-March quarter. ...
21 May, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
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...
21 May, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Track credit schemes, add re focus in Capex survey: MoSPIMoSPI advocates for monitoring credit access program impact in upcoming surveys to bolster enterprise formalization and financial inclusion...
28 May, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
Survey on unincorporated enterprises to start in JanuaryThe last survey was conducted between October 2023 and September 2024. The next survey will try to capture district-wise data also to help ...
25 Dec, 2024, 11.19 PM IST
India unincorporated club swells 12.7%The number of unincorporated enterprises in India increased by 12.7% year-on-year to 73.4 million between October 2023 and September 2024, ...
25 Dec, 2024, 02.04 AM IST
Sen Panel tasks 3 subgroups with monitoring data collectionThe standing committee on economic statistics (SCES), chaired by Sen, has subsumed in it four earlier standing committees on labour force s...
07 Jan, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Trusts, Self-Help Groups & Non-Profit Institutions may be surveyed annuallyThe survey will estimate the characteristics of these enterprises such as type of activity, employment, ownership and working capital.
26 Aug, 2019, 08.54 AM IST