Growth in India's nine core sectors accelerated to a five-month high of 5 per cent in June under the revised 2022-23 base year, led by iron ore, electricity and coal
The government told the Rajya Sabha that the PAIMANA portal is helping ministries monitor project execution gaps and delays in real time, enabling timely intervention
The first Investment Friendliness Index assesses 36 states and Union Territories across 84 indicators, with no state crossing the 60-mark despite five qualifying as top performers
Moody's Analytics says India will remain the fastest-growing major economy in 2026 and 2027 despite losing some momentum as global growth slows amid geopolitical risks
India's first trial Index of Services Production covers 19 sectors accounting for nearly 60 per cent of services output, with accommodation and food services leading April growth
Wholesale inflation rose to a fresh record in June as food and primary article prices accelerated, outweighing a moderation in fuel and power inflation
After more than two decades in the making, India's Producer Price Index is beginning to reshape industrial output, GDP measurement and the country's broader statistical framework
Unlike its three predecessors, the Sixteenth Finance Commission has not published state-wise GSDP projections for 2026-31, citing the absence of revenue deficit grants
NSO's ASUSE 2025 shows cities with more women-owned informal businesses also have higher female employment, with manufacturing and services driving greater participation
The panel has recommended common end-use categories, conversion factors and product classifications to harmonise India's energy statistics and improve policy analysis
The move follows the latest IIP data set, which marked the shift from the WPI to the output PPI as the deflator for item groups where the output is collected in value terms
Policy think tank says regulatory hurdles, not demand, are holding back tourism; proposes easier visas, GST refunds for foreign tourists and seamless interstate travel
Statistics Secretary Saurabh Garg says harmonising administrative data across departments will improve interoperability, AI-driven analytics and evidence-based policymaking
P K Mishra warns AI can reinforce data biases in official statistics, urging stronger safeguards, transparency, and institutional independence in data governance
Industrial output growth rose to 5.1 per cent in May as electricity generation strengthened and the government adopted Output-PPI for the new IIP series
The govt is building a common data platform to unify official economic statistics, with plans to develop it into an AI model that can answer queries using trusted official data
Twenty states utilised 5.86 per cent of their FY27 capex budgets in April-May, below the year-ago pace, though spending recovered in May after a sluggish April
