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Why costly diesel burns a bigger hole in your pocket than petrol

While consumers feel the petrol pinch directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use

GDP grows 0.4% in Q3 after shrinking for two quarters, may fall in Q4: NSO

Imputed Q4 GDP seen falling 1.1%; Services to catch up with mfg; Tall growth of 30% in govt spending needed; Investments better than expected, show revised numbers

How NSSF could morph from a rainy-day fund into a huge burden for the govt

Costlier loans from NSSF, at 7.4% interest rate, will occupy more than 10% share in govt's outstanding public debt soon, all to give the small saver a higher interest rate than the market

Statsguru: Six charts explain India's energy future amid Covid-19 pandemic

In a situation without Covid-19, India was envisioned to have a strong power demand in the coming decade

Exports rise 5.4% in January; trade deficit narrows to $14.75 billion

Rise in both exports and imports signals recovery is strengthening: Experts

15th FC report: Annual GST losses hit Rs 4 trillion on lower rates

Finance Commission finds inconsistencies in GST, bats for change, simplification and a three-rate structure

Revenue expenditure to decline 8.6% in FY22, show Budget documents

Small savings, which will chip in a record Rs 4.8 trillion, breathe life into stimulus

Spend, earn, tax: Finances of Union Budget 2021 explained in nine charts

Taxes on individual incomes will now bring more revenue to the government than taxes on corporate profits

Statsguru: Economic Survey sets the tone for most awaited Union Budget

The Survey batted for a bold fiscal expansion to make the economic recovery more broad-based

Economic Survey's optimism about India's public debt looks misplaced

India will not face the problem of debt sustainability even in the worst of scenarios till 2030, the Survey observed.

Budget Byte: Healthy corporate profits may help improve govt spending

Rising corporate profits and relatively unaffected salaries may help continue this trend giving a positive impetus to government spending

Budget Byte: Post-pandemic Budget has less room for targeted spending

Efficacy of fiscal deficit is limited by revenue deficit - the lower the latter, the bigger the space for capex

Statsguru: Informal sector plays important role in India's labour market

About 13.5 per cent of casual workers (who probably earned daily or weekly but had steady incomes) became self-employed in that period

Budget Byte: NBFCs may need liquidity support from PSBs for commercial flow

This year, while housing finance has improved, preliminary data shows that NBFC flow to the commercial sector is lagging

Higher compliance, pent-up demand pushed GST mop-up to new high, shows data

Collection hit a record in December 2020, crossing Rs 1.15 trillion, in a sign that faster recovery could really be on its way

Budget Byte: Banks' non-performing assets likely to bulge in 2021

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Budget Byte: Imports grow after 9 months, signal consumption recovery

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Budget Byte: Education scheme 'Samagra Shiksha' expenditure fell in 2020

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Budget Byte: Public health & wellness centres saw huge turnout in 2020

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Budget Byte: Expenditure on urban projects needs to reach pre-Covid levels

In the current financial year, the flow towards capex has slowed down a bit, due to the need to spend financial resources elsewhere