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Statsguru: 24% GDP contraction and enormity of Centre's fiscal challenge

If annual expenditure is kept unchanged from the budgeted Rs 30 trillion, a worst-case scenario can push Centre's fiscal deficit to 8.1 per cent of GDP

Two-fold spike in suicides by financially stressed daily wagers since 2014

Self-killing has grown among self-employed, jobless, salaried and even students. While farmer suicides haven't really reduced, farm workers are less inclined to take the extreme step, data suggests

Bureaucrat Kshatrapati Shivaji takes up India's top statistical post

But he has only been given additional charge, and govt has not appointed a full-time chief statistician yet

First economic contraction in 4 decades: India GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1FY21

The two growth engines, consumer spending and investments contract massively as govt-led spending lifts GDP from falling further. On supply side, only agriculture shows growth, industry contracts 40%

Statsguru: Down, yes, but how much? India's Q1 GDP data to reveal on Monday

As many as 13 out of 18 indicators analysed by Business Standard showed a contraction in Apr-Jun, ranging from services exports at a 10% clip, to domestic air travel with more than 90% fall

Six yrs of Jan Dhan: Widening and deepening of financial inclusion in India

Deposits in bank accounts meant for the vulnerable now account for a higher share in overall demand deposits in Indian banks

The chance to tame Covid-19 pandemic squandered after a good start

Adaptive Control model suggests India had shown improvement in the second week of August, but lost the opportunity later

Explained: Why inflation is so high in India and where it is headed

It isn't just protein diet and cereals that are becoming expensive despite bumper output the past few years; even personal care products and recreation have surprisingly become very costly

Small savings lose sheen in FY20 despite premium interest rates

Indicative of a possibility that people redeemed their savings for consumption after a likely loss in incomes

Slight genetic changes of virus don't change strain, say geneticists

Geneticists from Delhi's CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Vinod Scaria and Bani Jolly, tell how they are tracking the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in India

Statsguru: Is NEP 2020 a solution to India's core problems with education?

The National Statistical Office's 2017-18 report on education shows that less than 50% students get education for free after Class 8

Professional forecasters predict contraction of nearly 6% in FY21 GDP

Despite this precipitous fall, they expect the farm sector to grow at 3.4%, and industry and services to contract sharply by 9.7%, and 6.1%

Monetary policy: Taming Covid-19 key to soften GDP fall, says RBI

High consumer inflation likely till September

How data-driven models map Covid-19 risk prone states, aid policy response

Standard epidemiological and statistical models by researchers across the world are showing the warning signs, and the way in which policy response should be directed

Youngsters in India shunning higher education, new govt survey suggests

Dropout rates at diploma and graduation levels are on the rise, one in five students still drop out from school, but attendance of existing students has improved, a new govt survey on education shows

Statsguru: India gets healthier, but insurance coverage still low

Richer households tend to use hospitalisation services more

Is Covid-19 changing course from big cities to smaller towns and villages?

Two indicators--daily growth in stock of positive cases and a derived case positivity rate--show cases are rising fast in the rural, while the virus is becoming more ubiquitous in metros

Statsguru: India staring at grim future as Covid-19 count tops 1 million

Despite imposing one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, India is witnessing a rapid rise in cases

Covid policy response: Rural spending skyrockets, defence bears the brunt

Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue

First-person account: What it takes to make it home in the time of Covid-19

After being stranded in the US for over two months, he finally came back to India under the government's national repatriation scheme. Abhishek Waghmare gives a first-person account of the experience