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Statsguru: Migrant workers' exit to job crisis, victory over Covid-19 tough

Joblessness is rising, migrants are returning home in India, and macroeconomic fundamentals are deteriorating

Statsguru: Decoding Indian economy's growth risks and muted outlook

The stress lies in the manufacturing and construction sectors, the biggest employers of semi-skilled labour

GDP growth slows to nearly 7-year low of 4.7% in Q3 on weak manufacturing

Interestingly, the GDP estimates for FY19 have been revised downwards significantly, pushing up quarterly growth estimates for the current financial year

3 years of IBC: 7 charts offer insights into how the system has evolved

The amount recovered by financial creditors has varied, and does not show a clear improvement

30 years later, Economic Survey lays down the ground for Liberalisation 2.0

Embracing capitalism in a new avatar

Banks continue to see drop in small study loans, but high-value ones rise

Experts also mentioned that the data suggests that the poorer sections of society could be borrowing less due to their weak ability to service loans

Statsguru: From price to return, 7 charts show how gold performed in 2019

In comparison to other asset classes, globally, gold rallied significantly after many years to deliver 18.4 per cent returns in 2019

Govt may propose GST refunds on capital goods purchases to exporters

Currently, under the LUT route, they need not pay tax on their export bills, but they stand to lose refunds on taxes paid on capital goods. Taxes on all other inputs get refunded

Pre-Budget meet: Fundamentals are strong, economy will rebound, says PM

Economists ask Modi to restore data credibility, provide stimulus

Economists prefer capex route to boost demand amid economic slowdown

Though MGNREGA and PM-Kisan have clear rural focus, they think excess public spending should only be on capex

A deep dive into govt's ambitious infrastructure plan via six charts

Last week, the government came up with an ambitious plan for infrastructure investment

GST compensation dues for 9 states could double to Rs 70,000 crore: ICRA

Centre will recover the excess amount paid last year by adjusting the same in this year's payment

GST revenue growth promised to states may be trimmed to 10-12% from FY21

The idea was discussed during the presentation given by chairman of the 15th Finance Commission (15th FC) N K Singh, in the previous GST Council meeting

Retail inflation at 40-month high of 5.54% in Nov on higher food prices

Food prices rose the fastest in 5 years for the month in villages

For states, balancing fiscal maths and capex will be challenging: CRISIL

The rating agency - in its Infrastructure Yearbook 2019, released on Tuesday - said most of the sub-sectors in infrastructure have shown stress this year, compared to the previous year

Maharashtra last in per-capita public capex; Bengal leads in spend increase

West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and UP have shown the highest increase in public capex in the last four years

GDP growth seen slipping under 5% in Sep quarter; may be in 4.2-4.7% range

A look at six indicators shows all of them have collapsed from positive growth in April to contraction in Sept

Why junking job and consumption surveys does economy more harm than good

These studies are the only kind in the country to deliver information on a wide range of economic metrics vital for policymaking and implementing welfare schemes

States' GST compensation may need to be extended beyond 2022: Report

Serious inconsistencies in data make revenue projection problematic

SC paves way for temple, but Ayodhya has a lot to catch up on development

The pilgrimage town's demographic and socio-economic indicators underline a lag with respect to the national average, and point to prospective policy options and areas that need attention