Shikha Chaturvedi

Statsguru: India yet to plug EV gap in the race with Asian peers

There has been strong growth in EV sales across Asian countries over the past few years, with most markets witnessing sharp expansions between 2021 and 2024

Datanomics: Minorities face disadvantage in India's labour market

India's stable unemployment rate masks sharp disparities, with minorities facing uneven job access, lower participation and higher reliance on informal work

Datanomics: Ethanol push gains ground; dependence on oil imports persists

India's E20 fuel rollout boosts ethanol blending, but rising fuel demand keeps crude import dependence high, raising questions on its impact on energy security

StatsGuru: States' fiscal challenges versus electoral compulsions

The promises, if implemented, will aggravate public finances to varying degrees in these states, depending on the parameters chosen

From education to work, transgender community's marginalisation is stark

Parliament passes controversial Bill as data reveals a systemic cycle of exclusion for transgender persons

Statsguru: Economic strain in the shadow of rising West Asia conflict

Periods of major wars - both global and regional - have frequently aligned with spikes in India's inflation

Datanomics: Women's participation rate in India's workforce remains low

India's female labour force participation rate stood at 32 per cent in 2024, significantly lower than several peer economies

New series addresses lacunae in older GDP methodology amid revision

Discrepancies between the expenditure and production sides not completely wiped out

New GDP series: How revisions in FY2011-12 rewrote high-growth years

Under 2004-05 series, India recorded 3 straight yrs of 9%-plus growth

From tinkering labs to AI ambitions: AIM scales innovation in schools

But Atal Innovation Mission faces utilisation, depth challenges as it turns a decade

Datanomics: India's AI moment faces a compute and capital reality check

India shines as a global AI talent hub, but weak compute infrastructure and limited investment expose gaps that could constrain its ambition to compete with the US and China

Datanomics: Challenges galore for new Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh

As Manipur returns to elected rule under Yumnam Khemchand Singh, data on inflation, fiscal stress and unemployment show a fragile and uneven recovery

As Budget renews push for social sectors, gap in implementation persists

Spending on health and education as percentage of GDP is modest and below policy targets

2024 CPI series rebasing halves index value; inflation rate unchanged

Shift to CPI 2024 base sharply lowers headline index levels in back series, but inflation rate remains identical across rural and urban segments

Statsguru: India's Cloud push hits a waterwall as data centres expand

India's data centre capacity has risen sharply over the past five years, reflecting accelerating investment momentum

Eco Survey: Goods exports a key to stable rupee, manufacturing under strain

Economic Survey flags rupee pressure, stressing goods exports for currency stability as manufacturing stagnates and productivity gains outpace wage growth

Economic Survey: Responsive state, competitive firms key to resilience

Economic Survey 2025-26 says India's resilience to global shocks hinges on state capacity, effective governance, competitive firms and trust-based regulation, not just macro stabilit

Datanomics: Parliament's Budget sessions see longer sittings, fewer Bills

Parliament's Budget Session begins as longer sittings contrast with limited debate on expenditure and fewer bills introduced and passed in recent years

India's mental health care workforce must quadruple to meet needs

Country has 0.75 psychiatrists per 100,000 people: Less than the world average of 1.3

Datanomics: Consumption, not technology, powers India's startup boom

A decade into Startup India, most Indian unicorns are clustered in consumer and finance, highlighting limited depth in enterprise tech and frontier technologies like AI