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ESIC approves one-time amnesty scheme to cut litigation, boost ESI

The one-time amnesty scheme and re-launch of SPREE aim to reduce litigation, promote compliance and expand ESI coverage among unregistered employers and workers

Govt working on a separate PLI for garments: Textile minister Giriraj Singh

The Indian textile industry, which was worth $112 billion a decade ago, has grown by nearly 60 per cent to $176 billion today and our target is to grow it to $350 billion by 2030, says Giriraj Singh

Data errors should be minimal, need to follow Japanese standards: Niti CEO

BVR Subrahmanyam says India must drive down error rates in welfare delivery to Japanese precision levels to avoid exclusions, fund loss and policy distortion

EPFO increases auto settlement limit for advance claims to ₹5 lakh

The move allows EPFO's 75 million subscribers to withdraw advances for education, illness, marriage and housing without human intervention up to ₹5 lakh

Private sector business activity rises to 14-month high in June: PMI data

Flash PMI rose to 61, up from a downward revised figure of 59.3 in May

NSO to launch household income survey from Feb 2026: Statistics minister

The survey aims to estimate average household income across India and may help provide a clearer picture of poverty, inequality and income disparity across rural and urban areas

Fresh formal hiring at 5 month high in April 2025, shows EPFO data

EPFO added 894,000 new subscribers in April, an 18.5 per cent rise from March, marking the strongest formal employment growth since the end of FY25 according to payroll data

Core sectors' growth plunges to a 9-month low of 0.7% in May 2025

Electricity generation contracted for the first time in nine months, with a 5.8 per cent drop that marked the sharpest downturn since June 2020

GDP base revision could be done more frequently in future: Rao Inderjit

MoSPI is examining the feasibility of salvaging the data of 7th Economic Census in consultation with states/UTs

EPFO warns zonal and regional offices over delay in relieving transfers

EPFO has warned its offices that non-compliance with staff transfer orders will be treated as insubordination and attract severe disciplinary action under civil service rules

India flags concerns on ILO's biological hazard pact for informal sector

India urges ILO to reconsider broad applicability of its biological hazard convention, citing implementation challenges for MSMEs and informal sector enterprises

Cooling down of food prices keeps rural inflation in check, shows data

Retail inflation in rural areas in May stood at 2.59 per cent, while that in urban areas stood at 3.07 per cent

High gold prices, mobile tariffs pushing core inflation, says Crisil

Crisil says core inflation rose due to global volatility, driven largely by gold prices, while headline inflation fell to a 75-month low of 2.8% in May amid easing food prices

Jobless rate at 5.6%, women's work participation down in May, shows data

Unemployment in May rose to 5.6 per cent with youth and women most affected, while labour force participation fell to 54.8 per cent, latest PLFS data shows

WPI inflation falls to 14-month low in May as food, fuel prices dip

Prices of primary food articles (-1.56 per cent) declined for the second month in a row

Nearly 66% senior citizens find technology 'confusing', shows study

HelpAge India study shows 66 per cent of senior citizens find tech confusing, with over half fearing errors; youth often act as guides but see elders as disinterested

India's retail inflation hit 75-month low in May as veg prices dipped

CPI reading reported at 2.82%, lowest since February 2019

Upcoming kharif crop area estimates to be fully based on satellite data

India will use satellite data instead of the traditional girdawari system for estimating kharif crop acreage, improving accuracy and coverage across all districts

Social protection cover in India rises to over 64% in 2025, says ILO

India's social security coverage reaches 64.3 per cent in 2025, up from 19 per cent in 2015, as verified by ILO using new national-level data pooling by the Centre

Mospi mulls frequent expenditure surveys to track consumption patterns

The last base year revision for these key macro-economic indicators undertaken by MoSPI kicked in from January 2015