Data Stories
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January 02, 2022, Sunday
Statsguru: Six charts that explain the state of Indian healthcare
Analysis shows that UP did not show any gains in most parameters concerning health outcomes
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November 01, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Six charts show India's infrastructure projects in a slow lane
Among sectors, water, telecom and Railways faced the highest cost overruns
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October 18, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Six charts explain another dimension of poverty in India
The report highlights that differences among social groups define the incidence and intensity of poverty
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September 05, 2021, Sunday
Statsguru: Where flagship welfare schemes of Modi govt stand after 7 years
Business Standard looks at eight key schemes of this government
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July 21, 2021, Wednesday
Tax data shows how Covid-19 crushed small companies while big ones made hay
Listed firms paid Rs 35,000 cr more tax this year, even as corporate tax mop up fell by Rs 1 trn. Pvt ltd firms and the ...
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July 12, 2021, Monday
India's education report card: Better score in enrolment; low rank in infra
Data from the 2019-20 U-DISE report, recently released, indicates that more of India's children are going beyond primary
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June 14, 2021, Monday
BS Number Wise: What happened to ambulance sales during the pandemic?
A reliable ambulance service is often a luxury in the subcontinent, and it has been so for some time
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June 08, 2021, Tuesday
BS Number Wise: Cash is king, once again. Should you be worried?
A BS analysis shows that a crisis leads to a higher demand for money, which is complemented by an increase in currency in ...
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June 07, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: A decline in growth poses risks to govt's fiscal forecast
While tax collections provided some reprieve, the government seems to be consistently underperforming on the disinvestment side.
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May 26, 2021, Wednesday
PM Narendra Modi's public presence during two Covid-19 pandemic waves
Three charts look back at the Prime Minister's engagements through the two Covid waves and series of lockdowns since March 2020
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May 24, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Six charts explain why monsoon is so important for economy
An even more virulent second wave means that economic growth, income and employment will again depend on agriculture to a large ...
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May 09, 2021, Sunday
Statsguru: 6 charts explain how Covid-19 is hitting women harder than men
The study also shows the unequal economic impact of the crisis on women, compared to men
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April 19, 2021, Monday
Domestic auto sales in India go below 2015 levels amid Covid-19 crisis
The situation was not very different globally
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April 12, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: 6 charts explain how corporate taxes help govts globally
A look at select countries - four advanced economies, three emerging markets and India - shows the extent to which corporate ...
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March 08, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Key takeaways from the 4G telecom spectrum bidding
In a market of 1.3 billion with only about a half having access to mobile broadband, the untapped user base still holds much ...
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February 22, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Seven charts explain India's tryst with cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin, which commands more than $50,000 on any exchange today, was founded anonymously in 2009
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January 29, 2021, Friday
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 ...
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January 27, 2021, Wednesday
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
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January 19, 2021, Tuesday
Budget Byte: Export needs budgetary support for overall economic growth
Strategic incentives through the Budget may help boost exports.
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January 18, 2021, Monday
Budget Byte: How GST collections and share of central scheme alter spending
While the actual expenditure on centrally sponsored schemes was more than the Budget estimate for FY17 and FY18, the target ...
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December 08, 2021, Wednesday
IAF chopper crash: India lost 46 personnel in air accidents in six years
There have been more than 10 incidents every alternate year in five years from 2014-15 to 2018-19, data shows
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October 25, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Four charts explain how gender-equal are India's elections
As against their nearly equal share in population (48.6 per cent), women have not yet crossed the 10 per cent barrier among ...
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September 14, 2021, Tuesday
Cyber-ready? India's 2.1 mn police personnel had 13,000 laptops in 2019
Kerala was the only state with 23 computers per 100 police officers: the rest of the states had fewer than 20 computers.
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August 16, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: From floods to deficient rainfall, dealing with climate change
The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and if a new IPCC report is to be believed, the situation will only ...
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July 12, 2021, Monday
BS Number wise: Indian power distribution companies' Ides of March
This March, discoms cleared Rs 34,150 crore worth of debt owed to power-generating companies
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July 05, 2021, Monday
BS Number Wise: How good is Sebi at recovering money?
The value of notices Sebi has sent out since getting recovery powers in 2013 is more than twice Mumbai's annual municipal budget
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June 14, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: 6 charts show how Indian universities fare in global rankings
A key issue has been the number of foreign students, which has a bearing on the ranking of universities globally
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June 07, 2021, Monday
Recovery tracker: Spike in mobility, traffic pointers as people go out more
Other weekly economic indicators also show signs of gains
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May 31, 2021, Monday
Recovery tracker: Signs of increased activity as Covid-19 cases decline
Some indicators have begun to reverse earlier decline
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May 25, 2021, Tuesday
Recovery tracker: Power generation lower than during May 2020 lockdown
This week power generation fell below the last year level indicating continued deceleration in economic activity from the ...
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May 17, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Commodity supercycle may hurt India amid Covid-19 pandemic
After a year of limited activity, several economies are expecting a faster-than-usual bounce back to normal. This has led to an ...
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April 20, 2021, Tuesday
Recovery tracker: Workplace visits lowest since Dec, power generation hit
Workplace visits are now down by nearly a quarter compared to normal times
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April 14, 2021, Wednesday
Recovery tracker: Rising Covid-19 cases in India hit power, traffic
Effect on Mumbai's economic activity appears more pronounced than Delhi's
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March 29, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: IBC mechanism ready to take up cases after a year-long hiatus
As many as 1,942 cases are currently going on under the Code (as of September 2020)
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March 01, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Bond market pressure is getting reflected in the stock market
Bond markets are showing signs of nervousness, and yields on the 10-year government bonds are on the rise
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February 01, 2021, Monday
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
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January 28, 2021, Thursday
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
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January 20, 2021, Wednesday
Budget Byte: Bad year for PSUs may impact dividend payout to govt
Though the stock market touched new highs in 2020, the PSU index was late to the party, and has barely recovered to January 2020 ...
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January 18, 2021, Monday
Recovery tracker: Workplace visits on the rise, Delhi emissions gain
Improvement in goods carried moderated shows latest rail data
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January 18, 2021, Monday
Statsguru: Bank lending in the slow lane amid Covid-19 pandemic
In a period of slowing credit growth, only PSUs have sequentially borrowed more, and that too, only from private banks
