Bs Number Wise

IDBI stake sale to push disinvestment receipts past BE for second year

The 30.48 per cent divestment in IDBI Bank is expected to take the government's receipts from stake sales and asset monetisation past the BE of ₹80,000 cr

MSME recovery status check: Micro segment trails small, medium peers

While overall asset quality across sectors has improved since pre-pandemic levels, bad-loan ratios for micro enterprises have stagnated

Uttar Pradesh is at the centre of India's unresolved bonded labour crisis

A handful of states account for almost all reported victims, but delays in official action and unspent central funds leave rescued workers without support

Matter of liquidity: How the RBI manages cash in the banking system

Why the central bank relies on a mix of short- and long-term tools to keep money in check

District unemployment data needs granular analysis for policymaking

National Sample Survey findings reveal significant divergence between combined and demographic-specific joblessness figures across key districts

In seeking Olympic glory, India fails to cast a wide net for medals

Country participated in only 21% of medal events at Paris 2024 and the US in 80%

India Inc's hiring of specially abled people is making slow progress

Workplace barriers and gender divides leave millions of disabled workers sidelined from the formal economy

India's FDI paradox: Record gross inflows run into investor exits

Record inflows offset by higher repatriation and rising outward investment, keeping net FDI subdued

Viksit Bharat target has a low manufacturing value-addition problem

Top export sectors remain vulnerable due to high reliance on imported components

Bad loans at a decade low, but stress in agriculture sector persists

While public sector banks have cleaned up their balance sheets to match private peers overall, private lenders now hold a higher share of bad debt in retail loans

India's natural diamond exports decline amid rise of lab-grown gems

From January to May, the volume of lab-grown diamond exports exceeded natural diamond shipments

Bihar succeeds, and slips, in closing school education gap with Kerala

Bihar is retaining teachers and reducing dropout rates but needs to improve school enrolment

Flawed subsidy targeting, discoms trigger fiscal strain for Tamil Nadu

State's outstanding debt and liabilities reached almost ₹10 trillion in FY26

Indian women are living longer than men but good health eludes them

Gap between lifespan and health span presents a critical challenge for a rapidly ageing population

The paradox of Indian states chasing growth as fertility rates decline

Declining birth rates have not guaranteed widespread improvements in living standards

G-sec tax break announcement yet to make an impression on foreign investors

FPIs pull out nearly ₹13,000 crore in June and the rupee continues to be under pressure

Facing the home truth about cockroaches: Most live far away from humans

A majority of species live in natural ecosystems and India has a rich variety of them

In keeping election promises,Vijay's welfare & fiscal discipline challenge

Tamil Nadu is prosperous but it cannot afford to be profligate with spending

Matching international trends, media acquisitions move online in India

More digital media companies are being set up and bought than TV and newspaper businesses

H-1B visa workers are not undercutting US peers; they aren't cheap labour

Salaries of foreign professionals are higher than those of their American counterparts, particularly in the tech industry