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BS Number Wise: Covid has put courts years back in resolving pending cases

Number of pending cases increased at a faster rate during the pandemic, with some high courts falling behind sharply

BS Number Wise: Education and the ability-to-pay principle in India

The fees Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) earned per student per annum, at Rs 7,375, was 99 times lower than the spending on academic, administrative, and other costs per student per annum in 2019-20

BS Number Wise: Indian private sector's R&D aversion

Share of companies not reporting any spending on research is increasing; two sectors contribute to most of the spending

BS Number Wise: Indian states are living dangerously on subsidies

Their tax revenues can't keep up with their largesse: it's a policy that risks putting them in economic peril

BS Number Wise: From bad to worse, tracking Sri Lanka's economy

The country is drowning in debt and the currency can buy little in a worsening crisis

BS Number Wise: The late and lagging government annual reports

Just over half the ministries, departments and autonomous bodies released these crucial documents for 2020-21

Running on borrowings, Indian Railways must get on the track

India's largest public transporter has to reform its accounting practices to determine the losses it can sustain

BS Number Wise: An emerging trend in EPFO's debt investments

Every investment category but one has seen a drop in its share: it's a move that is not without some risk

BS Number Wise: Will winner take all in the brokerage wars?

Latest data shows rising concentration of clientele among top ten players

BS Number Wise: In Indian elections, the rich win the vote

Politicians own wealth that the people whose support they seek will take decades to earn

BS Number Wise: Jobs added for women, but gender disparity remains

In 2021-22, one female will hold a job for every four males employed. In 2020-21, the ratio was 1:5

BS Number Wise: Smart City Mission is slow and slipping

Plan to develop 100 urban centres is unable to meet deadlines or fully use funds but keeps adding new projects to its list

BS Number Wise: When prison means business

Products made by inmates generate sales that rival some of India's largest companies

BS Number Wise: Govt's data website is a hard ask for information

Portal data.gov.in is difficult to negotiate and it is outdated, defeating the purpose of understanding economy and policy

BS Number Wise: A case for taxing India's rich on stock market profits

As economic inequality in the country widens, crorepatis pay very little on long-term capital gains

BS Number Wise: A measure of the economy: companies and capex

When demand is uncertain, the biggest private enterprises seem better able to build factories, expand resources and create jobs

BS Number Wise: India's labour, capital paradox

Productivity in agriculture and eight other sectors is increasing but employment is falling and there is no significant capital investment

BS Number Wise: Working in tandem on monetary policy

Central banks of the world are implementing coordinated rate reduction but such convergence is neither new nor permanent

BS Number Wise: Why public data needs to be accessible, free and reliable

Trustworthy data, then, should be a resolution for 2022

BS Number Wise: How many Indians? Census suspense beyond population size

Is the country getting older; how is the labour force faring: important questions about demographics await answers