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BS Number Wise: RBI needs to strike the right balance as rupee falls

As the discussion shifts from internal to external factors, is the RBI being too conservative and could the rupee depreciate more?

As states compete for investments, Gujarat's industrial clout keeps growing

Its lead in adding factory assets has widened even as states like Tamil Nadu do better on other parameters in nationwide competition for investments

BS Number Wise: India's savings don't help govt build a social safety net

India needs the other kind of saving now

BS Number Wise: Taking stock of Indian markets' valuation premium

Data shows that bond yields here are significantly higher than the earn­ings yield

BS Number Wise: How consumption is set to outstrip food grain production

Consumption will exceed food grain production but the world is not on the brink of a hunger crisis

BS Number Wise: In India's coal crisis, a question about nuclear power

India plans 10 atomic power facilities, joining some other nations in reviewing an alternative fuel that is cheaper and cleaner

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