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StatsGuru: How govt's tax revenues got a demonetisation boost in Nov

Among direct taxes, corporate tax, I-T mop-up rose sharply; indirect tax also saw robust growth

Statsguru: Looking back - 2016 in review

Despite the weakness in the economy, foreign investors continued to pour in billions

Statsguru: Tracking political funding

51% of total donations to National Parties came from donors whose details are not available in the public domain

Statsguru: Uncertain inflation outlook

Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to a 24-month low of 3.63 per cent in November

Statsguru: Living in times of uncertainty

With multiple triggers, policy uncertainty across the world has increased of late

Statsguru: RBI's interest rate dilemma

Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India will be meeting for the first time since the decision to demonetisation

STATSGURU: Lens on rural transactions

Only 38% of branches of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) are in rural areas.

Statsguru: Cash crunch to hit growth

Because Indian economy uses cash far more than other countries

Statsguru: India's black economy and impact of demonetisation

PM Modi announced demonetisation of existing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes last week, while there is no sure measure of the black economy

StatsGuru: Taking stock of indebtedness in the Indian corporate sector

The combined debt of India's top family-owned groups has grown faster than their revenue and operating profits

StatsGuru: Doing business in India

World Bank's latest Doing Business 2017 ranking has pegged India at 130th rank out of 190 countries

StatsGuru: What ails exports?

Much like in other countries, exports in India, too, were adversely affected by the global slowdown in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis

StatsGuru: India's fight against hunger

The International Food Policy Research Institute's Global Hunger Index shows India has slid further down the rankings

StatsGuru: Will the repo rate cut work?

The Monetary Policy Committee surprised many by cutting the policy rates by 25 basis points

Statsguru: Making sense of India's rise in WEF rankings

The report indicates India has made substantial gains on most of the sub-indices

Statsguru: The telecom sector's data war

Seven operators have submitted the earnest money, with RJio leading the pack, followed by Vodafone and Idea

StatsGuru: Tracking the monsoon

On Thursday, the southwest monsoon began withdrawing from parts of western Rajasthan. Latest data show that as of September 17, rains have been five per cent below normal. This is marginally better than the six per cent deficit on September 13 as shown in Chart 1.By comparison, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted rains to be at 106 per cent of the long period average (LPA). Currently the LPA for the whole country is 89 cm. Rainfall below 90 per cent of the LPA is considered as deficit, while that between 96 to 104 per cent of LPA is considered as normal. Till last Wednesday, the country had received 76.6 cm of rainfall. But there is wide variation across regions. As shown in Chart 2, the deficit in the southern peninsula is to the tune of 11 per cent. The river basin-wise distribution of rainfall is shown in Chart 3. Cauvery river basin has received 23 per cent less rainfall than normal.While the withdrawal of the rains has been delayed by 15 days, based on current

StatsGuru: Real estate woes

Unfavourable court verdicts aren't the only worry for real estate firms

StatsGuru: The biggest spectrum auction

With DOT offering 2,345 MHz of spectrum, the stage is set for the largest spectrum auction in the history of the Indian telecom industry

StatsGuru: Tracking the financial health of lenders

Over the past year, both private and public sector banks (PSBs), prodded by the RBI, have been aggressive in recognising the true extent of bad loans plaguing the system