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Informal sector had 79.2 mn units in 2025

New Delhi, March 25 -- The Indian economy had 79.2 million establishments in the informal sector outside agriculture and construction in 2025, according to the factsheet for the 2025 Annual Survey of ... Read More


Private sector growth hits over 3-yr low

new delhi, March 25 -- In an early indication of the adverse impact of the war in West Asia on the economy, growth in India's private sector output in March slowed to levels not seen since October 202... Read More


Weather Bee: March shows two sides as heat gives way to pleasant weather

India, March 25 -- Pleasant weather across much of India over the past week marks a sharp turnaround from the unusually warm first half of March, preventing the month from becoming one of the hottest ... Read More


Core sector growth slows to 2.3% in Feb as momentum weakens

India, March 21 -- Growth rate of key infrastructure industries, as measured by the combined Index of Eight Core Industries, eased to 2.3% in February from 4.7% in January, according to data released ... Read More


India is caught between geography, chemistry and economics of crude oil | Number Theory

India, March 17 -- Crude oil, to the layperson, is just crude oil which can be processed in a refinery to make a wide range of end-use fuels and other extremely important petrochemicals. But for someo... Read More


What's at stake for India in the Strait of Hormuz | Number Theory

India, March 10 -- The ongoing war in West Asia is being fought in the air as missiles and drones and fighter jets attack the participants. The world, however, is paying for the war because of what it... Read More


Weather Bee: Is winter over?

India, Feb. 20 -- The short answer to the question is that winter is almost over. However, the short answer needs a lengthy explanation as of now. Part of this is because nights are still cool enough.... Read More


India's unemployment rate rises to 5% in Jan

New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- India's headline unemployment rate was 5% in January, according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday. Rural unem... Read More


Weather Bee | The curious case of clean air after midnight

India, Feb. 14 -- Residents of the Indo-Gangetic plains are used to an intra-day pattern in air quality on dry and cool days - pollution levels worsen after sunset and improve after sunrise. However, ... Read More


How to read the new retail inflation series

India, Feb. 13 -- Calculating inflation involves four key processes: identifying the items for which price data is collected; classifying and weighing them, identifying the markets from which to colle... Read More