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Rising food prices and a weak monsoon pose risks: India must act early to protect the most vulnerable

New Delhi, April 16 -- Two data releases on 13 April held important messages for the government on ensuring food security and shielding the livelihood of citizens. First, inflation estimates released ... Read More


Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025: Earnings aren't rising for large groups of Indian workers

New Delhi, April 2 -- Last week, the National Statistical Office (NSO) released its annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2025. It differs from earlier PLFS reports in its cover... Read More


Himanshu: How India's farm sector could end up as a major casualty of the conflict in West Asia

New Delhi, March 19 -- The war in West Asia has raised geopolitical vulnerabilities. These are not only affecting countries in the region that are directly or indirectly involved in the war, but also ... Read More


India's new GDP series is an upgrade but it leave a few questions on the economy unanswered

New Delhi, March 5 -- Last week, India's statistics ministry released its first estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) and other associated national accounts data with 2022-23 as the base year for ... Read More


Data tools mustn't get rusty: India must institutionalize regular statistical revisions

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The first estimates of inflation based on the revised series of India's Consumer Price Index (CPI) were released last week. The new CPI series uses 2024 as the base year. Accordi... Read More


Why policymakers simply cannot afford to neglect India's vast agricultural sector

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Going by the national accounts, if there is one sector that seems to have done well in recent years, it is agriculture. As the Economic Survey also notes, the sector as a whole ha... Read More


India's inequality problem won't be solved by freebies-it needs long-term solutions

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The G-20 presidency of South Africa ended last November with the release of a report on global inequality. It was authored by a G-20 committee of independent experts chaired by N... Read More