New Delhi, May 30 -- From India's direct household spending on healthcare declining while states show sharp disparities, to the country securing the second rank in Mint's emerging markets tracker despite global headwinds, income tax filings by low-income earners falling after successive exemption hikes, and thematic mutual fund inflows plunging 79% amid investor fatigue-here is a compilation of this week's news in numbers.

India's out-of-pocket healthcare spending in overall health expenditure has declined over the years, according to the health ministry's National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates report released this week. However, latest data for 2022-23, showed the burden varied sharply across states. Among select states covered, Uttar...