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Official rhetoric on India becoming a $5 trillion dollar economy has resumed, with the Prime Minister’s remarks at the BRICS conference last week. However, these claims are riddled with problems. | Photo Credit: JAMES OATWAY Addressing the…

Small States must prioritise raising their own revenue to reduce their dependency on the Union government The fiscal situation of India’s States has garnered significant attention in recent times. Despite ample data on State finances, most…

Between 2016 and 2019, the NPA ratio remained high. It began to decline later and continued to do so even during the pandemic. Just four years ago, Indian banks’ non-performing assets (NPA) ratio was the worst among most emerging…

Tomato inflation: The wholesale price of the tomatoes for the first-grade variety stood above Rs. 100 per kg in many parts of India by the last week of June The sudden and rapid fall in the quantity of tomatoes brought to various mandis…

An RBI survey tested respondents on financial knowledge, diversification skills and the risk-return relationship In India, retired men, especially those living in urban areas, have the most financial literacy among various comparable…

Consumer confidence: A man counts Indian currency notes inside a shop in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2018. | Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the share of urban consumers who were…

The retail price is linked to the international crude oil prices and that is why it changes every day In India, in recent times, whenever crude prices have been on the rise, Indian consumers have faced the burden of the price rise.…

Data also show that a majority of the farmers were unaware of the Minimum Support Price regime Between 2013 and 2019, the share of agricultural households (HHs) that sold their produce in APMC mandis reduced sharply, while those that…

Results of NFHS-5 (2019-20) showed that in the majority of the States for which data were released, child stunting and child wasting increased compared to 2015-16 India was ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the recently released Global…

Less than 5% of the rice exported from India is destined for the European countries even as many depend on India for a significant share of their rice About 500 tonnes of broken rice imported from India were claimed to be genetically…