Samreen Wani

Workers in rural areas, women hit harder

The quantity of crude that India imported was 6 per cent lower in 2021-22 at 212 million tonnes compared to 2018-19

Consumes nearly half a million barrels a day more, than in 2019

Value of transactions has crossed over Rs 2 trillion in 2022-23

India continues to report a spike, but experts are divided on whether the surge is a wave yet or a ripple

The industrial sector is the biggest consumer of electricity and accounted for 41 per cent of the 1,296,300 gigawatt hours of electricity consumed in India in 2021-22

Average fraud value up at Rs 34,802 in 2021-22, but number of such instances down 8% to 65,045

The changing income profiles of national parties comes amidst the rising importance of electoral bonds

According to WHO estimates, 36% of global deaths by rabies happen in India, at 18,000-20,000 a year. About 30-60 per cent of dog bite cases and deaths occur in children aged under 15

The share of manufacturing in employment has risen since the previous report, but at 11.6% it is lower than the 12.1% seen in 2018-19

The World Bank noted in December 2022 that the poorest countries saw their debt treble to $1 trillion over the decade ending 2021

Funding, number of new startups had both risen significantly since the pandemic began

European and Indian stocks are both higher today than when the conflict began

Country has more than 70% of world's tiger count, expenditure on conversation project dipping

The RBI last week raised its key interest rate by 25 bps to 6.50 per cent

Vodafone's losses are expected to touch Rs 30,000 crore in the financial year 2022-23

FM Sitharaman revamped the credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs to enable an additional collateral-free guaranteed credit of Rs 2 trillion

To achieve target for installed capacity, it will have to grow at CAGR of 16.25%

India has historically taken more than a decade to get plants in action, shows a Busi­ness Standard analysis

A significant reason is India's higher fertility rates or the number of children born per woman