Samreen Wani

Social security benefits for salaried employees shrinking post pandemic

Workers in rural areas, women hit harder

Statsguru: Six charts show higher crude prices tend to push up inflation

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

India's oil demand outpaced world amid pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war

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

Direct govt purchases play a diminishing role in GeM transactions

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

40% jump in cases in a day: Will a fresh wave of Covid-19 hit India?

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

Statsguru: Six charts explain India's changing energy landscape

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

Rise in average value of card, internet banking frauds: Govt data

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

Statsguru: Six charts show fund flow to national-level political parties

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

Over 5,500 dog bite cases a day in 2022, though lower than pre-Covid count

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

Statsguru: Six charts explain labour scars from Covid-19 pandemic

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

Statsguru: G20 puts the rising debt burden of poorer countries in focus

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

Bike startups had boomed just before the bans rolled out in Mumbai, Delhi

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

Statsguru: A year later, effects of Russia-Ukraine war on global economy

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

380 tiger deaths since 2020 in India as population increases

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

India's inflation higher than peers like Brazil and South Korea

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

Statsguru: India's telecom industry is lurching towards a duopoly

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

Over 10,000 MSMEs shut down in 2022-23, highest in past four years

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

Economic Survey: Non-fossil fuel energy capacity expected to triple by FY30

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

With plans to commission 20 plants, India looks to tap nuclear power faster

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

India's fertility rate dips, but the decline is faster in Bangladesh, Nepal

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