India has managed to move a smaller share of its working-age population away from farm-related work than many of its neighbours. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Nepal managed to shift a bigger share of jobs to non-agricultural work than India, shows data from the year 2000 to 2023 the compiled from the World Bank's April South Asia Development Update report. Only Pakistan and the Maldives show a lower shift among South Asian peers.
The private sector's new project announcements in the quarter ending March were among the highest on record. The value of new private sector project announcements for the three months ending March 2024 was Rs 9.8 trillion, shows data from tracker Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). This is the second-highest on record in data going back to 2009.
Key individual parties have cornered a larger share, with some favouring regional and others national players.
Net inflows were $18.4 billion for the rolling 12-month period ended January 2024 compared to $32.7 billion for the rolling 12-month period ended January 2023.
Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is unequally distributed.
The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress.
Mumbai accounts for the largest share of electoral bonds sold since inception.
96 per cent is being collected through TDS, advance tax, self-assessment tax, and other receipts.
The unemployment rate for women was last this low around Diwali in 2022. The unemployment rate has dropped for women from 14.9 per cent in December 2023 to 11 per cent in January 2024, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). It was higher in January 2023 at 13.5 per cent.
A quarter of the stocks have been replaced since 2019, marking the evolution of India's economy.
The push to develop Ayodhya as a tourism centre, accompanied by large-scale infrastructure projects, comes on the back of years of limited income growth and tourist inflows.
If Indian companies were people, around 20 per cent of the listed space would be individuals whose salaries don't cover their loan instalments.
Many individuals filing tax returns declare zero tax liability. They accounted for two-thirds of the total individual returns filed.
Hit-and-run cases are those in which drivers, who cause the accidents, flee from the spot and do not inform the police.
Government announcements for the building of new roads, railways, and other capital expenditure (capex) projects may have hit an all-time low, according to numbers for the December quarter.
Cruelty by husband or his relatives accounted for 38.3 per cent of all crimes against women.
Manufacturing's share in the profit pool of companies had declined before the pandemic.
While 67 per cent of India's population is 39 years old or younger, states are governed by chief ministers who are 70 or older.
There is a rise in the number of women elected to the state legislatures in 2023 compared to 2018, except in Rajasthan.
In 2022-2023, 15.5 per cent of women were unemployed compared to 11.2 per cent in 2017-2018. For every one woman employed, 10 men got a job.
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