Data Economic Indicators

Using the widest variety of data available should give a more thorough picture of growth trends

The inflation rate stood at 4.6 per cent in the first half of FY25, down from 5.5 per cent during the same period last year

Overall, 937,000 subscribers joined the National Pension System during FY24, 13.6 per cent higher than the 824,700 subscribers logged in the preceding financial year

For FY24, the net invisibles receipt was higher during 2023-24 than a year ago, primarily on account of services and transfers, RBI said

The ministry is currently undertaking a market survey, a requirement to update the base year for CPI, as it is used to update the CPI basket

The rise in Gini coefficient was sharpest in Nagaland, followed by Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh

A fiscal deficit arises when government spending exceeds revenue

Grows 7.8% in Q4, thanks to increased tax mop-up

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The recovery in consumer sentiments from the pandemic has been the slowest among all economic indicators

The Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed up the prices of food, fuel, fertilizers, and other commodities

There are other metrics too, such as e-way bills, mobility measures and power generation, all of which are used to support the national accounts figures, not replace them

High-frequency indicators (HFIs) are being monitored to track the progress of economic recovery in India since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country in January 2020

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Davis and his team also found that people were using fashion as a way to navigate through hard times

Traffic still down by nearly a fifth from 2019 levels

Some indicators are lower than their peak in August

The power generation recovered sharply week on week basis as a lull in monsoon rains raised temperatures across the country

Almost 77 per cent of workplace visits were back, while use of transit stations was at 85 per cent of 2019 levels

There has also been an increase in traffic congestion, which is tracked by global location technology firm TomTom International