Recovery tracker: Rail and power show some gains in first month of new year

Mobility and traffic congestion see a drop

There is more electricity being generated and trains are carrying more goods as the first month of the calendar year draws to a close.

Other indicators like traffic, pollution levels and mobility showed signs of slowing down. Business Standard tracks these high frequency indicators weekly. They give a sense of the situation on the ground ahead of official economic data which is often released with a lag. Analysts globally have been tracking similar indicators to get a current sense of the economy as different countries went into lockdown to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.