More people reporting to work than at any time since March 2020 lockdown

Power generation, rail numbers head higher

Amount of electricity generated: Up. Goods that the Indian Railways carried: Up. Number of people reporting to work: Up

Several weekly economic indicators rose higher in the latest week, despite concerns around the Omicron variant.

Weekly power generation was the highest in nearly two months based on reporting day data. Power utilities across the country generated 3,673 million units (MUs) of electricity on average per day during the week ended December 19 – up 2 per cent from 3,596 MUs in the previous week. Power generation in the latest week was 12.2 per cent higher than in the corresponding week