Weekly economic indicators: Delhi emissions slip, Mumbai traffic improves

Workplace visits are rising again

Traffic and emissions in the capital city fell as its people grappled with new cases of Covid-19, shows data for the latest week. Government officials Friday said that the wave now appears to be on the decline.

Business Standard tracks mobility, power generation and goods that the Indian Railways carries, in addition to emissions and traffic data in key cities on a weekly basis. These provide a current picture of the economy ahead of the release of official data. Analysts globally have been tracking similar indicators to get a sense of the fast-changing situation on the ground as countries entered