This is the second time BMS is opposing the policy moves of the re-elected NDA government. Last week, the organisation had opposed the government's plans to speed up the enactment of Labour Codes.

The CMIE review said that investment demand is likely to be weak. The review also added that India achieved its fiscal deficit target for 2018-19 by reducing fiscal management to a \"numbers game\".

According to the Controller General of Accounts, against the revised estimates for the major subsidies - including food, fertilizers and petroleum subsidies - pegged at Rs 2.66 lakh crore, only 74 per cent was paid during FY19

Those in the support say it is doing a great charity work by providing free meals to millions of kids across the country

The Indian economy is not in great shape. What are the options before the new government to kickstart growth?

The government will have to take preparatory steps to minimise rural distress in view of a possible weak monsoon.

Wheat MSP has been fixed at Rs 1,840 per quintal for this year; Centre has set the wheat procurement target at 35.7 million tonne for the 2019-20 marketing year (April-March)

Private consumption in rural India could get a boost from better agricultural prospects, but the consumption in urban India is likely to remain weak due to sluggishness in employment generation, according to the think-tank

Last year, the government had procured 358 lakh tonnes, surpassing the target of 320 lakh tonne. Wheat procurement normally starts in April

From suppression of key statistics to revision of GDP numbers and fiddling with budget numbers, the Central government's data management has come under sharp attacks of economists and social scientists in recent times, and rightly so. Economic statistics are vital to public debate and policy making. The second part of the two-part series looks at how GDP and budget numbers give a misleading picture of the state of economy.