The estimated fall in employment may ease or worsen in the last week of May, but the losses will remain. India will close May with double-digit unemployment rate and substantial job loss

The survey showed deterioration in business leaders' outlook for the June quarter of the current fiscal. In four out of five parameters, respondents gave lower ratings than the previous survey

MGNREGS provided employment to millions of migrant workers who returned to their hometowns during the pandemic

Expansion of services activity in 2021 is particularly noteworthy as people overcoming fear of pandemic have shown a preference for enhanced mobility despite Covid-related risks, monthly report by ministry says

Bitcoin has emerged as the highest return generating asset after it scaled $58,000 milestone, appreciating 1,080% since its coronavirus lows

Persistent negative growth in rural wages and soaring corporate profits accompanied by job and wage cuts demonstrate a clear disconnect between growth/profits and wellbeing of ordinary Indians

In the financial year 2020-21, the Indian rupee (INR) has appreciated by 3.53 per cent till February 2, 2021, as per the information provided by Reserve Bank of India, Thakur said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha

Little attention to direct income support, health and education deprivations, and revival of small businesses will keep the demand and production of goods and services depressed in FY22

Union Budget 2021: It is anticipated that the government may roll out its ambitious DBT for fertiliser, offering direct subsidy transfer into the accounts of farmers. Timely release of the additional allocation for the fertiliser will enable clearance of the subsidy backlog

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

Sensex has finally crossed the psychological 50,000 mark during intraday trade on January 21, rising over 95 per cent from its March lows

PM Modi gave the clarion call of \"Housing for All by 2022\", for which a flagship programme of PMAY-G was launched on November 20, 2016

As per the the Finance Ministry's latest monthly economic review, the impending COVID-19 vaccination is set to accelerate the momentum in economic activity globally

Bitcoin emerged as the dark horse of investment market during the pandemic-riddled 2020, delivering overall returns of 295.5 per cent in the year; while share market scaled record highs, gold and silver also delivered stellar returns

Minimum support prices (MSP) across the board surpass international prices, in the range of 119 per cent to 11 per cent, making Indian crops uncompetitive in the global export market

Landless, marginal, and small farmers together constitute 93.7% of the total agricultural workforce in India. Can sustainable agricultural growth and farmers' well-being be achieved without land reforms?

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of over Rs 1,45,619 crore to more than 89.29 lakh taxpayers between April 1 and December 8.

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

The decline in the GDP narrowed to 7.5% in the second quarter of this financial year, over 23.9% in April-June quarter