Data: ‘Market Borrowings’ of States increase five-fold in May 2021 compared to April 2021
The second wave of COVID-19 resulted in lockdown restrictions in most states. These measures seem…
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Data: States increasingly rely on advances & OD facilities to tide over the pandemic induced fiscal stress
The RBI’s advisory committee that looked into the advances & overdraft facilities to states recently…
Data: Total Expenditure of the Union Government up 31% in 2020-21
The impact of COVID-19 on the government revenues was visible with the decrease in various…
Data: Significant fall in the number of ‘New EPF Subscribers’ in the below 25 age group for 2020-21
In the earlier story, we looked at the broad trends in EPF numbers with respect…
EPF Data for 2020-21: Fall in ‘New Subscribers’ and ‘Exits’ while the number of ‘Rejoinees’ increase
The EPF payroll data for the entire year of 2020-21 was recently released with the…
Review: Consumer Confidence dips slightly in the RBI’s Forward Looking Surveys
The RBI recently released the results of the March round of ‘Forward-Looking Surveys’. Both the…
Central Govt Debt crossed 100-trillion rupees mark as State Debts also increased disproportionally during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a debilitating impact on the economy forcing governments to borrow…
Here is how archaic Tax rule negatively affects salaried employees in cities like Bengaluru & Hyderabad
Exemptions provided in the income tax act & rules are availed by most salaried employees.…
Granular data on all Central transfers to States is not readily available in the public domain
Every year after budget, complaints of favouritism to certain states either poll-bound or otherwise are…
Explainer: What all documents are presented during the Budget?
During the budget presentation in the parliament, multiple documents are presented by the government including…
