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Number theory: The role of taxes in the Union Budget
Among the most watched statistics in the Union Budget are previous year’s tax collections and projections for the next fiscal year. Here are five charts that highlight some important points as far as taxes and the forthcoming Union Budget are concerned.
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 12:25 PM IST
Number theory: Will global growth winter outlast this winter season?
The World Bank expects global GDP growth to plummet to 1.7% in 2023 after a tepid 2.9% in 2022. While the situation is expected to improve in 2024, global growth will still be just 2.7%.
Updated on Jan 13, 2023 01:51 PM IST
Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Number Theory: Bihar’s socio-economic landscape; known and unknown facts
Even though India stopped conducting a detailed caste census after 1931, the census does count the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) population separately.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 07:25 AM IST
Number Theory: Why Jan 2023 feels colder than last year
Large parts of north India are reeling under numbing cold with the mercury remaining below the freezing point at most places in Jammu and Kashmir. Is this winter really colder than what is normally the case? An HT analysis of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) gridded database can answer some of these questions.
Published on Jan 10, 2023 07:33 PM IST
Number Theory: Four key questions that will matter for the economy in 2023
As the New Year begins amid renewed hope, what will 2023 hold for the economy — both Indian and global?
Updated on Jan 05, 2023 07:34 AM IST
Number Theory: Tracking employment data in ’22 as jobs return 2 yrs after Covid
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020, economies all around the world have learnt that they must balance lives and livelihood to survive.
Updated on Dec 30, 2022 04:12 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding the rejig in India’s food security programme
India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) after the enactment of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) promises 5kg foodgrain per persons at a highly subsidised cost of ₹3/kg for rice, ₹2/kg for wheat and ₹1/kg for cereals. The government will stand to lose this revenue after the decision to make PDS entitlements free.
Updated on Dec 29, 2022 04:44 AM IST
Roshan Kishore and Pavitra Kanagaraj, New Delhi
Number Theory: Decoding the push for a global minimum tax
The Council of the European Union approved a directive to introduce a 15% minimum levy on large multinational businesses to eliminate tax avoidance and end a race to the bottom in corporate taxation on December 15.
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 07:06 AM IST
India’s vaccine coverage stagnant for over a month amid surge in cases abroad
India has made remarkable progress in vaccinating people against Covid-19 since the beginning of the immunisation drive in January 2021. However, since September, when a free window for boosters was discontinued, it has faltered in this initiative.
Updated on Dec 15, 2022 04:58 AM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Number theory: How parties used social media in Gujarat elections
Digital campaigns are expected to play an increasingly important role in Indian elections as more Indians start using social media. An analysis of social media use in the recently concluded Gujarat elections, however, shows that all parties do not attach equal importance to this medium of campaign.
Updated on Dec 14, 2022 10:49 AM IST
Shivam Gangwani , New Delhi
Number theory: Understanding inflation and the IIP numbers
The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the numbers for Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for October on December 12. CPI growth fell to 5.88% in November, and IIP contracted 4% in October. What is the larger macroeconomic takeaway of these numbers?
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 10:51 AM IST
Number Theory: Has winter arrived early in Delhi this year?
There is no temperature threshold, which defines winter officially. While IMD calls the December-February period as winter, these are not the coldest months (at least in terms of maximum temperature) in all of India.
Updated on Dec 06, 2022 03:48 PM IST
Number Theory: What is behind the relatively cleaner air in Delhi this November?
Delhi’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) for November was 321.
Updated on Dec 02, 2022 12:33 PM IST
Number Theory: The state of the Indian economy in four charts
What do the latest numbers, analyst forecasts, and high-frequency data tell us about the state of Indian economy?
Updated on Dec 01, 2022 03:23 PM IST
Number Theory: Prez Murmu’s concerns about criminal justice system are spot-on
An HT analysis of prison statistics for 2021 released earlier this year suggests that the President’s comments about how the criminal justice system is biased against the poor and underprivileged are backed by data.
Updated on Nov 30, 2022 01:51 PM IST
Number Theory: Understanding the key numbers behind China’s latest Covid surge
Over the past week, the Covid-19 outbreak in China has dominated headlines. Following a record surge in cases, all major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, have been put under some form of lockdown, forcing people to hit the streets in a rare outburst of public anger against the government.
Updated on Nov 29, 2022 02:15 PM IST
Women and the menace of intimate partner violence
The gruesome case involving 26-year old Shraddha Walkar, allegedly killed by her partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala has brought to fore the menace of intimate partner violence in the country.
Updated on Nov 18, 2022 03:28 PM IST
Pavitra Kanagaraj, New Delhi
Number theory: Economic importance of G20 as India takes its presidency
At the closing session of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially took over the presidency of the group and promised to make it a “catalyst for global change” at a “time when the world is simultaneously grappling with geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown, rising food and energy prices and the long-term ill-effects of the pandemic”.
Updated on Nov 17, 2022 03:32 PM IST
Number theory: Gujarat’s economic inequality challenge
An analysis of the 2017 assembly results shows that the BJP’s losses were not confined to the poorest regions of the state, suggesting that there isn’t a complete correlation between economic well-being and support for the party in the state.
Updated on Nov 16, 2022 11:42 AM IST
The challenges ahead of Lula’s 3rd term in Brazil
An HT analysis of Brazil’s official statistics sheds light on these imminent challenges ahead for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Updated on Nov 14, 2022 04:28 PM IST
Number Theory: The past, present and aftermath of EWS reservation policy
In a 3-2 verdict, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court upheld the 103rd constitutional amendment, which gave a 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of social groups hitherto not entitled to reservations earlier
Updated on Nov 08, 2022 04:28 PM IST
Number Theory: India’s balancing act at the climate summit
Data from the World Resources Institute of Climate Watch (CAIT) dataset shows that India was the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in absolute terms in 2019, after China and the United States.
Updated on Nov 07, 2022 02:54 PM IST
Number Theory: Five charts which explain the electoral contest in Gujarat
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced elections to the legislative assembly of Gujarat on November 3. These elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and December 5 and the counting of votes will be on December 8.
Updated on Nov 04, 2022 02:10 PM IST
Payoja Ahluwalia
Number Theory: Which way forward for the Indian economy now?
The National Statistical Office (NSO) will release GDP numbers for the September quarter at the end of this month.
Updated on Nov 03, 2022 06:06 PM IST
Number Theory: Will GM mustard be a game changer for the edible oil sector?
India’s biotech regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved the commercial cultivation Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard.
Updated on Nov 02, 2022 03:11 PM IST
A 4-chart cheat-sheet on India’s challenge of economic inequality
What is India’s basic economic inequality challenge?
Updated on Oct 14, 2022 11:05 AM IST
Number theory: Is clean air now a warning of worse air quality days later?
Delhi has experienced some rare days of good air this week. The good air on two days was the result of unprecedented rain – the fourth highest since 1901 for the first 11 days of October – but it also serves as a warning of a coming peak of air pollution, an HT analysis of past rain, air quality, and active fires data shows.
Updated on Oct 13, 2022 11:58 AM IST
Number Theory: Festive mobility numbers are both good and bad news
An HT analysis of latest Google Mobility Data shows that festivals have likely led to a big push to consumer spending.
Updated on Oct 11, 2022 12:13 PM IST
Number theory: The state of the Indian economy, in four charts
That the Indian economy is doing better than the rest of the world is beyond doubt.
Updated on Oct 05, 2022 11:42 AM IST
Number Theory | Donation trends - A look at how India gives
A report by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University has prepared estimates of donations by Indian households.
Updated on Oct 01, 2022 04:48 AM IST
Payoja Ahulwalia, New Delhi
