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Big factories dominate India’s manufacturing output, Annual Survey of Industries shows
New Delhi: India’s manufacturing output is concentrated in a small number of large factories, with plants generating production above ₹500 crore making up more than…
Periodic Labour Force Survey: Periodic Labour Force Survey to expand coverage to capture unpaid household, volunteers from January 2027
New Delhi: The Periodic Labour Force Survey will expand its coverage from January 2027 to capture unpaid household and caregiving activities, volunteer work and digital…
Output, wages, GVA… manufacturing sector is on a roll: GVA grows 9.6% to Rs 26.9 lakh crore; sector adds 1.4 mn workers
New Delhi: India’s formal manufacturing sector recorded broad-based growth in 2024-25, with expansion across gross value added (GVA), capital, output, employment and wages. The GVA…
Norms issued to estimate District Domestic Product
New Delhi: The statistics ministry on Wednesday released uniform guidelines for estimating district domestic product (DDP), introducing standardised indicators, sector-specific estimation methodologies, and a greater…
New IIP series to track CCTV cameras, stents, vaccines, card products
India’s new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) will track 120 new items such as magnetic stripe cards including debit and credit cards, CCTV cameras, non-woven…
GDP data release revised to June 7 each year
New Delhi: The statistics ministry has revised the release schedule for provisional GDP estimates and fourth quarter GDP data to June 7 of each year,…
Statistics ministry pushes GDP data release to June to improve accuracy
The statistics and programme implementation ministry has revised the release schedule for provisional gross domestic product (GDP) estimates and fourth-quarter GDP data to June 7…
Unemployment rate falls to 3.1% in 2025; labour participation and wages improve: PLFS
New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1% in 2025 from 3.2% in 2024 and 3.6% in 2022, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey…
MoSPI holds workshop on leveraging administrative data for governance
New Delhi: In a push towards data-driven governance, the statistics ministry on Tuesday conducted a national level workshop on ‘Using Administrative Data for Governance: Harmonizing…
Goodbye VCRs, hello OTT: India’s inflation basket prepares for a reset
India’s inflation gauge is preparing for an overahul, shedding relics of the past as most Indians have made smartphones, streaming and app-based services a part…