Udit Misra

Kerala is stuck in a borrowing cycle to pay for salaries and pensions, leaving little money for development and capital expenditure. The state's new UDF government has acknowledged the issue, but can it turn things around?

The data on Employment Rate shows that while things may be improving from the lows of 2020 and 2021, broadly speaking, across different cohorts, a lower percentage of people hold a job in India now than a decade ago.

Retail inflation fell from more than 6% in October 2024 to zero in October 2025. Since then, however, the figure has started edging up — a trend exacerbated by supply constraints in the wake of the war in West Asia.

It is quite likely that India’s nominal GDP growth rate may be higher than in the past few years, even as its real GDP growth rate may falter. What do these indicators say about the health of the economy?

The Cockroach Janta Party-led protests were triggered by discontent with the NEET-UG. But as discussions spill over to criticisms of the broader education system, what do data show about the government's focus on the sector?

This fall matters, also because it mirrors the fall in the share of money spent by the Union government in the same period.

This spike comes at a time when most observers suggest that India's growth in the current year will slow down. As such, the IIP data presents a contrasting picture.

Most economists and observers expect the RBI to “maintain a status quo” on interest rates in its August policy.

In his budget speech, the state's Finance Minister said past governments spent much more than what they earned and, as a result, borrowed far more than what they were capable of sustainably repaying.

Continued weakness in consumer demand is never a good sign for future economic growth. Not only does it drag down growth by itself, but it also weakens a major contributor to GDP growth: investments by companies.