Bs Number Wise

BS Number Wise: In Indian elections, the rich win the vote

Politicians own wealth that the people whose support they seek will take decades to earn

BS Number Wise: The late and lagging government annual reports

Just over half the ministries, departments and autonomous bodies released these crucial documents for 2020-21

BS Number Wise: How consumption is set to outstrip food grain production

Consumption will exceed food grain production but the world is not on the brink of a hunger crisis

BS Number Wise: Indian states are living dangerously on subsidies

Their tax revenues can't keep up with their largesse: it's a policy that risks putting them in economic peril

BS Number Wise: From bad to worse, tracking Sri Lanka's economy

The country is drowning in debt and the currency can buy little in a worsening crisis

Running on borrowings, Indian Railways must get on the track

India's largest public transporter has to reform its accounting practices to determine the losses it can sustain

BS Number Wise: Jobs added for women, but gender disparity remains

In 2021-22, one female will hold a job for every four males employed. In 2020-21, the ratio was 1:5

BS Number Wise: Smart City Mission is slow and slipping

Plan to develop 100 urban centres is unable to meet deadlines or fully use funds but keeps adding new projects to its list

BS Number Wise: When prison means business

Products made by inmates generate sales that rival some of India's largest companies

BS Number Wise: Govt's data website is a hard ask for information

Portal data.gov.in is difficult to negotiate and it is outdated, defeating the purpose of understanding economy and policy

BS Number Wise: A case for taxing India's rich on stock market profits

As economic inequality in the country widens, crorepatis pay very little on long-term capital gains

BS Number Wise: A measure of the economy: companies and capex

When demand is uncertain, the biggest private enterprises seem better able to build factories, expand resources and create jobs

BS Number Wise: India's labour, capital paradox

Productivity in agriculture and eight other sectors is increasing but employment is falling and there is no significant capital investment

BS Number Wise: Working in tandem on monetary policy

Central banks of the world are implementing coordinated rate reduction but such convergence is neither new nor permanent

BS Number Wise: How many Indians? Census suspense beyond population size

Is the country getting older; how is the labour force faring: important questions about demographics await answers

BS Number Wise: An unclaimed market fortune

The value of unclaimed securities and other assets was nearly Rs 20,000 crore in March 2020. It could be just the tip of a capital market iceberg

BS Number Wise: Funding the Indian police

Indian police funding: States' spending doesn't improve the public image of the police, so where is the money going?

BS Number Wise: The rise and rise of the Rs 10,000 shares

There were 16 such stocks in the last financial quarter: compared to one in 2011. The price is beyond the reach of small investors, raising question over face value

BS Number Wise: The case of the missing coronavirus data

Judged on 11 criteria, state and central governments don't do a good job in sharing accessible and timely information on the disease

BS Number Wise: India's drug chase could be on the wrong trail

Country has more cases registered for personal drug use than murder; it is cracking down on cannabis when opioids appear to be the bigger problem