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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicMinistry of Statistics

Topic: Ministry of Statistics

‘Use of data for decision-making’ is theme for this year’s ‘Statistics Day’

The government of India established 'Statistics Day' in 2007. It is celebrated every year on June 29.

Lower on food, higher on conveyance & durables — how consumption patterns changed in past decade

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey shows urban-rural gap has narrowed, particularly at lower levels of consumption, implying effectiveness of govt policies in improving rural incomes.

Archaic data, pending reforms — what ails India’s statistical bodies, according to US research paper

Paper released by think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace also points out that apex statistical regulator National Statistical Commission lacks legislative backing.

India has $1 trillion digital dream, but 73% youth lack basic email skills, shows NSSO survey

Majority of respondents in 15-29 age group reported inability to do basic computer tasks. 73% lack routine email skills, less than 3% said they could code, in survey released this month.

How better institutional credit is shielding poor from moneylenders in rural India

The share of traditional moneylenders to rural credit has come down significantly as institutional financing has become more accessible in a post Jan-Dhan account-holding India.

CP Chandrasekhar on quitting govt body, Rajadhyaksha says budget ‘high wire act’ for FM

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‘Hard to work with govt in which you’ve lost faith’ — JNU professor quits statistics panel

In email to other members of the govt-appointed committee, JNU professor & economist CP Chandrasekhar cited 'current conditions' in JNU, says Business Standard report.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.