How India's monsoon shaped this year's food inflation
A patchy June and a heavy August moved vegetable prices more than any policy decision did. We trace the rain, mandi by mandi.
Meera Kulkarni
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The stories in the headlines, re-read through the numbers behind them.
Urban unemployment fell again. The fine print is more interesting
The headline rate is at a survey-era low, but the composition of new work — self-employment versus salaried jobs — tells a subtler story.
Meera Kulkarni
UPI's next hundred million users live in small-town India
Transaction data shows the fastest growth in payments is no longer in the metros. Tier-3 towns and rural districts are driving the curve.
Ishita Rao
The freight corridors are finally moving the needle on logistics
Average freight train speeds on the dedicated corridors are more than double the old network. The cost data is starting to follow.
Sana Qureshi