If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.

In terms of disability adjusted life years, an average person in Delhi lost a healthy week of their life in 2017, and almost all of it due to outdoor air pollution.

13 eminent economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and current International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, in a report have asked the political establishment not to resort to populist tricks.

'A growth of above 7 per cent when the fundamentals of the economy are becoming stronger still makes India the fastest growing large economy.'

The GDP always has a base year, which defines the composition of the economy in that year. As the composition changes, the base year needs to be revised regularly. Abhishek Waghmare explains how that is done.

The forms might soon come "pre-filled" and taxpayers won't have to fill details such as income, income sources, and personal details

To meet the yearly target, each of the next five months has to yield Rs 1.107 trillion GST collections.

The trend holds true globally as well, but with lower levels of inequality among the sexes, where on average, hourly wages of women are 16 per cent less than those of men.

The challenge before the government now is to use the factors that are favourable to its benefit.

Crorepatis' income rose by a staggering 40% between 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.

More than 40% of the companies surveyed showed job contraction in FY18, says a report by CARE Ratings

Experts have flagged issues regarding the levying of new cess/tax, especially those related to complications in administering the cess.

Among its closest neighbours, India leads in income levels or overall economic empowerment. However, it also leads in terms of income inequality, due to which the inequality-adjusted HDI suffers a bigger fall.

N R Bhanumurthy, professor of economics at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, and the author of the series, presented in a report to the National Statistical Commission, explains to Abhishek Waghmare various aspects of the methodology.

Given the intensity of the rain, at least a third of this crisis could have been averted, had Tamil Nadu heeded Kerala's requests.

Pravin Gaikwad, the state coordinator of Maratha Kranti Morcha, has two rare qualities: he has an unparalleled connect with people from his community and, at the same time, underpins his ideology on a strong analytical base.

India is also short of about a thousand colleges.

The sample size of 8,100 farmers across 19 states has not changed in the last three decades, and the methodology of the sample survey too remains unchanged

Demonetisation is the biggest reason for the rise in preference for small savings.

The finance minister has labelled about 65 per cent of the fuel excise revenue as cess, including the restructured road and infrastructure cess