Higher oil prices, while not having an impact on Centre's revenues due to fixed tax rate, are pushing up states' sales tax revenue.

With 103 members belonging to the BJP, the Karnataka assembly will witness a balance it has never seen.

What does election data say about the electoral support the competing parties in Karnataka have? Abhishek Waghmare find out.

Despite the growing clamour from the central government on India turning digital, and banks requesting direct bank account transfer, the state government decided to hand over cheques to the farmers, which can be immediately converted into cash.

The RBI fell short of pumping Rs 150 billion into the economy at the beginning of 2018-2019.

'The current crisis is a result of a clash between a coercive attempt by the government to justify demonetisation and rising digital transactions against the market and the economy fighting the unexpected pressure from atop.'

This could be the reason why Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned tomato, onion, and potato as his government's 'TOP' priority, in an election rally on February 5 in poll-bound Karnataka.

With India set to be the world's most populous country by 2030, there is a growing need to control population through better use of contraceptives, says Abhishek Waghmare.

A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget

Growth in incomes in the top most slabs have increased substantially compared to (a) previous two years and (b) lower income brackets

Most employment surveys suffer from drawbacks such as limited data coverage, infrequent data collection, and time lag

The Centre has to bear the maximum burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.

While Bihar and J&K have the least proportion of bank account holders using debit cards at PoS machines, Telangana's record is the highest.

De-scaling of businesses, job losses and subsequent impact on disposable incomes has created negative sentiment among traders, business owners and workers alike, says Abhishek Waghmare.

Religious leaders come last, with corporations featuring slightly better

Low oil prices drove the growth in states' share faster than expected, says Abhishek Waghmare.

We take a look at India's major imports and exports with Japan in recent years.

Apart from cotton, copper, petroleum and industrial machinery, India does not export much to China. This means that India buys six times the merchandise it sells to China, points out Abhishek Waghmare.

Sugarcane, which is grown by no more than 1.1 million farmers, consumes 70 per cent of water available in Maharashtra for irrigation. In contrast, about 10 million jowar, pulses and oilseeds farmers get only 10 per cent of irrigation water, points out Abhishek Waghmare.

India is experiencing jobless growth and skepticism abounding that the country may not be able to cash in on its demographic bonus