In what could lend some credence to the government’s optimism that the economy would begin to show signs of revival from the second quarter of this financial year, the country’s industrial production grew at a four-month-high rate of 2.6 per cent in July, according to official data released on Thursday - At 4-month high, July industrial growth offers a ray of hope

According to the census data released recently,in 2011 the child(upto six years) sex ratio in India stood at 919 girls per 1,000 boys,the lowest since independence - Child sex ratio

For oil-exporting economies, for example, GDP growth from oil has declined sharply - STATSGURU: Syrian crisis puts troubled ‘Arab Spring’ region in spotlight

Gram or chana, a rabi crop, recorded highest output in 2012-13, at 8.88 million tonnes - Commodity for the week Gram

Nearly a third of fruits and vegetables go waste for lack of post-harvesting facilities - Horticulture wastage

The Centre’s plan to resolve the current coal crisis by firming supply agreements for 78,000-Mw power projects seems to have missed diagnosing a crucial affliction – logistics - New power capacity might hit logistics hump

What are the options left for the government to bring some stability back to the rupee? What are the short-term fixes, and the somewhat longer-term policies, that could help achieve this? - Final options for the rupee

What has further diminished the clout of farmers is the fact that agriculture is no longer the mainstay of the rural economy - Land acquisition Bill may not aid farmers much as agriculture loses sheen

A recent analysis by CACP shows that a 5% increase in agriculture growth in 2013-14 will translate into a 15-20% rise in nominal rural incomes - India Inc goes to Bharat for a monsoon harvest

The passage of the food security Bill by the Lok Sabha has caused questions to be asked about both its cost and its effectiveness - STATSGURU: Does India need a food security Bill at all?

In the first quarter of this financial year, growth in India’s agriculture sector dropped 0.2 percentage points to 2.7 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year - Low wheat production hits farm sector growth

A mid slowing tax revenues and rising Plan expenditure, the Center's fiscal deficit for the first four months of this financial year soared to rs 3.4 lakh crore, 62.8 per cent of the Budget estimate (BE) of rs 5.42 lakh crore for 2013-14, according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts - Fiscal deficit touches 63% of BE in 4 months

With the economic boom petering out, those who benefitted from it are angry with the government forthe Food Security Bill because it is paying attention to the needs of the underprivileged for a change - This perverse rage against the poor

Lack of firm coal supply agreements that had dampened investor confidence and forced the chief executives of 20 top private power companies to declare a crisis in February last year - Fuel linkages for 78k-Mw capacity to be in place by Sept

With simple ideas that do not require big bang reforms, India can weather the storm caused by global and domestic economic factors - The India of 2013 is not the India of 1991

According to the latest estimates, food grains worth Rs 236.32 crore were lost due to storage, pilferage, transportation and damage in the first quarter of 2013-14 - Loss of Food Grains

The food security Bill aims to give cereals to the beneficiaries. However, there has been a drop in consumption expenditure since 2004-05 - Trends in composition of consumer expenditure

The Bill, which seeks to entitle 67 per cent of the country’s population — about 800 million people —to subsidised food, was passed after a six-hour debate in a late-evening sitting of the lower house - Lok Sabha clears food Bill

Although the stock market has taken something of a beating since the US’ central bank announced it would withdraw its monetary stimulus, many believe this is the time to find and pick stocks with potential - STATSGURU: Decoding stock market signals to pick winners

A price index for agri commodities: A Business Standard and Indicus Analytics initiative - Commodity for the week Maize