Payal Bhattacharya

India’s economy is now smaller than previously estimated. Why? The 2011-12 GDP series was perhaps overestimating economic activity; the new 2022-23 series with improved methodology seems to have offered a course correction—after a decade of questions and criticism.

#MintPlainFacts | A look at item-level distribution, isolated price surges, and how the revised basket reshapes state and rural–urban comparisons in the first month of the new series. In Charts 📊 livemint.com/economy/cpi-re… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium⚡️ @pbhatt1691 ✍️

#MintPlainFacts | Across key CPI divisions, rural–urban inflation gaps stayed narrow. Even food & beverages - the biggest rural component - didn’t diverge sharply from urban prints, signalling broadly similar cost pressures this month. In Charts 📊 livemint.com/economy/cpi-re… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium⚡️ @pbhatt1691 ✍️

“New GDP series will resolve data concerns”: Dr. Saurabh Garg, Secretary, MoSPI, to Mint in an interview, published on 16 February 2026. #NSO #MoSPI #GDPSeries #EconomicData #OfficialStatistics #DataTransparency #StatisticalReforms #IndianEconomy #PolicyMaking #NationalAccounts #MintNews #EconomicInsights #DevelopmentData #DigitalStatistics #DataDriven #Governance #EvidenceBasedPolicy @PMOIndia @_saurabhgarg @PIB_India @PibMospi @Rao_InderjitS @mygovindia @NITIAayog

Despite growing numbers, women in blue-collar and grey-collar jobs face persistent challenges, including low pay, long commutes, and rigid work cultures, which lead to low work satisfaction and a high chance of attrition. livemint.com/economy/women-… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium with: livemint.com/premium⚡️ @pbhatt1691 ✍️

#MintPlainFacts |☀️ UK spring 2025 sizzled with record sunshine! 🌡️ March-May saw a 43% jump in sun hours, averaging 7.1 hrs/day — beating the 2020 record of 6.8 hrs. Read in detail 👇 livemint.com/news/world/isr… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium ✨ @pbhatt1691 ✍️

#MintPrimer | The Niti Aayog CEO has claimed, citing IMF data, that India is now the world's fourth-largest economy. The reality is a little different. Details here 👇 livemint.com/economy/india-… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium ✨ @pbhatt1691 ✍️

The media frenzy over the Niti Aayog CEO's "India is 4th largest economy" comment is, frankly, embarrassing. Let's set the record straight on the data behind it 🧵👇 #Economy #GDP

#MintPlainFacts | 🇮🇳 Despite export woes, market dips & a sliding rupee, India tops the charts as the best emerging market economy in 2024-25—for the 4th year in a row! 📈🌏 Will it become a safe haven too? 👇 livemint.com/economy/india-… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium ✨ @pbhatt1691, Pragya Srivastava ✍️

#MintPlainFacts | Stock market dips in H2 2024, with exports hit by tariff disruptions. Yet, BSE Sensex rebounds, crossing 80,000 in April after a fall from 85,000 in September. Read in details 👇 livemint.com/economy/india-… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium ✨ @pbhatt1691, Pragya Srivastava ✍️

#MintPlainFacts | Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged Indian startups to look beyond consumer-centric products and pivot toward ambitious and long-term innovations. While this has sparked a huge debate, Mint explores what data tells us about the startup space. Read more: tinyurl.com/c7d6kv2s 🚨Decode the data with #MintPremium 👉livemint.com/premium ✨ (@pbhatt1691 report) | #IndianStartups #DeepTech #AI #StartupMahakumbh

@dhir022 @Firstday75 📊 In charts | The US has imposed a 26% reciprocal tariff on Indian goods, shattering the hopes of any immediate relief from his global trade policies. ✨ Subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium (@pbhatt1691 reports) livemint.com/economy/usindi…

At 6.21%, #RetailInflation in October breached the upper limit of the #RBI’s target, for the first time since August 2023, thanks to an alarming rise in vegetable prices. (@pbhatt1691 reports) livemint.com/economy/octobe…

#MintPlainFacts | India’s #Unemployment rate stood steady at 3.2% in 2023-24, but the overall jobless figure masks many problems present in the #Labour market 👉 📰 Subscribe to #MintPremium 🔗 read.ht/ScRp @pbhatt1691 and @_pragyaa✍️ read.ht/Sc5u

Diet dilemma: Why India isn’t eating right? @pbhatt1691 writes in the @livemint @ICMRNIN

#BangladeshProtests | As #SheikhHasina retained power, #Bangladesh experienced democratic backsliding and economic stagnation, leading to political turmoil. Here is Bangladesh's story in charts. (@pbhatt1691 reports) livemint.com/economy/bangla…

#India’s #retailinflation is expected to have dipped below the #RBI’s medium-term target of 4.0% in July, marking the first time since September 2019. (@pbhatt1691 reports) livemint.com/economy/july-i…

Global news wrap: Monetary policies, #CrowdStrike outage, taxing the super-rich (@pbhatt1691 reports) livemint.com/news/world/glo…

Off the track: Why big budgets don't guarantee safe train rides @pbhatt1691 #HowrahCSMTExpress livemint.com/economy/budget…

This is exactly the sort of thing I have been talking about in my tweets today. There was a lot of budget talk about the farmers, the rural economy, the annadata. And then these are the cold facts. The allocation for agriculture and allied sectors has gone DOWN as a percentage of GDP. This is why you cannot go by the budget speech alone. @livemint article