Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the Indian statistician who founded the Indian Statistical Institute and pioneered large-scale sample survey methodology, changed how the world collects data. His methods ...

A Pioneer in Statistical Methods In the wake of the 1947 Partition, Delhi experienced severe communal riots, leading to a significant influx of displaced individuals seeking refuge at the Red Fort.

There's a little bit of confusion over India's GDP growth statistics at present. The country recently changed the way that it calculates this number and while there are, obviously, the usual teething ...

India rebases GDP to 2022–23 with methodological upgrades including double deflation and improved informal sector data. Here’s what it means for growth and policy.

If measurement itself becomes a subject of debate, the informational foundations of economic policymaking inevitably weaken ...