Plain Facts

In their bilateral trade pact, South Korea has gained significantly more than India. As it enters more such pacts, India would do well to review where it fell short with South Korea and why.

In this weekly Plain Facts compilation, we present to you data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by.

As Tamil Nadu sticks to its pattern of alternating power and West Bengal leans towards continuity, both elections will gauge how far the BJP can expand—and where it may stall.

Despite war-driven volatility and a March market tumble, Indian investors stayed the course, favouring equity schemes and record SIP contributions over panic selling—even as SIP stoppages outpaced fresh registrations during the month.

The latest survey by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals growing inflation anxiety, with households’ perceptions and expectations of inflation rising. These perceptions are usually influenced by the food and fuel price outlook.

AU Small Finance Bank has cleared the bar. Ujjivan and Jana have not. The difference lies not just in size.

In this weekly Plain Facts compilation, we present to you data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by.

India’s non-profit sector contributes 3.8% of GDP, but funding varies widely by geography. About 60% of organizations cluster in five states, leaving underdeveloped ones significantly underserved.

A look at how Vietnam leverages reforms and foreign investment to become a high-growth, electronics-driven global trade and manufacturing hub.

With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and private forecaster Skymet predicting a below-normal monsoon this year, here's a look at how accurate their forecasts have been in the past and why the predictions matter.