The census collects data on population, economy activity, social and cultural aspects, migration and demography, down to the lowest administrative level.Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that no documents or biometrics will be taken during the NPR process.

Under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), 65,312 new micro-enterprises have been set up, the MSME Ministry said in its year-end review for 2019.

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), that was one of the three institutes commissioned in 2011 by the then UPA government to conduct a study on black money, has estimated wealth accumulated outside India between USD 384 billion and USD 490 billion during the period 1980 to 2010.

For equities only, the year passing-by has already seen a net inflow of Rs 97,250 crore — the highest in six years. While the year 2018 saw a net outflow of over Rs 33,000 crore by FPIs in equities, there were was a net inflow of Rs 51,000 crore in 2017, of Rs 20,500 crore in 2016, of Rs 17,800 crore in 2015 and of Rs 97,054 crore in 2014.

On the chances of any reduction in GST rates, he said, “Till the time GST revenue does not stabilise, we cannot think of decreasing the tax rates. In fact, there is no possibility of any change in slabs and tax rates, hike or cut, in the near future.”

Out of 565 delayed projects, 182 projects have overall delay in the range of 1 to 12 months, 129 projects 13 to 24 months, 140 projects reflect delay in the range of 25 to 60 months and 114 projects show delay of 61 months and above.

Experts said 40 per cent of India Inc is focused on hiring for niche skills. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Digital marketing, Design Thinking, Internet of Things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA) and natural language processing/generation (NLP/NLG) are regarded by employers as the most crucial skills to hire.

Bharti Enterprises’ Rajan Mittal suggested that the government should focus on strengthening the digital backbone of the country.​​​​​​​Industry has been disrupted, he said adding that government’s intervention is needed.