There is also a stark decrease in the number of schools covered under UDISE+. There was a drop in the number of schools covered — from 15, 58, 903 (2017-18) to 14,71,891 (2023-24), a decline of ...

Economists polled by Reuters had expected the drop in inventories, a key part of gross domestic product, would be unrevised at 0.2%. Inventories increased 0.8% on a year-on-year basis in November.