Back2016: The best of Plain Facts
In 2016, Plain Facts dealt with economic, political, cultural, environmental and (of course) business-related issues. Here's our top picks
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Seek truth from the facts, goes the old Chinese saying. Not only are Plain Facts stories guided by this principle, they also cover a wide range of issues. In 2016, we lived up to this promise, and churned out stories dealing with economic, political, cultural, environmental and (of course) business-related issues and questions. Here is a list of top six Plain Facts stories, Mint published in 2016.
India is the biggest virtual exporter of water
At a time when courts were banning IPL matches to handle water crisis, a two part data-journalism series showed that India’s farms and farm exports were the biggest contributor to inefficient water usage. Read more.
Taylor Rule shows Raghuram Rajan’s policy rate regime was prudent, not hawkish
Raghuram Rajan was often berated for not bringing down policy rates. This story used the famous Taylor Rule to show that he was just being prudent and not hawkish. Read more.
Does the IMF suffer from an optimism bias
IMF’s growth forecasts are often the main source of information for global investors as well as policy makers. A historical analysis of these numbers shows that these forecasts have an overestimation bias. Read more.
The Pakistani stake in over 100 listed Indian companies
Based on an RTI query with the Office of Custodian of Enemy Property in India, Mint found out the details of Pakistani stake in India’s listed companies. The total value was around $400 million. Read more.
What it takes for a country to do well at Olympics
Olympics also bring back the question of why India’s performance is still below expectation. The key to a country’s Olympic success lies in gender equality, focus on specific sports and higher per capita GDP. Read more.
How women marry in India
Only half of the women in the age group of 15-32 years who were married as of 2011-12, had interacted with their spouses in person or through phone or email or had even seen a picture. While such statistics paint a dismal picture of marital terms form women, it also showed that things are changing for better in today’s India. Read more.
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