GDP to new jobs: The year 2018 in numbers

From revised GDP figures and creation of new jobs to farmers’ income and incidents of cow-related violence, here is what the numbers from 2018 reveal.Shift in Allegiance At the start of 2018, the BJP looked invincible, coming off a year in which it won big in states both expected and unexpected. But 2018 changed everything, and the next Lok Sabha election no longer looks like a done deal for the ruling party. 67304953 Cow-linked CrimeThe killing of a policeman and a youth in Bulandshahr, UP, in December brought back in focus the rise of cow-related violence since the BJP came to power. 67304955 67304964 Job SearchJobs remain India’s biggest challenge and the news is not getting any better. 67304978 The Notes ReturnThe evidence of the real impact of Narendra Modi’s 2016 demonetisation experiment is now beginnng to come in, and it does not look good. 67304996 67305296 67305022 67305300

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