A new national survey reveals large gender differences in the use and ownership of mobile phones. Meanwhile, companies like Adani Group and Tata Power Ltd look at the majority bets in two companies of electricity distribution Uttar Pradesh and declining sales of smartphones and smart watches ring alarm bells.
Digital division of gender
A new survey by Pan-India’s government reveals a significant gender gap in the Indian Digital Revolution. While 76.3% of rural women use mobile phones, only 48.4% of their own, shows a comprehensive modular survey: Telecom 2025 message. On the other hand, 89.5% of rural men use phones with 80.7% ownership. The gap, although smaller, also exists in urban India, where 86.8% of women use mobile phones and 71.8% of their own. The ownership gap is the highest in the states such as West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, showed mint analysis.
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Power
The average energy demand daily in the six main industrial states of India has fallen in May, indicating the slowdown of factory activities, Mint said. The grid controller in India showed 5.7% year -on -year to 59.58 billion units in these countries. In April, the demand was flat at more than 75 billion units. Demand in industrial states is considered a representative for the overall consumption of industrial energy. Experts attribute the fall of slower economic activity in the production and mining sectors. In the autumn, the colder summer also contributed this year.
DISCOMS SALE
51%: This is the share of at least eight companies, including the Adani Group and Tata Power Ltd, looks at two companies UtTar Pradesh Electricity Distribution Companies – Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (PuVVNL) and Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd – Un. The application for a proposal (RFP), a formal document at the invitation of tenders, is likely to be hosted until July.
This means renewed efforts to privatize unprofitable and debt companies that give a huge fiscal burden for state governments. Both distribution companies (DISCOMS) have combined annual revenues around £50,000 crore.
Pharma Pli push
India plans to strengthen incentives bound to production (PLI) to produce drugs to reduce the relying on the pharmaceutical industry to Chinese raw materials, Mint said. The improved PLI scheme will include multiple molecules used in key starting materials (KSMS) and intermediate medicines – materials used to synthesize active pharmaceutical components (APIs) that produce the final drug.
Indian pharmacies on China are increasing the raw materials. In the years 2024-25 India imported mass drugs and advanced intermediates of drugs worth $ 4.6 billion, of which 74% came from China.
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Sour sentiment
The sale of electronics was weak in 2025, while retailers reported slow tracks and dimmed the demand online, Mint reported. Key segments, such as smartphones and smart watches, did not reach in the January quarter of March and are pulling overall sales.
The IDC IDC data for the IDC market researcher has shown a year -on -year decline in the total sales of the phone by 6%. Counterpoint recorded a 33% fall in Smartwatch, which marked five consecutive decreases. Both categories represent 80% of the Indian electronic sector. There is a risk that the income and profitability of the wider sector will be forfeited in the future.
Poor PSU Banks Loans will drop
16%: This is a decline in bad loans reported by the public sector banks in FY25, according to data analysis of 12 banks of the public sector and 19 banks of the private sector from Capitane. In contrast, private peers have seen a 2.9% increase in non -paying assets.
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The strong operating profitability of Banks dogs allowed higher depreciation, resulting in negative clean slides and overall NPA decreases, experts said. On the other hand, growing personal unsecured loans, including microfinance, contributed to a higher fresh level of NPA generation for private sector banks.
Mixed PMI data
Indian Indian Purchase Managers (PMI) in India dropped to a three -month minimum in May, while PMI services have increased slightly. Production PMI softened to 57.6 in May from 58.2 in April on a finer increase in new orders. PMI services, on the other hand, rose slightly to 58.8 out of 58.7 in April.
The slight improvement in the service sector has been powered by strong growth in exports and high employment, although the pace of business activities has not changed to a large extent. Despite the decline, the PMI production is significantly above 50, the threshold that distinguishes expansion from the contraction.
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Currencies
Nearly 31 million £2,000 banknotes remain in circulation, showing a recent update of the currency from the Indian reserve bank. In May 2023, the government announced the withdrawal of these banknotes, although they were still a legal tender. £500 continues its dominance with 65.2 billion notes.
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