In the graphic “Laborious task” accompanying the report headlined “No rise in working women despite high literacy levels” (Dec. 24, 2018), the table representing the percentage of women out of the labour force in various education levels in the age group of 30 and above has an error. Actually , 65.2% (and not 62.7%) of the women were out of the labour force in 2015-16 compared to 62.7% in 2013-14. However, the data in the text of the report is correct.

With reference to the Business Review page article titled “GST is gathering steam but glitches remain for SMEs” (Dec. 24, 2018), the Business Desk clarifies that the facts mentioned in the article with respect to the extension of due date for GST Returns were relevant at the time when the article was written. The notification of the Government in extending the deadline was a subsequent development.