Mid-Year Economic Survey: Here are the Key Highlights
Here the key highlights of Part-2 of Economic Survey 2016-17, tabled in Parliament today.
Aug 11, 2017, 15:21 PM IST
Achieving high end of 6.75-7.5% growth difficult; inflation to be below RBI's 4% target: Economic Survey
For the first time today, the government presented a second or a mid-year economic survey for the year 2017-18 highlighting the new factors that the economy faces since the last such exercise in February.
Aug 11, 2017, 14:22 PM IST
UBI only after withdrawal of present schemes: Subramanian
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on Friday said Universal Basic Income (UBI), as proposed in the recent Economic Survey, can be put in place only after withdrawal of the existing welfare projects.
Feb 24, 2017, 21:48 PM IST
'Bad bank' to speed up stressed assets resolution: Fitch
Setting up of a 'bad bank' can accelerate the resolution of stressed assets in the banking sector but that would also require a credible capital infusion plan by the government, Fitch Ratings said on Friday.
Feb 24, 2017, 12:07 PM IST
Universal Basic Income should have a cut off income, says Kaushik Basu
The Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme should have a cut off income and people should be encouraged to give it up voluntarily, former World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu has said.
Feb 10, 2017, 14:55 PM IST
Life expectancy up, but public spending on health well below global average: Economic Survey
Given the pressing need to redistribute, India did not invest sufficiently in human capital for instance, public spending on health was an unusually low 0.22 per cent of the GDP in 1950-51.
Feb 01, 2017, 10:09 AM IST
Arun Jaitley presents Economic Survey 2017 in Parliament
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Jan 31, 2017, 22:05 PM IST
Resources misallocated under rural employment scheme: Survey
Evaluating the effectiveness of MGNREGS, the Economic Survey today said there is misallocation of resources under the rural employment scheme as only one-third of funds are spent on states which account more than 50 per cent of poor in the country.
Jan 31, 2017, 21:54 PM IST
Economic Survey 2017: RBI's excess capital should fund PSU banks, ARC
RBI is one of the highly capitalised central banks of the world and the government can redeploy some of its capital for fund infusion in state-owned banks and setting up a public sector asset reconstruction company, Economic Survey 2016-17 said.
Jan 31, 2017, 18:42 PM IST
Economic Survey 2017: India one of world's largest recipients of FDI
India has become one of the largest recipients of foreign direct investment on account of reform measures taken by the government, the Economic Survey for 2016-17 said on Tuesday.
Jan 31, 2017, 18:23 PM IST
Effort was to make Survey look like Big B blockbuster: CEA
Adding colour to an otherwise dull and dry Economic Survey, its lead author Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on Tuesday said the endeavour was to make it look like an Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster with "some drama, some tragedy and some comedy".
Jan 31, 2017, 18:16 PM IST
Economic Survey 2017: Eight interesting facts about India
New estimates based on railway passenger traffic data reveal annual work-related migration of about 9 million people, almost double what the 2011 Census suggests
Jan 31, 2017, 17:28 PM IST
Sensex tanks 194 points after Economic Survey projects lower GDP
There were signs of anxiety in the market as the Sensex Tuesday slumped 194 points ahead of the budget -- to be presented on Wednesday -- to a one-week low of 27,656 and the Nifty slipped below 8,600 after the Economic Survey projected a lower growth of 6.5 percent for 2016-17.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:26 PM IST
Fiscal deficit hits 94% of budget estimate in April-December
Fiscal deficit in the first nine months of 2016-17 touched 93.9 percent of the Budget target against 87.9 percent for the same period a year ago.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:25 PM IST
Spike in global oil price poses risk for growth: Economic Survey
It is not just demonetisation which is threatening the world's fastest growing economy tag of India. A spike in oil prices too may have dampening impact on the growth, the Economic Survey said today.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:22 PM IST
Foreign equity inflows up 30.72% in first half of 2016-17: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley showed that foreign equity inflows during the first six months of 2016-17 fiscal grew by 30.72 percent.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:17 PM IST
Economic Survey 2017 moots Universal Basic Income for India's poor
Even as the Niti Aayog has said that India does not have the necessary financial resources for the project, the government`s Economic Survey 2016-17 presented on Tuesday advocated a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme as an alternative poverty reduction mechanism in place of various ongoing social welfare programmes.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:11 PM IST
Economic Survey pegs GDP growth at 6.75% to 7.5% in FY 2017-18
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Jan 31, 2017, 17:08 PM IST
FPI outflow not India-specific phenomenon, asserts Survey
Playing down huge sell-off by foreign investors in Indian markets, the Economic Survey today said FPI outflow last year was not an India-specific phenomenon as most emerging markets witnessed a pullout due to higher returns in advanced economies.
Jan 31, 2017, 17:00 PM IST
Economic Survey 2017: Policy making constrained due to bureaucratic caution
Policy making in certain areas like telecom and banking has been severely constrained due to "abundant caution in bureaucratic decision-making", the Economic Survey said on Tuesday.
Jan 31, 2017, 16:54 PM IST
