Economic Survey reflects optimism, anxiety: Industry bodies
Industry bodies CII, FICCI and Assocham also hailed steps taken by the government to resolve the "twin balance sheet" problem.
Aug 11, 2017, 19:22 PM IST
Early signs of tax base expansion post-GST: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey Volume 2, authored by Chief economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, however, decried excluding health and education from the purview of GST and lamented a "low" 3 percent tax on gold and jewellery saying these items are consumed by the "very rich".
Aug 11, 2017, 15:55 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
Mid-year economic survey: Downside risks to growth, inflation to undershoot, says govt
There are downside risks to the Indian government`s growth forecast of 6.75-7.5 percent for the fiscal year to March 2018.
Aug 11, 2017, 12:30 PM IST
