The Economic Survey hailed the striking developments in the power sector since the Narendra Modi-led government took charge but also listed several challenges that need to be tackled.
Stating that Indian agriculture has become a victim of its own success, the Economic Survey for 2015-16 on Friday called for measures for adoption of high yielding Genetically Modified...
The government expenditure saw an uptick in healthcare spending both as a share of GDP and in real terms during the first eight months of the current fiscal through March 31...
The survey has appropriately identified the impaired financial positions of some large corporates and the state-owned banks as a major threat to the nation’s financial stability
While subsidies for the poor tend to attract policy attention, the Economic Survey pointed out that small savings schemes and six commodities — gold, LPG, kerosene, electricity, railway fares...
The Economic Survey for 2015-16 said India’s aviation sector, like other infrastructure sectors, has shown robust growth with increased private participation under Public-Private Partnership...
Budget 2016: Too many journalists have, over the years, caused serious damage to their reputations by trying to get budget signals from the Economic Survey...
Economic Survey 2016: The Survey noted expected wage bill (including railways) will go up by around 52 per cent under the Seventh Pay Commission vis-a-vis 70 per cent under the 6th pay commission.
Calling for reworking power tariffs in a progressive manner, the Economic Survey 2015-16 has said that burden of power costs for the poor can be reduced in a manner that does not burden the relatively well-off.
India's troubled shipping sector is in a dire need to change its fleet, which has as many as 42 per cent of the vessels that have crossed 20 years of age.
Budget 2016: This may not be good news for many, but the Economic Survey for 2016 tabled in Parliament today has rightly pitched for cutting the subsidies being cornered by the well-off people in the country.
Economic Survey 2016 points out that there may be 'substantial leakages' from the government's exchequer since the current level of subsidies may be an underestimation.
The last budget was presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 28, 2015. Since then, the 30-share index BSE Sensex slid 5,951 points to 23,410.18 on Feb 23 from 29,361.50 on Feb 28 last year.
Economic Survey 2015-16 was tabled in the Parliament on Friday, which proposed widening tax net from 5.5 per cent of earning individuals to over 20 per cent.
The Economic Survey 2015-16 which was tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday stated that per capita income of the country jumped 7.3 per cent to Rs 93,231 in 2015-16 from Rs 86,879 in 2014-15.
According to the Economic Survey 2015-16, there will be a little impact on inflation due to the recommendations in the 7th Pay Commission and said it will not destablise prices.
Economic Survey for 2015-16: . The survey has termed external environment as challenging but projected a 7-7.5 per cent GDP growth rate in the next fiscal which could accelerate to eight per cent in a couple of years.