Pre-budget Economic Survey

Growth, Budget and macro balances

The responsible revenue and expenditure projections are to be lauded, but efforts on trade and fiscal targets fall short

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After Economic Survey in January, vision document likely in July

Vision document in July to provide road map for next 3-5 years as well as for 'Amrit Kaal'

Make investments more attractive in pharma sector: Pre-Budget survey

A pre-budget expectations survey showed increasing demand for making investments more attractive in the pharmaceutical industry.

Economic Surveys way off mark in projecting outlook in recent years

Many of their ideas, such as DBT, diesel deregulation, bad bank, flexible inflation targeting have been launched, some of them partially; others such as UBI, printing more money haven't taken off

Economic Survey 2019 Highlights: Bullish on growth despite tepid numbers

The revised fiscal glide path, as per the Survey released on Thursday, envisages achieving fiscal deficit of 3 per cent of GDP by FY 2020-21

Economic Survey calls for coordinating body for resource efficiency

To push the agenda for resource efficiency, the Survey has asked for the formulation of a national policy on the same

Divestment to make up for tax-revenue shortfall this year: CEA Subramanian

Non-tax revenues have the potential to expand and make up for the revenue shortfall, said CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Hospital beds to sanitation: Numbers that mattered in Economic Survey

It also has business indicators spanning from start-ups to logistics, and from resources to competitiveness

Financial creditors recover more under IBC, says Economic Survey

In the two years of the IBC, real estate was the top sector, with 20 per cent of the insolvency cases being registered

'Indian' agenda for Modi 2.0: Eco Survey projects 7% GDP growth in 2019-20

The Survey praised the government's performance on the provision of certain last-mile goods, combined with behavioural changes

Economic Survey 2019: Aadhaar-linked payments checked leakages

The Survey advocated creating a real-time data base of rural distress, using the MGNREGS job demand data

Economic Survey: Private tuition, doctor fee contribute most to inflation

This is an important insight into price situation in the economy, especially when inflation in health and education was more than the average general CPI

Households are spending more on discretionary items: Economic Survey

The data from the NSO shows the share of food and beverages has reduced from 33.2 per cent of private consumption in 2011-12 to 30 per cent in 2017-18 - a reduction of over three percentage points

NBFC stress poses contagion risks to growth, says Economic Survey

It warned that if the impact of the stress in the NBFC sector spilled over this year, it might lead to lower credit offtake from NBFCs

Economic Survey: Need modest real interest rates to boost pvt investment

This savings behaviour also gives a key degree of freedom to policymakers as the savers and the borrowers can be disentangled

Economic Survey bats for a 'rationalised' tax regime to boost start-ups

It also suggested a re-look at capital gains tax, levied on profits from the sale of shares in unlisted companies

Economic Survey 2019: Good suggestions on jobs, says expert

The Survey explicitly addresses the issue of a high investment rate substituting labour

Eco Survey calls for simpler minimum wage system to boost inclusive growth

Supports Code on Wages Bill, approved by Cabinet on Wednesday, to rationalise minimum wages; calls present system complex, with 1,915 wages for various job categories across states