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MARKET WRAP: Indices end higher ahead of Budget 2019, Nifty below 11,950
All that happened in markets today.
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Economic Survey 2019 outlines vision to achieve $5-trn economy: PM Modi
The Eco Survey analyses the trends in agricultural and industrial production, infrastructure, employment, money supply, prices, imports, exports, foreign exchange reserves ahead of Union Budget 2019
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Eco Survey urges freer labour laws to create jobs, cites Rajasthan example
As per the Survey, no major labour reforms were initiated by the states in between the years 2007 and 2014
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Need to raise per capita energy consumption by 2.5 times: Eco Survey 2019
The survey said India has the potential for $30 billion annual investment in renewables in next decade and even beyond that in view of its ambitious target of having 175 GW of clean energy by 2022
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Eco Survey 2019: Economy moved to low level of inflation in last 5 fiscals
Retail inflation during the first month of the current fiscal stood at 2.9 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent a year ago
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Economic Survey 2019 is candid about economy realities, say experts
The projection comes a day before the government is due to unveil its budget for the 2019/20 year.
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Economic Survey 2019: India needs 8% growth to be $5-trn economy by FY25
The Survey, however, cautions that the country might face a challenge from an economic slowdown impacting tax collections amid rising state expenditure on the farm sector
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Political stability should awaken the animal spirits of the economy: CEA
Real gross domestic product growth for the fiscal year started April 1 is projected at 7%, the Finance Ministry said in its annual Economic Survey report
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Economic Survey has estimated 2019-20 GDP growth at 7%, say TV reports
General fiscal deficit in FY19 expected to be 5.8 per cent of GDP, compared with 6.4 per cent the previous year
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Economic Survey likely to have 8 to 9 out-of-box ideas for long-term growth
Sources said Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Chief Economic Advisor, may try to give not-to-common ideas on these key indices which are facing challenges
Different strokes in North Block
The pre-Budget Economic Survey should become the voice of the govt, and not just that of the CEA
