Economic Survey 2018

Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley reveals govt mops up Rs 1 lakh cr via divestment this year; aims Rs 80,000 cr in FY19

The government reduced stake in several PSUs this fiscal, including EIL, NTPC, NALCO and OIL.

Budget 2018: GDP may grow 7.2-7.5% in second half of FY18; India on way to becoming 5th largest economy, says Arun Jaitley

As per the CSO estimate Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 percent in the current fiscal, ending 31 March

Arun Jaitley has tough task to choose between populism and fiscal prudence in Union Budget 2018

In Union Budget, small businesses may get some sops to ease pain caused to them due to chaotic rollout of GST and demonetisation

Union Budget 2018: Narendra Modi govt must tame fiscal deficit to retain investors' faith in Asia's 3rd largest economy

Since Narendra Modi took power in May 2014, benchmark 10-year bond yields have fallen 135 bps and NSE share index has surged 55 percent

Economic Survey mentions Sunny Deol's famous dialogue from 'Damini' to highlight ease of doing business hurdles

Economic Services next frontier on ease of doing business is addressing pendency, delays and backlogs in the appellate and judicial arenas

Economic Survey 2018: Make in India 2.0 to focus on 10 champion sectors to spur manufacturing, job creation

Make in India programme was launched on 25 September, 2014 with an aim to make India a global hub for manufacturing

Arvind Subramanian speaks about huge market rally, says stock prices need to be backed by economic growth

Over the past two fiscal years, the Indian stock market has soared, outperforming many other major markets.

India has great expectations from govt’s economic reforms but data shows not all of them are being met

The common man doesn’t know much about government's big ticket economic reforms but knows, for sure, their grocery bill is impacting their kitchen needs

Economic Survey 2018: Did CEA Subramanian just signal that govt will miss fiscal roadmap?

What may perhaps disturb even those who felt a slight slippage this year is warranted is the Survey’s prognosis for the next fiscal – the return to the fiscal straight and narrow may not happen.

Economic Survey 2018 reveals low tax collections at panchayat level are challenge to fiscal federalism

Economic Survey says panchayats received 95 percent of their revenues from devolved funds from centre/state, while generating only 5 percent from own resources