Economic Survey 2019
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India on upward growth trajectory; country has made leap into era of high economic policy certainty: Arun Jaitley
Fp Staff •Jaitley said Swachh Bharat Mission has been an exceptional programme which has brought behavioural changes in India
Budget 2019: How to understand Economic Survey better
Fp Research •The Economic Survey is prepared by the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry
Economic Survey 2019 presents good overview, but should not be read as precursor to Sitharaman's maiden Budget
Madan •The Economic Survey also takes a view that the NPA issue is behind us and hence banks can now lend.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Pakistan's cases against Hafiz Saeed, Spider-Man: Far From Home review, Ravindra Jadeja's outburst; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •Firstpost Editor's Picks: Pakistan's cases against Hafiz Saeed, Rahul Gandhi's resignation, ICC Cricket world Cup 2019, SpiderMan: Far From Home movie review; today's must-read stories
Economic Survey 2018-19: Vision for electric mobility encouraging for EV makers, says industry body
•The vision for electric mobility highlighted in Economic Survey is encouraging for electric vehicle (EV) makers and will clear doubts amongst fence sitters and motivate them to come up with new energy products, according to industry players
Economic Survey 2019 says airports, monuments, trains, roads could be named after highest taxpayers over decade
•To improve tax compliance, the Economic Survey 2018-19 on Thursday suggested that the government could consider giving top-10 taxpayers in each district recognition by way of "diplomatic"-type privileges at the immigration counter, express boarding at airports, and even naming of roads, buildings and schools
India must spend $200 bn on infrastructure annually; harnessing private investment a challenge, reveals Economic Survey
•India needs to almost double its annual spending on infrastructure at $200 billion and the real challenge lies in harnessing private investment, said the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled in Parliament on Thursday
Industry hails Economic Survey 2019, says govt's focus on need for ramping up private investment key driver of growth
Fp Staff •Economic Survey 2018-19: CEA rejects Arvind Subramanian's claims, says hard to create wrong narrative
•Chief Economic Adviser K Subramanian on Thursday seemed to rubbish his predecessor Arvind Subramanian claim of India overestimating its growth rate, saying that it is very hard to create a narrative which is different from the truth
Economic Survey 2018-19: GDP growth of 7% for current fiscal a pragmatic target, says industry bodies
•Industry chambers on Thursday termed the 7 percent GDP growth for 2019-20 pegged by the Economic Survey a 'pragmatic target' that pointed towards a cautious optimism about the economy on the back of investment revival and rural consumption