India’s annual growth slipped to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, the weakest since March 2013
January 31, 2020One important measure announced in the budget was the intention to tap the overseas money market for the first time for Government borrowing, with an eye to boost foreign institutional inflows.
July 18, 2019"Total cumulative investment by FPIs decreased to Rs 248,154 crore as on March 31, 2019 as against Rs 253,653 crore as on March 31, 2018," the survey, tabled in the Parliament by Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said.
July 4, 2019In a statement, the senior Congress leader said the findings of the economic survey 2018-19 were neither positive nor encouraging.
July 4, 2019A possible slowdown in economy and its resultant impact on revenue collection could put additional pressure on public finances.
July 4, 2019'It may not be unrealistic to visualise one of the Indian cities emerging as the Detroit of EVs in the future.'
July 4, 2019The survey outlines strategic plueprint to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for $5 trillion economy.
July 4, 2019The BSE Sensex traded at 39,917.74, higher by 78.49 points or 0.20 per cent from the previous close of 39,839.25 points.
July 4, 2019With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the Finance Ministry is set to present an interim budget
January 30, 2019Recently, we witnessed the strange spectacle of our largest insurance company asking for the Government’s permission to take over an almost defunct bank. Even more recently, our biggest bank suddenly became extra keen on acquiring the bad debts of Non-Banking Financial Corporations. These counter-intuitive, Government brokered mega financial deals could perhaps best be described by...
October 19, 2018Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera presented a Rs 1,20,028 crore budget for 2018-19 in the state Assembly, 12.3 per cent higher than the last budget today with increased allocation to rural areas in terms of housing, water supply, welfare schemes without imposing any new tax. The Finance Minister also presented a separate Agriculture budget...
March 24, 2018According to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2017-18, the total number of motor vehicles on roads was 103.83 lakh till 31 March 2017, registering a growth of 6.99 per cent over the previous year. It meant that Delhi had 556 motor vehicles per 1,000 people or every second person in the city owned a vehicle....
March 21, 2018The growth rate of Himachal Pradesh for the current financial year has been estimated at 6.3 per cent, while the per capita income is estimated at Rs 1,58,462. This is revealed in the Economic Survey report of HP for 2017-18, that was tabled in the state Assembly on Thursday by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur....
March 8, 2018Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a fresh dig at the NDA government talking about the Budget 2018 presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1. In a series of tweets, the member of Rajya Sabha said that the Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has been a good doctor since...
February 4, 2018There are 10 issues that need to inform public discourse around the economy and the aam aadmi, especially on the eve of the final full-year budget before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks another popular mandate. These are at variance from Arvind Subramanian’s significant 10 presented in the Economic Survey but should be more to the...
February 1, 2018Sounding a clear note of caution on rising crude oil prices pushing inflation, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian has toned down his earlier vocal expectation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ahead of the central bank’s final bi-monthly monetary policy review of the fiscal due to be annouced next...
January 31, 2018The Economic Survey 2017-18, which was tabled in Parliament on Monday, presented a shocking fact regarding the estimate of the number of ‘unwanted’ girls in India. The survey says that the data stands at 21 million when talking about girls whose parents wanted a boy but had a girl instead. The data has been, reportedly,...
January 30, 2018