Unlike the Advance Estimates which missed the impact of demonetisation, CEA's survey is likely to have a better take on Indian economy.
PM's announcement were focused on those most affected by the note ban.
As FIIs pull out of road projects, doubts have surfaced about the future of new highways and roads
Eco affairs secretary says double counting possible; cash availability to improve in three weeks.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
The FRBM report, to be submitted on Tuesday, is likely to have 'excuse clauses', absolving the government of meeting its fiscal commitments under certain conditions such as war or conflict, global economic meltdowns or natural disasters.
Reports from Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Moradabad, Tirupur, Indore, Surat, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, suggest the impact of demonetisation is worsening.
Most of these road contracts are spread across Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, with the government struggling to restart them.
A task force will speed up the recalibration of 200,000 ATMs so these can dispense the new Rs 2,000 notes.
The focus is likely to be on consolidation and improvement of existing rural-centric programmes to ensure their completion ahead of the next general elections in 2019, rather than announcement of new schemes. Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Arup Roychoudhury report.
Government hits back, tells rating agency to introspect on processes.
The government has managed Rs 21,000 crore through stake sales and buybacks in the first six months, the highest-ever first half divestment revenue for any year by a good margin, raising expectations for the rest of FY17.
Land acquisition costs have gone up to almost 50% of total project cost.
Central Industrial Security Force chief OP Singh briefed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the heightened arrangements at airports, ports and other vital installations guarded by the central force.
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian says that he hopes GDP growth will be at the upper end of the 7-7.5 per cent range.
'GST gives a huge relief to small businesses of India and West Bengal.'
The idea behind advancing the Budget date is to ensure that the Finance Bill is passed before the start of the financial year, on April 1, so that all central government departments get their full allocations to work with right from the first day
Make In India and the reduction in barriers of trade will potentially create a growth environment.
Cabinet to take up proposal to extend operation & maintenance contracts from 9 to 29 years
Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change
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