However, risks to the outlook stems from possible sub-normal monsoon and higher crude oil prices (on account of the crisis in Iraq)," the Economic Survey 2013-14 tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
While the capital spending is being maintained at 3.1 per cent of the GDP, a little more would have boosted economic growth even further, suggests Rajiv Memani.
India is not "rethinking" supporting investments from China, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, referring to a proposal made in the Economic Survey 2024. The survey by India's chief economic advisor last week said India had two "choices" to benefit from the so-called China plus one strategy, either by integrating into that country's supply chain or by promoting foreign direct investment (FDI). "Chief economic advisor's report speaks about new ideas and gives out their own thinking. It is not at all binding on the government and there is no rethinking to support Chinese investments in the country," Goyal told reporters in Delhi.
A lot of the 100-day programmes would be 'milestone-based' with timelines for achieving targets for social-sector schemes.
Making a marginal recovery, India's exports entered the positive zone after a gap of eight months, recording a growth of 0.82 per cent to $25.58 in January.
"The outlook for exports in 2008-09 may not be as bright as in the past few years with lower projections in world GDP and world imports and exchange rate developments," according to the pre-Budget Economic Survey tabled in Parliament.
India ranks lower than most BRICS nations in terms of innovation.
India needs to fully open its retail market to foreign investors in order to drive economic growth, although the subject was strictly taboo till last year because of pressure from the government's allies and livelihood concerns.
The Economic Survey 2011-12 on Thursday made a case for allowing foreign airlines to invest in domestic carriers, a suggestion that will enable the ailing sector to access overseas capital and expertise.
The survey is a report card on the nation's economy, tabled before the Budget, and is the finance minister's review of the economy and his assessment of the prospects of the economy.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Bihar government to put in the public domain the break-up of the caste survey data to enable those aggrieved to challenge the findings.
China is set to build a rail link connecting Xinjiang province with Tibet, part of which will run near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India.
The survey pointed out that the transmission and distribution losses in the power sector, at 35 per cent, were among the highest in the world.
The most striking features of this Budget was its focus on simplification and improving the ease of doing business in India, asserts Kaku Nakhate.
What has surprised the industry is that the Bill has been tabled without any consultation. Critics warn the ban on real-money gaming could fuel black markets, endanger 200,000 jobs and billions in tax revenue.
Concerned over the sluggish performance of agriculture sector, the Economic Survey hit at food management policies that have led to very high inflation and asked the government to take serious policy initiatives for a targeted four per cent farm sector growth.
Identifying the need for Rs 1,72,000 crore (Rs 1720 billion) investment in national highways, the Economic Survey on Monday asked the government to gear up policies and institutions to meet specific requirements while increasing the outlay for road s
Maharashtra's economic survey for 2002-03 says the state's economy was expected to grow at a lower rate of four per cent as against 6.8 per cent in the previous fiscal.
Privatisation of old oil fields to raise output and reduce India's import dependence was advised by the Economic Survey.
It pointed out that the capital market scenario in 2008 should be seen in the backdrop of heightened uncertainties triggered by the international financial crisis, slowdown in the global economic growth, fluctuations in international food, commodity and fuel prices and volatility in overseas financial markets.
The 31st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, held in December 2018, deferred a decision to reduce the GST rate for cement from 28 per cent to 18 per cent. This was despite recognising that cement - along with automobile parts - remained among the few mass-consumption items still taxed at the highest slab, which was originally meant for luxury and sin goods.
The next government in these states may find it tough to push economic growth through long-term reforms, which would be necessary.
'Not paying workers enough will end up being self-destructive or harmful for the corporate sector itself.'
Buoyed by about 19 per cent jump in tax collection, the government may further moderate taxes in the Budget with the Economic Survey on Monday prescribing a tax reform mantra to unburden India Inc.
One could argue that India is not troubled in the same way as China is by a declining population and structural problems in real estate/construction and finance. But India has serious trade and fiscal imbalances, and excessive dependence on capital expenditure by the government, points out T N Ninan.
'Deposit and lending rates have started to fall considerably. It is likely to spur investment and consumption of durables.'
Inflation has reappeared as a global issue in both advanced and emerging economies and India needs to be wary of "imported inflation", especially due to high oil prices, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 released on Monday. "Inflation has reappeared as a global issue in both advanced and emerging economies. "India's Consumer Price Index inflation stood at 5.6 per cent YoY in December 2021 which is within the targeted tolerance band," the survey report presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted.
Suggesting delinking of spectrum from telecom licences, the Economic Survey for the year 2008-09 has suggested auctioning radio frequencies for the forthcoming 3G mobile services.
The growth of the Indian pharmaceutical industry has been fuelled by exports, which increased 25 per cent in 2008-09. "Exports of pharmaceuticals have consistently outstripped imports," the Survey said.
'Three manufacturing sectors can create jobs by the million: Apparel, food, and electronic assembly.' 'Let's talk to them and ask them what it would take to scale by a factor of ten,' suggests Naushad Forbes.
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Stung by the low 4.4 per cent growth projection for this fiscal, the pre-Budget Economic Survey on Thursday endorsed Kelkar Panel recommendations on tax reforms besides a cut in subsidies and interest rates to deal with mounting and worrying fiscal d
The average size of IPOs rose by nearly half in 2008 over 2007, though the financial meltdown may have scared away many from the primary capital market, bringing down the number of IPOs to about one-third, the Economic Survey said.
'... and without necessarily calling them Economic Surveys.' 'One should stick to the main focus, which is to give people a good perspective on how the economy is doing.'
Delhi Police ask for 45 documents for opening a restaurant, only 19 for a gun: Survey
Even as global investors were pulling out their money from India, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) deposited $1 billion in bank deposits (net of withdrawals) during the three month period of October-December 2008. There was a net outflow of $0.9 billion in the same period a year ago, according to the Economic Survey.
After two decades of impressive growth, the automobile sector's performance has not been encouraging after 2006-07, but its growth turned modestly positive last fiscal, touching a domestic turnover of Rs 2.19 lakh crore, the Economic Survey said.
He argued that if inflation is low, stable and moving towards the 4 per cent target, why has the RBI not revised downward the bank rate fixed in June 2023?
Even though the national highways comprise only 2 per cent of the total length of roads, they account for about 40 per cent of the total traffic and the National Highways Development Project, implemented by National Highways Authority of India, remains mired in problems.
Gandhi said just like the Constitution, the "caste census" is a policy framework and a guide for the Congress.
