Farm distress to feature big in next week's Economic Survey

CEA's earlier report on rejuvenating pulses' cultivation and his suggestions may find mention

Part-II of the official Economic Survey for 2016-17 will focus on the crash in prices of farm produce, among other topical issues, when it is presented in Parliament next week.

It will contain more data and less commentary compared to the one presented on January 31. Even so, it will focus on some relevant macro economic themes -- farm sector, Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC's) inflation targeting, goods and services tax (GST), the twin balance sheet problem, urban planning reforms.

The current agriculture scenario could figure prominently. Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian (who prepares the Survey) has publicly spoken of his