Economic Survey

Low salaries can be self-destructive for India Inc, says CEA Nageswaran

Deregulation to be big theme of Eco Survey

Govt's small savings collection may not exceed July BE of Rs 4.2 trillion

Shift to new tax regime, steady rates affect collections

Rising passive incomes: Companies favour financial investments over assets

A shift in focus towards private investment is required to sustain the growth momentum. This should be a concern for policymakers

India's per capita to income to increase by $2,000 over 5 years: Sitharaman

Speaking at Kautilya Economic Conclave, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that while it took the country 75 years to achieve a per capita income of $2,730, the next leap will be much faster

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Economic momentum intact for 6.5-7% growth in FY25: Finance Ministry

The ministry added that both the consumer and industrial outlook surveys, which showed a declining trend, need to be monitored for future trends

India's GDP growth slowed down to six-quarter low of 6% in Q1 FY25: ICRA

The credit rating agency expects India's GDP to grow by 6.8 per cent for the full fiscal year 2024-25, lower than the 8.2 per cent achieved in 2023-24

Chinese investments will not benefit India

High cost of doing business and geopolitics limit opportunities

Don't count on a growth miracle

In a volatile global landscape, sustained growth rate of more than 7 per cent is quite a challenge

Inflation targeting without food is no solution

While the interests of famers need to be protected, it would further complicate monetary and macroeconomic management

Unemployment rate will drop below 3%, no concern for job losses: Mandaviya

Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya assured the Lok Sabha that employment generation efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led to significant reduction in the unemployment rate

Economic Survey pessimistic on export growth prospects

In an era when global economic growth is likely to be buffeted by geopolitical tensions and protectionism, growing India's exports of goods and services will be a stiffer challenge than before

Excluding food from RBI's inflation framework may not have many takers

Headline numbers best communicated to common man; Govt needs to step up supply management

Credit guarantee to Rs 20 lakh Mudra loan: FM on MSMEs in Budget 2024

Union Budget 2024-25: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the continuation of bank credit to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during stress periods

GDP growth will be even better: EaseMyTrip co-founder Pitti on Eco Survey

Speaking on the tourism sector, Pitti said that he expects the government to put some more focus on tourism as it provides many employment opportunities

Chief economic advisor Nageswaran calls out rich nations' climate hypocrisy

India's Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has criticised developed countries for their "double standards" on climate action, highlighting the G7's commitment to ending the use of unabated coal power plants only in the first half of the 2030s, despite their high carbon emissions. In the annual economic survey, Nageswaran said it is morally wrong to ask developing countries to abandon their aspirations for better living standards to allow developed countries to maintain their lifestyles in cleaner environments and cooler climates. He argued that economic growth would empower developing countries to better address climate change. Nageswaran said the UN convention on climate change and its Paris Agreement mandate that developed countries provide resources and take the lead in mobilising finance to tackle the global problem. "However, much of the climate action by developing countries has been done through domestic resources, and the emphasis of the developed countries has mai

Need to create 8 million jobs a year until 2036, says Economic Survey

Nudges pvt sector on jobs, cautions on AI; sees GDP growing by 6.5-7% in FY25; makes a case for FDI from China

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Amid geopolitical tensions, growing exports to be stiffer challenge: Survey

Cites risks of geopolitical tensions, rise in protectionism, higher trade cost because of the Red Sea crisis, and commodity price volatility as reasons

Economic Survey 2023-24: How India's overtime premium dwarfs peers'

This could be a disadvantage for the Indian economy, mentions the survey