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2021-22 Economic Survey may revert to one volume after eight years

The Economic Survey sets the context in which the Union Budget is presented by the Finance Minister

Growth in FY'22 to be around 11% as projected in Economic Survey, says CEA

He also said the overall impact of the second wave on the economy will not be very large.

Managing the 2nd pandemic wave

Many of the criticisms of the government's handling of the pandemic are strictly hindsight or lack a rigorous foundation

Best of BS Opinion: Changing a monolith, bare necessities for India & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The bare necessities for India

The latest Economic Survey has presented an interesting new index called the Bare Necessities Index. The BNI Index covers five areas that impact the daily lives of a bottom-of-the-pyramid householder

Load shedding in Delhi lowest in last two decades, says Economic Survey

Load shedding in the national capital has dropped to 0.03 per cent of the total consumption

Average levels of pollutants in 2020 lowest in 7 yrs: Delhi Economic Survey

Average levels of various pollutants, including PM10, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide, in Delhi last year were the lowest since 2014

India's sovereign rating fixation

Should Indian policymakers be concerned about India's existing sovereign rating?

Monetary policy: RBI doing exactly what AQR does, though unofficially

The Economic Survey, last week, had suggested that there should be one more round of AQR of banks after the Covid-related forbearance is over

RBI monetary policy: Govt told to cut fuel taxes to ease inflation concerns

GDP projection revised upwards, but lower than Eco Survey's

2-6% inflation target works well, no need to tinker with it: Sanjeev Sanyal

In a Q&A, the finance ministry's Principal Economic Advisor also explains why he thinks the latest Budget is extraordinary

How will Budget 2021 impact senior citizens, NRIs and salaried people

In this Podcast, we discussed how the Budget will impact finances of senior citizens, non resident Indians, salaried people and the changes in taxation on Ulips and ease of ITR

Budget a fine balance between prudent spending, incentives to woo capital

The FM's speech boosted sentiments through announcement of anticipated reforms like infra funding through a new DFI, 'bad bank'-type structure for resolution of stressed assets

Covid spending to tax revenue: Key numbers to watch out for in Budget 2021

Here are the key numbers to watch out for in the Budget for 2021-22, which is widely expected to be a "economic vaccine" for the pandemic-battered economy.

Statsguru: Economic Survey sets the tone for most awaited Union Budget

The Survey batted for a bold fiscal expansion to make the economic recovery more broad-based

Fiscal activism

Govt should tread carefully on this path

Govt should spend, increase healthcare allocation: CEA to industry leaders

Speaking on privatisation, Subramanian said disinvestment would happen this year and selling Air India would be a seminal moment that would clearly signal the government's intent

Highest since independence: Economic Survey pegs GDP growth at 11% in FY22

This translates into real GDP growing only 2.4% over the absolute level of 2019-20

'Contact-sensitive sector with manufacturing will contribute to 11% growth'

The Indian economy can contract by 7.7 per cent in the current financial year ending on March 31 and the growth could be 11 per cent in the next financial year, according to the Economic Survey

Best of BS Opinion: Budget for the victims, the Wall Street game, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day