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31 Jan 2017

Arun Jaitley presents Economic Survey 2017 in Parliament

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31 Jan 2017

Resources misallocated under rural employment scheme: Survey

Evaluating the effectiveness of MGNREGS, the Economic Survey today said there is misallocation of resources under the rural employment scheme as only one-third of funds are spent on states which account more than 50 per cent of poor in the country.

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017: RBI's excess capital should fund PSU banks, ARC

RBI is one of the highly capitalised central banks of the world and the government can redeploy some of its capital for fund infusion in state-owned banks and setting up a public sector asset reconstruction company, Economic Survey 2016-17 said.

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017: India one of world's largest recipients of FDI

India has become one of the largest recipients of foreign direct investment on account of reform measures taken by the government, the Economic Survey for 2016-17 said on Tuesday.

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31 Jan 2017

Effort was to make Survey look like Big B blockbuster: CEA

Adding colour to an otherwise dull and dry Economic Survey, its lead author Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on Tuesday said the endeavour was to make it look like an Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster with "some drama, some tragedy and some comedy".

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017: Eight interesting facts about India

New estimates based on railway passenger traffic data reveal annual work-related migration of about 9 million people, almost double what the 2011 Census suggests

31 Jan 2017

Sensex tanks 194 points after Economic Survey projects lower GDP

There were signs of anxiety in the market as the Sensex Tuesday slumped 194 points ahead of the budget -- to be presented on Wednesday -- to a one-week low of 27,656 and the Nifty slipped below 8,600 after the Economic Survey projected a lower growth of 6.5 percent for 2016-17.

31 Jan 2017

Fiscal deficit hits 94% of budget estimate in April-December

Fiscal deficit in the first nine months of 2016-17 touched 93.9 percent of the Budget target against 87.9 percent for the same period a year ago.

31 Jan 2017

Spike in global oil price poses risk for growth: Economic Survey

It is not just demonetisation which is threatening the world's fastest growing economy tag of India. A spike in oil prices too may have dampening impact on the growth, the Economic Survey said today.

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01 Feb 2017

Economic Survey 2017 moots Universal Basic Income for India's poor

Even as the Niti Aayog has said that India does not have the necessary financial resources for the project, the government`s Economic Survey 2016-17 presented on Tuesday advocated a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme as an alternative poverty reduction mechanism in place of various ongoing social welfare programmes.

Foreign portfolio investments

31 Jan 2017

FPI outflow not India-specific phenomenon, asserts Survey

Playing down huge sell-off by foreign investors in Indian markets, the Economic Survey today said FPI outflow last year was not an India-specific phenomenon as most emerging markets witnessed a pullout due to higher returns in advanced economies.

FRBM. Economic Survey

31 Jan 2017

Need to modify FRBM Act for tomorrow's India: Economic Survey

The 13-year old FRBM Act will need to be modified to provide fiscal policy direction for "the India of tomorrow", the Economic Survey said today.

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01 Feb 2017

Economic Survey 2017: Policy making constrained due to bureaucratic caution

Policy making in certain areas like telecom and banking has been severely constrained due to "abundant caution in bureaucratic decision-making", the Economic Survey said on Tuesday.

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31 Jan 2017

Indian equity markets record modest growth in 2016: Economic Survey

The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Indian equity markets recorded modest growth of 1.95 to 3 percent during the calendar year 2016 as compared to losses registered in 2015.

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01 Feb 2017

Economic Survey 2017: Highways construction, cargo, power-gen record growth

Despite facing challenging infrastructure deficit in the country aided by resource crunch, debt-laden firms and stressed assets, highways construction and cargo exports registered impressive growth in the first half of FY2017. The Economic Survey said Tuesday.

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017: Still commitment to make the "perennially unprofitable public sector airline" 'world class' entity

Acknowledging difficulties in privatisation efforts for public enterprises, the Economic Survey on Tuesday said there is still a commitment to make the "perennially unprofitable public sector airline" a 'world class' entity.

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017 says recovery of India's exports likely to continue

Uptick in the global economy is likely to push the country's exports further in the coming years, the Economic Survey today said.

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31 Jan 2017

Subsidy bill up 5% in April-November 2016: Survey

Subsidy bill increased by 5 percent during April-November 2016 due to 21.6 percent surge in food subsidy, the Economic Survey said today.

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31 Jan 2017

Give workers option to choose provident fund, pension schemes: Economic Survey

Pitching for labour reforms, the survey said formal employment could increase by offering employees choices when they start employment.

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31 Jan 2017

Economic Survey 2017 pitches for implementation of UBI to provide basic income for all

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi's vision of "wiping every tear from every eye", the Economic Survey today made a strong pitch for implementing Universal Basic Income (UBI) that stipulates a certain income for the poor.

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