The ongoing issues in the energy sector, particularly related to pricing, may pull down growth of the overall infrastructure sector, the Economic Survey has warned. It recommended doing away with subsidies through import parity in domestic fuel ...

Reliable and easily accessible financial saving opportunities can help boost total savings and reduce attractiveness of alternatives like gold, the Economic Survey 2012-13 has said.

The over consumption of urea and limited use of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers need to be addressed through appropriate price incentives by reducing subsidies to ensure sustainable practises are encouraged, Economic Survey said today.

State-owned enterprises in the mining sector have outperformed by recording the highest increase in their net profit among other industrial public sector companies during the financial year 2011-12, as against the previous year, the Economic Survey ...

Investors have put in more than Rs 1.2 lakh crore in various mutual funds in first nine months of the ongoing financial year compared to cumulative net outflow of nearly Rs 80,000 crore in last two financial years.

After being at the receiving end of public ire, the government did not miss the opportunity of slipping in a brief policy statement on addressing the issue of violence against women in the Economic Survey

Going in tandem with the Rangarajan committee report, the Economic Survey has said that the government is reviewing the production sharing contract (PSC) to clarify the extent to which producers will have the freedom to market the gas

At a time when a number of public private partnership (PPP) projects are in trouble, the ministry of finance has pitched for allowing flexibility so that a contract can be withdrawn and put up for rebid when a private party underperforms

Expressing disappointment over growth slowing to 5% this fiscal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that things would look up in next financial year.

Economic Survey growth figures as a "warning bell" as these came down from 9 to 5%, said Arun Jaitley

The cover itself shows that the main author of Economic Survey, 2012-13 is different from the one who penned pre-budget documents for the previous three years

Reason for wide band is wide amount of uncertainty that prevails in both the Indian economy as well as the external world

India not only ranks first in the world in milk production, its per capita milk availability at 290 grams daily is marginally higher than the global average

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to achieve higher growth of around 6.1 to 6.7%, up from the advance estimates of 5% economic growth in the ...

National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy has criticised the economic survey calling it mere government rhetoric that signifies little for the unorganised sector who comprise 95% of the workforce in the country

The Economic Survey is both optimistic and sensible

Prudent policy support from fiscal side and in turn monetary policy could leading to a virtuous cycle of recovery

The Survey wrongly emphasises the role of tight monetary policy as the cause of a fall in consumer and investment spending

A growth forecast that is seriously wrong is dangerous - it can lead to revenue projections and spending decisions that become seriously inflationary

Despite a challenging macro-economic environment, the benchmark S&P Sensex gained about 10 per cent this financial year due to robust foreign inflows, which were largely aided by bold policy measures like fuel price decontrol and FDI in the ...

For Rajan, the crucial aspect of today's economic development was a query that disturbs youth -"Where will my job come from?

Reforms will help establish a credible social security system, specially for the elderly

The economic slowdown, a rise in interest rates and aggressive lending in good times led to a sharp rise in bad loans

Demographic dividend can slip away

Hit by fall in profit margins, investment growth

The mutual fund industry has registered an increase of 29.4 per cent in the market value of its assets under management (AUM) during the first three quarters of the current financial year. According to the Economic Survey, the market value of the ...

Equity issues raised in first 3 quarters more than that in entire FY12

Recommendations of Rangarajan panel on decontrolling sugar sector should be implemented

Survey says global financial conditions continued to remain too fragile to provide any external growth stimulus to the economy

Of the first 10 months of the current financial year, exports saw a decline for eight months

The Survey clearly indicates fiscal consolidation will be on the back of reduced oil subsidies

Chief Economic Advisor says we need to be sensible rather than flashy, over-the-top hits

The consolidated turnover of public sector companies in the mining sector increased 17.7 per cent in 2011-12

Policy on price and procurement support should not encourage more production of abundant crops

Curb inflation, offer products such as inflation-indexed bonds, expand financial inclusion, improve access to financial products, says Survey

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections

In real estate, India ranks 182nd in construction permission processes, the Survey says, citing a World Bank report

Survey reiterates commitment to fiscal consolidation

Fall in global commodity and non-food manufacturing sector prices come to help

The estimate takes into account a normal monsoon, further moderation in inflation and a mild recovery in global growth

Focus on curbing current account deficit and widening the tax base

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Madras HC ordered the closure of liquor shops noting that there were huge crowds and no social distancing was being maintained by tipplers, however, doorstep delivery through online mode was allowed

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