Economic Survey

New Delhi, Feb 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission has played an important role in attempting to solve the problem of open defecation in India, but the next challenge is bringing behavioural change, the Economic Survey…

New Delhi, Feb 26: The Economic Survey for 2015-16 tabled in parliament on Friday pegged India's growth for the next fiscal at 7-7.5 percent. For the current fiscal, the survey estimated the GDP growth at 7.6 percent. Authored by Chief…

Price subsidies did not have a transformative effect on the living standards of the poor, though they helped poor households to weather inflation and price volatility, the Economic Survey for 2014-15 revealed Friday, adding the rich often…

Compared to the sluggish industrial sectors' growth of 2.1 percent from April-December 2014, coal, power and cement in the infrastructure sector have registered double digit growth in the past few months, the Economic Survey for 2014-15…

India's food grain production is estimated at 257.07 million tonnes for 2014-15, said the Economic Survey which was tabled in the parliament Friday. According to the survey, which was tabled in the parliament by the Finance Minister Arun…

A day ahead of the union budget, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip  BSE Sensex, provisionally closed Friday's trade up 472 points or 1.64 percent. Bullish sentiments prevailed as the day's biggest trigger - the…

India's Economic Survey has projected growth at over 8 percent for the next fiscal and said inflation was easing while setting the agenda for "big-bang" reforms to further drive expansion, prune wasteful expenditure and promote investments…

India's economic survey pegged growth at more than 8 percent for the next fiscal and said inflation was now declining, while also setting the agenda for reforms needed to further drive the expansion, prune wasteful expenditure and promote…

Just a day ahead of the union budget, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) surged 145 points or 0.50 percent in the pre-afternoon trade session Friday. Bullish sentiments prevailed just…