Economic Survey News

Economic Survey: Services, energy and sustainable development  

27 Feb 2013, 1.46 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Given soaring energy and transportation needs, since there seems to be little we can do to temper oil imports, gold is the component that needs to be ...

Economic Survey: Foreign trade, agri and food management  

27 Feb 2013, 1.45 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Survey sees oil subsidies as a key fiscal risk, and that the government needs to raise diesel and LPG prices in line with global rates. On the fli...

Economic Survey: Balance of payments and monetary management  

27 Feb 2013, 1.42 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

On the positive side, the Survey view the medium term fiscal consolidation plan as credible, and the Government will be able to achieve its fiscal def...

Economic Survey: State of economy and public finance  

27 Feb 2013, 1.40 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Economic Survey 2012-13 projects a gloomy picture of the economy, except for a sliver of hope that the current downturn may have run its course. T...

Economic Survey: Need to plug 'leakages'; growth revival will contain NPAs  

27 Feb 2013, 1.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The survey notes that there are pressing governance issues like programme leakages and funds not reaching the targeted beneficiaries that need to be a...

Economic Survey: Highlights of Economic Survey 2012-13  

27 Feb 2013, 12.57 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan's first ever Economic Survey for the current fiscal was be tabled in Parliament today. According to the Survey, ...

Economic Survey: Raghuram's message is clear 'reform or else...'  

27 Feb 2013, 12.30 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

CNBC-TV18's Siddharth Zarabi says Raghuram's message is clear. Unless India undertakes significant reforms the picture looks bleak....

Economic Survey: WPI inflation may decline to 6.2-6.6% in March  

27 Feb 2013, 12.24 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The government tables the Economic Survey for 2012-13. Survey says WPI inflation may decline to 6.2-.6.6 percent in March. ...

Economic Survey: Economy likely to grow at 6.1-6.7% in FY14  

27 Feb 2013, 12.20 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Economic Survey 2013 has shown concern on economic slowdown and current account deficit. The survey pegs growth at 6.2 and 6.6 percent and believe...

Economic Survey: 2013/14 GDP growth seen at 6.1-6.7%  

27 Feb 2013, 12.12 pm  |  Source: Reuters

The finance ministry delivered a report on the state of the economy on Wednesday, a day before Finance Minister P Chidambaram unveils what is expected...

Sell-off due to funding crunch, not negative Budget: Ambit   

27 Feb 2013, 10.34 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

According to Saurabh Mukherjea, head of equities at Ambit Capital, the heavy sell-off in the market is due to a funding crunch in the local market and...

Economic Survey: Likely to welcome reforms, push for growth  

27 Feb 2013, 9.14 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A day before the Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will table the Economic Survey 2013-14 in Parliament on Wednesday. ...

Rajan's Economic Survey may present pointers for Budget   

26 Feb 2013, 10.36 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan's first ever economic survey for the current fiscal will be tabled in the Parliament on Wednesday. While the rit...

Economic Survey to suggest steps to arrest declining growth  

26 Feb 2013, 8.53 pm  |  Source: PTI

The Economic Survey to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow is likely to suggest a series of steps to arrest the declining GDP growth, which is estimated ...

More economic reforms should compliment Budget: IIFL   

25 Feb 2013, 10.48 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

"Budget cannot be a panacea for all the problems," believes Prabodh Agarwal, Head - Institutional Research, IIFL on the expectations from the Union Bu...

Economic slump puts growth on politicians' minds   

19 Feb 2013, 8.35 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Watch on CNBC-TV18 a discussion among experts at the Citi-MIT Sloan convention moderated by Naazneen Karmali, India-editor, Forbes Asia concur that th...

Budget 2013-14: Wishlist of various sectors from Aditya Birla Money  

18 Feb 2013, 4.37 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Economic policy reforms has for some years now mostly been taking place outside of the Union budget. This year is not likely to be different....

Budget to aim at eco growth; FinMin mulls oil import cess   

13 Feb 2013, 8.25 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In the run up to Budget 2013-14 the finance ministry is considering various areas of taxation and is mulling a cess on import of crude oil. It could b...

CAD to be at 4.2 % level in 2012-13: Rangarajan  

02 Jan 2013, 8.41 pm  |  Source: PTI

The current account deficit is likely to be around the last year's level of 4.2 per cent of the GDP for 2012-13 fiscal, Prime Minister's Economic Advi...

Budget 2013: Pre-Budget meetings with Chidambaram to begin on Jan 2  

01 Jan 2013, 7.32 pm  |  Source: PTI

Finance Minister P Chidambaram will start pre-Budget consultations with various stakeholders from January 2. The first meeting is with agriculturalist...

Restoring investor confidence to be top priority in 2013  

01 Jan 2013, 11.49 am  |  Source: PTI

Restoring investor confidence and reversing economic slowdown which kept the Finance Ministry in a difficult year would continue to be its priority in...

Global slowdown may dampen export growth prospects in 2013  

28 Dec 2012, 1.26 pm  |  Source: PTI

Indian exports, which was hit by global slowdown last year, are likely to remain sluggish during 2013 as well due to challenging economic conditions i...

Growth may get stuck at 5-5.5% if logjam continues: Montek  

27 Dec 2012, 10.50 am  |  Source: Reuters

India's economic growth could get stuck at 5-5.5 percent if a policy logjam continues, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the planning commiss...

Advance tax up by 7.5%, reflects impact of slowdown  

24 Dec 2012, 11.01 am  |  Source: PTI

Advance tax collection registered a marginal increase of 7.5 per cent in the third quarter to Rs 78,000 crore, reflecting the impact of slowing econom...

Interest rate cut needed to boost growth: Montek   

18 Dec 2012, 1.53 pm  |  Source: PTI

Planning Commission pitched for lowering of interest rate to boost economic growth which is beginning to look up after moderating to 5.4 per cent in t...

RBI must effect steep cut in interest rate or CRR: Assocham  

17 Dec 2012, 4.28 pm  |  Source: PTI

India has compromised on economic growth in the past two years on account of tight monetary policy but now RBI must effect a steep cut in CRR or in th...

Govt can meet fiscal deficit target of 5.3%: Rangarajan  

17 Dec 2012, 4.07 pm  |  Source: PTI

Indicating better economic outlook in the second half, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan expressed optimism that the go...

Reforms needed to get accelerated growth, inclusion: Prez  

16 Dec 2012, 12.00 pm  |  Source: PTI

Stressing the need to create conditions to increase investment rate, President Pranab Mukherjee today said bringing economic growth back to 8 to 9 per...

Govt reaches limits on growth stimulus: Raghuram Rajan   

14 Dec 2012, 2.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Stating the government is reaching the limits on providing fiscal or monetary stimulus, Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan said the need of the hou...

Economic growth stabilising, says Chief Economic Adviser   

13 Dec 2012, 3.15 pm  |  Source: PTI

Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan said economic growth seems to be stabilising and the efforts should be made to strengthen the recovery process. ...