Economic Survey News

Economic Survey: GDP growth to improve from 6.9% in FY12 to 8.6% in FY14  

15 Mar 2012, 12.05 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

According to the economic survey, FY12 growth is pegged at 6.9%, FY13 growth at 7.6% and FY14 is set to see 8.6% growth....

RBI credit policy: Central bank keeps key rates unchanged  

15 Mar 2012, 12.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Reserve Bank of India has left key policy rates untouched on Thursday mainly on the back of high fiscal deficit and rising crude oil prices....

Economic Survey: Inflation at 6.5-7% by March, say sources  

15 Mar 2012, 11.38 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Sources say that the Economic Survey of India has projected 6.5-7% inflation rate by March 2013. It however has maintained FY12 GDP growth at 6.8%....

RBI credit policy: RBI keeps repo rate steady on inflation concerns  

15 Mar 2012, 11.36 am  |  Source: Reuters

The RBI kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 8.5% at its mid-quarter review, in line with forecasts....

RBI credit policy: Expert views on RBI's mid-quarter policy review  

15 Mar 2012, 11.22 am  |  Source: Reuters

The RBI kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 8.5% at its mid-quarter review, in line with forecasts....

RBI credit policy: RBI keeps interest rates unchanged  

15 Mar 2012, 11.12 am  |  Source: Reuters

The Reserve Bank of India kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 8.5 percent at its mid-quarter review....

Budget 2012: Economic Survey suggests reform to end slowdown  

15 Mar 2012, 8.58 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The report is likely to suggest measures to kickstart a double-digit economic growth....

Economic Survey: Will this year's one be just a namesake?   

14 Mar 2012, 10.16 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18 asks Dr Kaushik Basu if he should bother at all as he gets set to present his last economic survey tomorrow. After all, none of his fresh id...

Budget 2012: ''End of Economic Budget; see Poll Budget next year''   

06 Mar 2012, 9.35 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Abhay Laijawala, head of research at Deutsche Equities India says that this is the last time the government can present an econ...

UP Polls: Room limited for political reform, says BS editor   

05 Mar 2012, 11.44 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

AK Bhattacharya, managing editor of Business Standard spoke to CNBC-TV18 about his expectations about the UP poll results....

Budget Expectations: It' a tight rope walk for FM, says IndusInd Bank's Harding  

28 Feb 2012, 3.19 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The focus (and priority) for this year will be on critical factors to increase revenue to arrest further slippage in fiscal deficit and to maintain it...

Budget Expectations: Must initiate reforms to energize growth, says FICCI head  

28 Feb 2012, 1.38 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Budget-making is always a challenge for the finance minister. But when the critical economic parameters that determine growth, investment and consumer...

Pranab to present Budget on March 16  

07 Feb 2012, 2.02 pm  |  Source: Reuters

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the annual Budget for 2012-13 on March 16, while the railways budget will be presented on March 14, a m...

Budget session schedule to be decided on Tuesday  

06 Feb 2012, 10.30 pm  |  Source: PTI

Schedule for the Budget session of Parliament will be decided on Tuesday amidst indications that the Union Budget 2012-13 may be presented around the ...

Budget must go easy on monetary, tighten fisc: Kotak  

30 Jan 2012, 12.02 pm  |  Source: PTI

Urging India to move ahead with economic reforms to benefit from the changing global dynamics, top banker Uday Kotak has said it is time for the count...

Investment to return if rates fall by 50-75bps: CII   

27 Jan 2012, 1.27 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Even though the CRR cut by the Reserve Bank was a welcome move, president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, B Muthuraman says that it will not ...

Wipro hopeful of outperforming peers in FY13: Azim Premji   

27 Jan 2012, 11.01 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Azim H Premji, Chairman and Managing director of Wipro believes that Europe is plagued by uncertainty and slowdown in growth....

Subsidy sharing formula can be reviewed: Govt official   

07 Mar 2011, 5.48 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In the interview with CNBC-TV18's Siddharth Zarabi, R. Gopalan Economic Affair Secretary in the Ministry of Finance discussed various issues that came...

Will Libyan crisis end in war or peace?   

04 Mar 2011, 9.11 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

A ray of hope has emerged that maybe some resolution could be found to the Libyan crisis. Katerina Dalacoura, Lecturer at the London School of Economi...

On DTC and GST, this was sort of incubation budget: Expert   

28 Feb 2011, 6.00 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Rohan Shah, Managing Partner, Economic Laws Practice, in an interview on CNBC-TV18 gave his views on how he read the budget presented by finance minis...

Budget addresses inflation & gives push to reforms  

28 Feb 2011, 5.53 pm  |  Source: PTI

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said his Budget proposals address the problem of high inflation and give a push to economic reforms....

Budget well conceived, says C Rangarajan   

28 Feb 2011, 2.09 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, C Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisor Council to PM says, FY12 fiscal deficit target is achievable. According to hi...

9% growth forecast difficult to achieve: Economists   

28 Feb 2011, 9.12 am  |  Source: PTI

The government may be bullish about economic growth next fiscal, but leading economists are not as confident as North Block mandarins about India's ab...

Will the budget be pro-growth or anti inflation?   

26 Feb 2011, 11.01 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan,Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, Godrej Industries Chairman Adi Godrej and Deloitte's Principal Economi...

GDP forecast in survey achievable: Chanda Kochhar   

25 Feb 2011, 9.56 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

On Friday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled the economic survey for the fiscal year 2011 in parliament. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Chanda...

Economic Survey 2011: How do experts view it?   

25 Feb 2011, 2.51 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Siddhartha Sanyal, Chief India Economist, Barclays Capital, Sonal Verma, India Economist, Nomura and Amit Mitra, FICCI...

Diesel prices to be upped in a staggered manner: Eco Survey  

25 Feb 2011, 1.29 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Economic Survey for 2010-11 has proposed that increase in diesel prices be staggered over time to minimize the impact on the poorer sections of th...

Allow phased FDI in multi-brand retail: Economic Survey  

25 Feb 2011, 1.11 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Economic Survey for 2010-11 has proposed that foreign direct investment be allowed in the retail sector, but in a phased manner....

Eco Survey: Expect fiscal consolidation in mid-term   

25 Feb 2011, 12.58 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The fiscal outcome in the first nine months of the current financial year remained broadly on the consolidation track charted by the Budget, says the ...

Economic Survey: Infra investment to rise to 8.37% in 2012  

25 Feb 2011, 12.48 pm  |  Source: PTI

The Economic Survey 2010-11 states that the infrastructure structure is a mixed bag of performance; some like telecommunications have done exceedingly...