-Frontline.in Despite its deeply flawed neoliberal perspective, Economic Survey 2017-18 is rich in detail, has many useful analytical discussions at different levels of aggregation, and would serve as a useful resource for students and scholars. When Arvind Subramanian, the present Chief Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance who took office way back in October 2014, presented his first Economic Survey, the one for 2014-15, there was considerable novelty on offer, at...
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Union Budget 2018-19: An exercise in jugglery of numbers, say civil society groups
-Press Release by National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) New Delhi: Calling this year’s union budget ‘just an exercise in manipulation of numbers,’ veteran activist Medha Patkar asked, “When the major decisions like the demonetisation and GST are taken between two budgets then what’s the relevance of the Budget?,” at a panel discussion on the analysis of this year’s union budget with a special focus on Handloom, Fisheries, Dalits, Adivasis, Forest,...
More »India's largest onion wholesale market to go online -Nanda Kasabe
-The Financial Express As onion prices surge on the removal of curbs on minimum export price (MEP), Lasalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) – the largest wholesale market for onions in Asia – is all set to be part of the World Bank-implemented Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP). The APMC will receive funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore as part of the project to bring the entire auction process...
More »India Economic Survey 2018: Arvind Subramanian says economic revival underway; 4 key takeaways -Sushruth Sunder
-The Financial Express India Economic Survey 2018: Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian says that the Indian economy is showing robust signs of recovery and a series of major reforms undertaken over the past year will allow real GDP growth to reach 6.75 percent this fiscal and will rise to 7.0 to 7.5 percent in 2018-19. Addressing media in the press conference post release of the economic survey, CEA Arvind Subramanian noted...
More »Eco Survey 2018: FY19 GDP growth seen at 7-7.5% Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line The Survey has said that India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world The Economic Survey 2018 has pegged FY19 GDP growth at 7-7.5%. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday tabled the Economic Survey 2017-18 in the lower house. The Survey has said that India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world as the average growth during...
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