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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicEconomic Survey

Topic: Economic Survey

Foreign companies pulling out money actually shows ‘success story’ of India, says Economic Survey

Falling net FDI levels, it says, were driven by rising repatriation due to foreign investors realising higher returns on investments due to surging stock market.

Economic Survey’s proposal for high growth—divestment & decriminalisation

Economic Survey shows sharp decline in FDI. Govt must improve tax stability

As growth slows & capex falls, Economic Survey suggests prioritising ‘efficient’ investment

Survey says that India, in light of significantly-changed external scenario, needs to focus on domestic growth drivers and reduce regulations impeding them.

RBI guv contradicts Economic Survey’s proposal to keep food out of inflation-targeting

The Economic Survey had argued that govt policies should target food inflation, while RBI’s demand-focused policies should target non-food inflation.

‘Not rethinking Chinese investment as advised by Economic Survey,’ says trade minister Piyush Goyal

Chief Economic Adviser Nageswaran's advice to focus on direct investment from China in the survey was backed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Economic affairs secretary indicates that govt doesn’t intend to conduct census this year either

Allocation for census was slashed in Union Budget 2024-2025. Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth says allocations will be increased when a decision is taken to go ahead with the census.

Kashmir is Rwanda, Gujarat is Italy, UP is Pakistan, Karnataka is France. A strange new India

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.

Tackling mental health problems and obesity key to India’s growth — Economic Survey

Survey emphasises a balanced and diverse diet to deal with the burgeoning obesity problem. It also recognises mental health as a principal factor in individual & national development.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.