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TopicEconomic Survey 2019

Topic: Economic Survey 2019

GDP grew 6.1% not 6.8% last fiscal but rose to 8.3 % in demonetisation year

National Statistical Office Friday revised India's GDP growth downwards for two financial years while increasing economic growth in year of demonetisation.

C. Raja Mohan speculates Trump-Imran agenda, Nitin Pai wants private sector in space race

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

CEA on ‘virtuous or vicious’ economy, Abhinav Kumar says remove Articles 35A and 370 in J&K

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Water-stressed India could ask its farmers to irrigate less

India is one of the world’s biggest users of ground water and its depleting levels are the main reason for the country’s severe shortages.

Economic Survey hails Modi govt for fine-tuning UPA’s ‘inefficient’ rural job scheme

Economic Survey 2018-19 claims use of technology such as Direct Benefit Transfer and Aadhaar has brought reforms.

Ardhanareshwar, Matsyanyaya, pious duty — religion & mythology meet economics in 2019 survey

K.V. Subramanian’s Economic Survey draws heavily on mythology and religion to talk about dealing with tax evasion, social change, etc.

Economic Survey pins hope on repeat of 2015 oil prices slump to rescue economy

Oil prices are expected to decline in 2019-20 from the current level, boosting consumption, says CEA K.V. Subramanian’s first Economic Survey.

Eco Survey praises Modi’s Swachh Bharat, says child deaths due to diarrhoea, malaria down

Economic Survey says emphasis on sanitation led to dip in diarrhoea cases among kids aged below 5, similar improvement in malaria, stillbirths cases.

Action against Nitesh Rane a must. Time for political parties to throw out brat culture

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On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

India among top 5 for expanding research in critical technologies, despite low R&D investment

The Economic Survey 2025-26 shows India among the top five countries in 45 out of 64 critical technologies in the Critical Technology Tracker.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.