Authored by a team led by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian, the Economic Survey details the state of different sectors and reforms needed to accelerate growth.
The Economic Survey included quotes from Bhagavad Gita, Adam Smith's 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' and the Rig Veda.
Economic Survey 2019-20 indicates that while India has jumped a long way in Ease of Doing Business rankings, it still trails South-East Asian & other countries.
Economic Survey is almost certainly wrong in assuming Modi govt will use its mandate to undertake serious reform. It’s fairly clear its priorities lie elsewhere.
Economic Survey 2019-20 blames the 1955 EC Act and the Food Corporation as govt interventions that have undermined markets and held back agricultural growth.
Former CEA Arvind Subramanian argued last year that India’s GDP growth is overestimated by 2.5 percentage points. This was dismissed by Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
With “wealth creation” as the central theme of 2020 Economic Survey, Modi govt has harked back to its capitalist orientation in the backdrop of an economic slowdown.
Modi govt had tried hard to shed ‘suit-boot ki sarkar’ label, but recent moves like corporate tax cuts show it has had a rethink due to the economic slowdown.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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