Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:43
Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and expansion of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme can be game changers as far as revenue collection is concerned, says the Economic Survey for 2014-15.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:39
Capital markets can be used as a major source for meeting funding requirements of the country to reduce dependence on banking channels, the Economic Survey suggested today.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:36
India remains an attractive long-term retail destination despite the sector facing many challenges in the past few years, says the pre-Budget Economic Survey 2014-15.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:33
Overseas investors have pumped in a staggering USD 33 billion in Indian capital markets during April-December of the current fiscal, after pulling out funds in the year-ago period, according to the Economic Survey 2014-15.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:31
The 'JAM Trinity' of Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile numbers should be linked effectively for better transfer of subsidies to the intended beneficiaries.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:28
Global economic outlook appears to be "most favourable" since the 2008 financial meltdown and is likely to improve further on the back of plummeting crude oil prices coupled with sharp recovery in the US economy, says the Economic Survey 2014-15.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:27
The Indian economy, the Survey said, appears to have gone past the slowdown, persistent inflation, elevated fiscal deficit, slackening domestic demand, external account imbalances and oscillating value of rupee.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:22
Subsidies on food, fuel, railway fertiliser and others amount to staggering Rs 3.77 lakh crore but reach only a few of the targeted poor, the Economic Survey said.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:24
Retail inflation is likely to soften to 5-5.5 per cent in 2015-16 as benign oil prices, weak global demand and increased agricultural supplies would help keep prices within limits, says the Economic Survey.
Last Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 15:14
The assets under management (AUM) of the new pension system (NPS) grew 49.6 percent between Apr 1-Dec 31, 2014, the Economic Survey for 2014-15 says.
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