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Over 9.5 cr toilets built across India under Swachh Bharat Mission: Econom
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Over 9.5 crore toilets have been built all over the country and 564,658 villages have been declared open-defecation free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), says the Economic Survey 2018-19 which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sithara
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Services sector witnesses 7.5 pc growth in 2018-19
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The services sector, which accounts for 54 per cent of India's gross value added (GVA), witnessed a growth rate moderated to 7.5 per cent in 2018-19 as compared to 8.1 per cent in 2017-18, says the Economic Survey 2018-19 report which Finance and Corporate Af
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Economic Survey reflects resolve to maintain fiscal stability with focus o
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Economic Survey 2018-19 reflects the Central government's resolve to maintain fiscal stability with a focus on growth, said NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday.
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Economic Survey is blueprint for India to become $5 trillion economy: CEA
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian said on Thursday that the Economic Survey 2018-19 makes a concerted effort for India to become a five trillion dollar economy by 2025.
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Robust infrastructure needed to create $10 trillion dollar economy by 2032
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): India needs to build a robust industry with a buoyant and resilient infrastructure to create a 10 ten trillion dollar economy by 2032, said the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Thursday.
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Economic Survey 2018-19: Investment in legal system can stabilise economic
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The contract enforcement is the single biggest constraint for improvement of 'Ease of Doing Business' (EoDB) ranking of the country and hurdle in economic growth, says the Economic Survey 2018-19 report, which Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on T
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Core GVA growth was higher for all quarters for 2018-19: Economic Survey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The core gross value added (GVA) was higher for all quarters of 2018-19 than overall GVA growth as agriculture and allied, public administration and defence experienced the largest decline in growth rates relative to other sectors, says the Economic Survey 20
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Economic Survey outlines strategic blueprint for making India $5 trillion
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): India needs to shift gears and sustain a real GDP growth rate of 8 per cent for fructifying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of the country becoming a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025, said the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala
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Economic Survey 2018-19: Key Points on India's External Debt, Industry, an
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in the Parliament, which says that India's external debt was US$ 521.1 billion at end-December 2018, 1.6 per cent lower than its level at end-Ma
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Coming year will pose several challenges on fiscal front: Economic Survey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2018-19 says that the coming year will pose several challegnes on the fiscal front with apprehensions of slowing of growth, which will have implications for reveneu collections.
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Train collision incidents came down to zero in 2018-19: Economic Survey 20
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The category-wise break-up of consequential train accidents shows that the incident of train collisions came down to zero during 2018-19, says the Economic Survey 2018-19 report which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in Parl
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Claims worth over Rs 1.73 lakh crore settled under IBC: Economic Survey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The corporate insolvency resolution process yielded a resolution of 94 cases till March 31 which has resulted in the settlement of claims worth Rs 173,359 crore, according to the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliam
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