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Retail inflation remains moderate during current year, says Economic Surve
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The retail inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index-Combined (CPI-C) has moderated to 5.2 per cent in 2021-22 (April-December) from 6.6 per cent in the corresponding period of 2020-21, says the Economic Survey 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister N
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Finance Minister to present Budget 2022 on Tuesday, thrust likely to cont
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the union budget for 2022-23 on Tuesday at a time when India's economy is showing strong signs of recovery from the problems created by COVID-19 and the country has again emerged as among the fastest-gro
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Fundraising through IPOs in 2021 significantly higher than any year in las
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Despite the pandemic, fundraising through Initial Public Offerings (IPO) was significantly higher in 2021 than any year in the last decade, according to the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Monday.
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India set to achieve $400 billion merchandise export target in 2021-22, sa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India is well on track to achieve a merchandise export target of 400 billion US dollars in 2021-22 after the pandemic-induced slump of the previous year, with strong capital flows into India leading to a rapid accumulation of foreign exchange reserves,
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Central theme of Economic Survey 2021-22 is "Agile approach": Finance Mini
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The central theme of this year's Economic Survey is the "Agile approach", implemented through India's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic shock, according to the Union Ministry of Finance.
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India becomes fastest growing economy; inflation major risk: Economic Surv
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New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India is set to become the world's fastest-growing major economy with GDP growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and projected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23, according to Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in Parliament
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Robust growth in tax revenues help reduce India's fiscal deficit in 2021-2
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Robust growth in tax and non-tax revenues has led to a significant reduction in fiscal deficit during April-November 2021 when compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 released on Monday.
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Road construction increased to 36.5 km/day in 2021-22, says Eco Survey
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Capital expenditure for Indian Railways has been budgeted to Rs 2,15,058 crore for the financial year 2021-22 from Rs 1,55,181 crore in 2020-21, said the 2022 Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Monday.
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EPFO data suggests a significant acceleration in formalisation of the job
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): An analysis of the latest Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data suggests a significant acceleration in formalisation of the job market, driven by both new formal jobs and formalisation of existing jobs, during 2021, with 13.95 lakh net additi
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Agriculture sector project to grow by 3.9 per cent in 2021-22: Economic Su
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Agriculture and its allied sectors have been the least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is expected to grow by 3.9 per cent in 2021-22 after registering 3.6 per cent expansion in the previous year, according to the Economic Survey released on Monday
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Economic Survey projects 8-8.5 GDP growth for FY 2022-23
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): India's economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-2
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Govt should prioritise to move GDP from 1.2pc to 2.5pc in healthcare: Raje
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Ahead of the presentation of the Union budget 2022-23 on February 1 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the healthcare industry has urged for the improvement of investments and incentivizing of capital expenditure of healthcare sector.
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