INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Economic Survey of India: This year, it is prepared by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy SubramanianFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
will table the Economic Survey 2018-19 in Parliament around 12:00 pm today
As the flagship document of the finance ministry, the Economic Survey provides detailed statistical data covering all aspects of the economy
Prepared by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian, today's Economic Survey will be the first under the re-elected Narendra Modi
The release of Economic Survey 2018-19 comes a day ahead of the presentation of Union Budget in Parliament
Typically, an Economic Survey provides a policy perspective for the Union Budget
It highlights the policy initiatives undertaken by the government and a roadmap to further boost the economy
From policymakers, to economists to analysts, businessmen and researchers, the Economic Survey details the economic situation for a wide
variety of audience.In January-March, annual growth slumped to 5.8 per cent, the slowest pace in 20 quarters
Growth for the financial year that ended in March was 6.8 per cent, also a five-year low, and indicators such as plummeting industrial
output and automobile sales have stoked fears of a deeper slowdown.Today's Economic Survey comes at a time the economy is facing a range
of three years in December 2018
A professor from the Indian School of Business, Mr Krishnamurthy Subramanian filled the role vacated by Arvind Subramanian, who left the
"Looking forward with excitement to table my first - and the new government's first - Economic Survey in Parliament on Thursday," he said
IndusInd bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak bank and UltraTech Cement, trading between 1.60 per cent and 3.97 per cent higher
Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank contributed the most to the advances in Sensex
(Click here for more on how the markets are faring ahead of Economic Survey)Domestic stock markets clocked mild gains ahead of the release
of Economic Survey 2018-19, with the S-P BSE Sensex benchmark index gaining more than 100 points in early trade
The NSE Nifty index rose as much as 44.55 points to touch 11,961.30 in intraday trade, while the Sensex moved to as much as 39,976.53, up
growth of 6.8 per cent in financial year 2018-19
In the interim Budget, tabled in Parliament in February this year, the government had expected GDP or gross domestic product growth to come
in at 7.2 per cent.The Economic Survey highlights policy initiatives of the government and a roadmap to further boost the economy
It also summarises the performance on major development programmes and highlights the policy initiatives as well as the economic prospects
over the short to medium period.
