India's electronics market represents 4 per cent of the global market, the economic survey, which was tabled in Parliament on Friday, said
The Survey also suggested that India should shift focus from merely wooing FDI to making itself more attractive for foreign investors through structural improvements.
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Economic Survey 2025: India's unemployment rate for those 15+ fell from 6% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24; urban joblessness dropped from 6.6% in Q2FY24 to 6.4% in Q2FY25
The Economic Survey 2024-25 highlights 3.5 per cent growth in India's agriculture sector, with a strong focus on horticulture, livestock, and fisheries as key growth drivers
Economic Survey 2025: GDP projections in line with international agencies including International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and World Bank
The Survey 2024-25, authored by Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageshwaran and his team, will be tabled in Parliament this afternoon
The first part of the Budget session will continue till February 13 and the two Houses will again meet on March 10 after recess with the session concluding on April 4
Back home, at 6:40 AM, GIFT Nifty futures indicated a strong start, up 71 points at 23,489
The presentation of the Economic Survey marks the beginning of the Budget session in Parliament, which runs from January 31 to April 4, 2025
Congress leader P Chidambaram released the report prepared by the party's Research Department, which former Rajya Sabha M V Rajeev Gowda heads
President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Upper and Lower Houses on January 31, after which the Economic Survey will be tabled
The sector employed more than 120 mill workers between October 2023 and September 2024, marking an increase of more than one crore workers from 2022-23 and reflecting robust labour market growth
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A shift in focus towards private investment is required to sustain the growth momentum. This should be a concern for policymakers
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The ministry added that both the consumer and industrial outlook surveys, which showed a declining trend, need to be monitored for future trends
The credit rating agency expects India's GDP to grow by 6.8 per cent for the full fiscal year 2024-25, lower than the 8.2 per cent achieved in 2023-24