In another insight, the survey has observed that it is much easier to buy a gun than to open a restaurant in India
Currently, it takes 60-68 and 88-82 hours in border and documentary compliance for exports and imports, respectively
Survey lessons like exports' importance for growth and jobs, how govt intervention in markets can be harmful, and wealth creation via privatisation should have been imbibed long ago, writes T N Ninan
The opportunity to extract patterns actually is enormous
Based on NSO's first advance estimates of GDP growth for 2019-20 at 5 per cent, an uptick in GDP growth is expected in the second half of the fiscal, it said.
Fiscal targets may have to be relaxed for the current year
It is time to focus on growth and, therefore, cutting expenditure is not an option, probably because at a time like this, growth needs to be taken care of, he added
Economic survey 2019-20: The new blueprint
The survey, tabled in Parliament on Friday, examined the change in performance for each individual central public sector enterprises (CPSE)
Embracing capitalism in a new avatar
The Survey suggested interlinking electricity supply with health and education
Financial services exports have remained stagnant, averaging about $5 billion in recent years
The Indian Railways with over 68,000 route-kilometres is the third-largest network in the world under single management
Survey recommends transferring stake of listed govt firms to a corporate entity
Economic Survey: Take a cue from China to create 40 million jobs by 2025 Survey suggests integration of Assembling in India into Make in India
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Here is a snapshot of some of the 'new ideas' for the economy that the Survey focuses on
Here's what to expect in the budget on Saturday or by way of policy pronouncements subsequent to the budget
Investments suffered as companies were keen on repaying debt rather than taking fresh loans to add to capacity
With economic slowdown resulting in slippages in direct and indirect tax collections, the Survey said the next financial year is expected to pose challenges on the fiscal front