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In the preface to the Economic Survey 2016-17, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian sets a tall ambition — his team’s work should be read by more.
He says the Survey, in its style and format, even runs the risk that it “might be consigned to the ranks of popular fiction.” Subramanian and his team, responding to the criticism faced last year, have used less economic jargon, more tables and charts, and made an attempt to situate itself in the immediate present.
But, the Survey might disappoint many eagerly waiting for more comparative numbers. The CEA left them hanging by
