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Eco Survey 2018 is pink: Subramanian says it's dedicated to women power

The percentage of working women has declined over time from 36 per cent being employed in 2005-06 to 24 per cent of women employed in 2015-16, pointed out the Survey

Economic Survey 2018: Indians go on producing children till they have sons

There may be a meta-preference manifesting itself in fertility-stopping rules, contingent on the sex of the last child, which notionally creates 'unwanted' girls, estimated at 21 mn, the Survey says

Eco Survey 2018: Rise in future earnings needed to sustain stock valuation

Over the past two fiscals, the Indian stock market has soared, outperforming many other major markets

Economic Survey 2018: social sector spending continues to hover around 6%

The Survey noted that there was an improvement in quantitative indicators such as enrolment levels, completion rates and other physical infrastructure

Economic Survey 2018: CGST collections to come closer to SGST

According to Economic Survey 2017-18, CGST collections are running well below SGST collections which are expected to decline over time

Budget 2018: Brokers asked to collect extra margins to contain risks

There are concerns that the huge build-up of positions in equity derivatives could pose a systemic risk

Eyes on Economic Survey 2018 as Budget Session of Parliament begins today

FM Arun Jaitley will table the Economic Survey for 2017-18

Economic Survey 2018: Home sales at 5-year low, FDI needed for revival

Sales during the first half declined by over 38 per cent when compared with the same period a year earlier, while unit launches fell by over 56 per cent during the same period

Moved from crony socialism to stigmatised capitalism: Arvind Subramanian

The CEA added that private investment, which had been languishing for so many years, was also likely to pick up this year

Periscope: Wait for Budget 2018, winter session of WB Assembly, and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bengaluru to address a rally next Sunday

Budget 2018: Allocate more funds for research, says Kris Gopalakrishnan

His another expectation from the Budget was addressing the issue of angel tax, which is impacting the start-up ecosystem

Economic Survey 2018: Average retail inflation dips to six-year low of 3.3%

The rise in food inflation in recent months is mainly due to factors driving prices of vegetables and fruits

Economic Survey 2018 flags weak banking performance, GNPA rise in FY17

According to the Survey, the Gross Non-Performing Advances (GNPA) ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) increased from 9.6 per cent to 10.2 per cent between March 2017 and September 2017

Economic Survey 2018 highlights: 50% surge in indirect taxpayers due to GST

The survey forecast that economic management will be challenging in the coming year

Budget 2018: Finance Ministry decides not to recreate an omnibus development bank

Instead, the ministry has cleared a proposal from at least one line ministry to create a specialised financing arm quite like the IRFC

Economic Survey 2018: Investments trump savings, and 9 other new facts

Interestingly, the survey notes that Indian parents continue to have children until they get the desired number of sons

Economic Survey 2018: Demonetisation, GST brought 1.8 million new taxpayers

Analysis shows that new filers reported an average income, in many cases, close to the income-tax threshold of Rs 250,000, limiting the early revenue impact to the Union government

Eco survey 2018: Building district roads for better access need of the hour

The Union government received proposals for declaration of more than 64,000 km of state roads as National Highways from various state governments, against which the Ministry of Road and Transportation

Economic Survey 2018: FY18 GDP at 6.75%; GST, bankruptcy code growth drivers

Reforms of the past year to allow real GDP growth to reach 7.5% in 2018-19, regain fastest growing major economy tag for India

Budget session today, eyes on Economic survey 2018 & top 10 developments

Budget 2018 is crucial because there are eight state elections in 2018 and the General Election in 2019