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Maternal, child health are investment priorities

Quality of education in government schools has to be improved

A case against aggressive fiscal consolidation: Sonal Varma

The economic survey broadly appears to support a modest deviation

Financial Sectors: Scope for easing monetary policy

Survey says RBI's stance is 'neutral', not 'accommodative', as the central bank claimed

Mobilising funds key to meeting climate change goals

Lack of clarity about how the govt would find the finances to achieve the sustainable development goals

It is possible that we will do better this year, and possible that we won't: Arvind Subramanian

Interview with Chief Economic Advisor

Bihar pushes power, education, roads

State FM Abdul Bari Siddiqui presented revenue-surplus budget, in which education, power, roads and health care got more than Rs 58,000 cr

Madhya Pradesh imposes entry tax on online retail trading

The state government has also sought nod to raise fiscal deficit to 3.5% from current 3%

Subsidies: Plug subsidy leaks to help fiscal consolidation

Conventional subsidy bill of Rs 2.44 lakh crore, or 1.7 per cent of GDP, in 2015-16

Jam Trinity: Fertiliser subsidies, within-government transfers fit for DBT

Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) trinity should be expanded

Trade: Avoid protectionism amid global turmoil

Need to reduce India's high tariffs in trade agreements

Budget 2016: Economic Survey pegs India to grow at 7-7.5% in 2016-17

The Economic Survey, tabled in the Parliament on Friday, projects India to grow 8% in the next couple of years

Indian markets resilient despite global volatility: Economic Survey

The Survey also said that the average borrowings by banks have increased significantly in the immediate aftermath of US fed rate hike, resulting in appreciation of the rupee

Start-ups hope budget will follow up on Modi's promises

Implementation of nationwide GST will help in simplifying tax structure, said Navneet Singh, co-founder, PepperTap

Rail Budget 2016: Mumbai spared fare hikes

Churchgate-Virar and CSTM-Panvel high speed corridors accelerated; MUTP III gets in principle nod from NITI Aayog

Don't reimpose customs duty on crude: Oil firms

Govt may, in the Budget next week, look at re-imposing 5% customs duty on crude oil imports

New initiatives: Digital push to put passenger traffic back on growth track

Super-fast service for unreserved passengers, Wi-Fi, children's menu to stem fall in users

Economic Survey: Govt needs to reduce subsidised cylinders to 10

The survey also called for 'aligning taxes and duties on domestic and commercial LPG users'

Union Budget may toe the line on pay panel proposals

In his Rail Budget speech on Thursday, Prabhu budgeted the pension outgo for the country's largest employer at Rs 45,500 cr and said that the Budget provides for the implementation of the 7th CPC awar

Stressed PSBs, corporate houses coming in way of complete recovery: Economic Survey

Banks must value their assets, as far as possible, close to the true value, as the Reserve Bank has been emphasising, the Survey said

State-of-the-art presentation on state of economy

Moves away from traditional style