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Economic Survey 2025-26 gives clear direction towards Viksit Bharat

Economic Survey 2025-26 underscores India's macro stability, reform-led growth, and fiscal discipline, while warning that weak state finances pose emerging risks

Economic Survey: Undervalued rupee aids trade, but investor caution lingers

India's inflation rate will likely be higher in FY27 than in FY26

Economic Survey: Responsive state, competitive firms key to resilience

Economic Survey 2025-26 says India's resilience to global shocks hinges on state capacity, effective governance, competitive firms and trust-based regulation, not just macro stabilit

Economic Survey 2026: Obesity fast becoming a public health challenge

Economic Survey flags rising lifestyle diseases and obesity in India, urging stricter regulation and warning labels on ultra-processed foods to curb health risks

Eco Survey: Services sector a growth anchor, skill gaps creating challenges

Economic Survey 2025-26 says India's services sector continues to underpin growth, exports amid global uncertainty, but rapid technological change, AI adoption are outpacing skill adaptation

India is indeed an oasis of macro stability: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran says India can grow 6.8-7.2% in FY27 despite global uncertainty, citing domestic reforms, resilient consumption and strong fundamentals

ShipMin seeks PPP panel nod for Nicobar port project in private mode

PPP models need to reduce structural uncertainty, need more private investment in greenfield projects

Economic Survey 2025-26: A year of adjustment - on several fronts

Economic Survey 2025-26 signals an adjustment phase ahead, with moderate growth, stable inflation, fiscal consolidation and policy shifts shaping India's macro outlook

Eco Survey suggests synergy between I-T & customs on related-party imports

Experts welcomed the recommendation, saying it could lower transaction costs and litigation, making India more competitive against peer economies

The Budget cannot ignore demography: Labour-intensive growth is key

A Budget that does not explicitly link demographic trends to regional labour-intensive growth strategies risks missing the core challenge

The cost of delaying divestment: Why Budget must act to create fiscal space

Budget must prioritise divestment to create fiscal space to tackle unexpected shocks and support critical sectors including health and education

Budget 2026: Too many known unknowns amid push to revive private capex

Amid data and fiscal uncertainties, the govt faces the difficult task of creating conditions to boost private capex

7 key highlights of Economic Survey 2026 | Union Budget 2026 | Budget 2026 expectations

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tabled the Economic Survey 2025–26 in Parliament, offering a snapshot of India’s economic health ahead of the Union Budget.

₹13,700 cr push lifts mobile output to ₹9.34 trillion: Eco Survey

An investment of Rs 13,759 crore under the incentive scheme to boost mobile phone manufacturing led to total production of Rs 9.34 lakh crore and exports of Rs 5.12 lakh crore until September 2025, the Economic Survey 2025-26 said on Thursday. The Survey tabled in Parliament said that India's electronics sector has undergone a structural transformation in recent years, ascending from the seventh-largest export category in the financial year 2022 to the third-largest and fastest-growing in FY'25. "Launched in April 2020, the scheme has generated a cumulative production of approximately Rs 9.34 lakh crore, exports of Rs 5.12 lakh crore and investment of Rs 13,759 crore, as of September 2025," the Survey said. In the financial year 2025, electronics production in the country grew by about 19 per cent to Rs 11.3 lakh crore, export grew by 37.5 per cent to Rs 3.3 lakh crore while imports grew 15 per cent to Rs 8.4 lakh crore on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. The Survey said that the gro

Eco Survey backs Maharashtra defence, aerospace fund as innovation model

Maharashtra's ₹330 crore Defence & Aerospace Venture Fund (MDAVF), launched in 2018, aims to catalyse manufacturing capabilities among MSMEs in strategic, high-growth sectors

Economic Survey pitches Orange Economy as emerging growth lever

As per estimates of the Ministry of Tourism, travel and tourism contributed 5.22% to GDP in FY24, close to pre-pandemic levels, while supporting an estimated 8.46 crore direct and indirect jobs

Economic Survey flags supply-side gaps hurting India's urban potential

The Economic Survey 2025-26 says India's cities drive growth but suffer from daily stress due to poor planning, overuse of private transport and fragmented governance

Eco Survey urges education reforms, global push to curb student exodus

India must reform higher education and promote international student programmes to curb brain drain and boost its global education presence

Eco Survey flags strain on grids, groundwater due to AI data centres

India's AI data centre boom risks power grid volatility and groundwater depletion, prompting calls for urgent policy on energy and water use

Stablecoins can disrupt capital flows to emerging markets: Eco Survey

The survey said that the outflow of capital, including with the advent of stablecoins, is a risk to watch out for