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Unemployment rate will drop below 3%, no concern for job losses: Mandaviya

Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya assured the Lok Sabha that employment generation efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led to significant reduction in the unemployment rate

Economic Survey pessimistic on export growth prospects

In an era when global economic growth is likely to be buffeted by geopolitical tensions and protectionism, growing India's exports of goods and services will be a stiffer challenge than before

Excluding food from RBI's inflation framework may not have many takers

Headline numbers best communicated to common man; Govt needs to step up supply management

Credit guarantee to Rs 20 lakh Mudra loan: FM on MSMEs in Budget 2024

Union Budget 2024-25: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the continuation of bank credit to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during stress periods

GDP growth will be even better: EaseMyTrip co-founder Pitti on Eco Survey

Speaking on the tourism sector, Pitti said that he expects the government to put some more focus on tourism as it provides many employment opportunities

Chief economic advisor Nageswaran calls out rich nations' climate hypocrisy

India's Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has criticised developed countries for their "double standards" on climate action, highlighting the G7's commitment to ending the use of unabated coal power plants only in the first half of the 2030s, despite their high carbon emissions. In the annual economic survey, Nageswaran said it is morally wrong to ask developing countries to abandon their aspirations for better living standards to allow developed countries to maintain their lifestyles in cleaner environments and cooler climates. He argued that economic growth would empower developing countries to better address climate change. Nageswaran said the UN convention on climate change and its Paris Agreement mandate that developed countries provide resources and take the lead in mobilising finance to tackle the global problem. "However, much of the climate action by developing countries has been done through domestic resources, and the emphasis of the developed countries has mai

Need to create 8 million jobs a year until 2036, says Economic Survey

Nudges pvt sector on jobs, cautions on AI; sees GDP growing by 6.5-7% in FY25; makes a case for FDI from China

Best of BS Opinion: Survey links growth to ongoing reforms and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Amid geopolitical tensions, growing exports to be stiffer challenge: Survey

Cites risks of geopolitical tensions, rise in protectionism, higher trade cost because of the Red Sea crisis, and commodity price volatility as reasons

Economic Survey 2023-24: How India's overtime premium dwarfs peers'

This could be a disadvantage for the Indian economy, mentions the survey

Boost to PLI, MITRA schemes to unlock non-farm job growth: Economic Survey

Share of agriculture in workforce will decline from 45.8 per cent in 2023 to one-fourth in 2047, it says

Developed world's climate plans in a fog, India's a clear blue sky: Survey

"Even as developed nations prepare to impose a carbon tax at the border on imports coming into their countries laden with carbon, they are ramping up energy demand like never before," said the Survey

Economic Survey 2023-24: A curtain raiser for policies to come

There are five issues that have been brought up in the Survey which requires discussion

Changing ties: Eco Survey bats for more FDI from China to tap export market

Cites Apple, Foxconn success stories on China Plus One; Calls to strike a balance between importing goods and FDI from China

India can grow at over 7% in the medium term, says Economic Survey

The Survey said the global trade outlook for 2024 remains positive, with merchandise trade expected to pick up after registering a contraction in volumes in 2023

Exclude food prices from inflation-targeting framework, suggests Eco Survey

Hardships caused to poor and low-income consumers can be handled through DBT, it says

Economic Survey: Navigating energy transition with energy security

A recent report by the Principle Scientific Adviser, Government of India and IIM Ahmedabad estimates India's energy demand to double by 2040

Economic Survey: Silver linings amid slower growth, export woes linger

Tax revenue's continued growth, meanwhile, is led by direct taxes

Threshold-based relief for MSMEs must have sunset clauses: Economic Survey

A small enterprise is where the investment in plant and machinery or equipment does not exceed Rs 10 crore, and turnover does not exceed Rs 50 crore

Chorus around rising retail interest in riskier derivatives gets louder

Says mkt claim on real economy 'excessively high', warns it may lead to instability