Economic Survey 2015 News

Expressing optimism over the state of the economy as highlighted in the Economic Survey, BJP President Amit Shah said that if the country grows with high rate it will provide an opportunity to wipe the tears from the eyes of the deprived and the poor.

After China, Indian stock markets emerged as the best performer with a return of 30 percent to investors during April-December period of the current fiscal, according to Economic Survey for 2014-15.

The Economic Survey has made a case for liberalising FDI in retail, saying that it would help bridge investment and infrastructure deficits and improve supply chain management.

The government must create additional fiscal space and use the resources to boost public investment for promoting growth on sustained basis, says the Economic Survey.

The Economic Survey has prescribed a '4-D model' for the banking sector to face competition in the changed environment.

Fostering growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises is critical to create jobs, even as a skill development overdrive is needed for productive employment, says the Economic Survey 2014-15.

Economic Survey also indicated that the growth during 2014-15 may touch 8 percent on better farm output.

The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed 29,000-mark after presentation of Economic Survey in Parliament on emergence of buying by funds and retail investors.

Indian economy is likely to grow above 8 percent in 2015-16, said the pre-Budget Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament Friday.