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Pre-budget Eco Survey highlights urgent need for agricultural reforms
The pre-budget Economic Survey on Monday underscored the pressing need for comprehensive reforms in India's agricultural sector, citing structural issues that could impede the country's overall economic growth trajectory.
The Survey, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, identifies several key challenges facing the agriculture sector, including the need to sustain growth while managing food price inflation, improving price discovery mechanisms, and addressing land fragmentation.
"Despite its centrality in India's growth trajectory, the agriculture sector continues to face structural issues that have implications for India's economic growth," the Survey said.
According to the document, policymakers must strike a delicate balance between incentivizing farmers to increase production and keeping food prices within acceptable limits. This dual objective requires careful policy interventions, the Survey noted.
Other critical issues highlighted in the report, prepar
Short-term inflation outlook benign, normal monsoon expected: Eco Survey
The short-term inflation outlook for India is benign, and the expectation of a normal monsoon and moderating global prices of key imported
items give credence to the projections made by the RBI and IMF, the Economic Survey said on Monday.
However, to ensure long-term policy stability, the Survey 2023-24 suggested making focused efforts to increase the production of major oilseeds, expanding the area under pulses, and assess the progress in developing modern storage facilities for specific crops.
The Economic Survey 2023-24, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, also suggested linking of price monitoring data for essential food items collected by different departments to help monitor and quantify the build-up of prices at each stage from the farm gate to the final consumer.
"The ongoing efforts to construct the producer price index for goods and services may be expedited to have a greater grasp of episodes of cost-push inflation," said the Survey authored by a
Private capex picked up in FY24, driving growth: Economic Survey FY24
Private gross fixed capital formation must accelerate in machinery, equipment, intellectual property products to create quality jobs
India needs to add 7.85 million jobs every year till 2030: Economic Survey
Manufacturing sector witnessed subdued employment growth in the past decade due to issues like bad loans, says Economic Survey 2023-24
Indian economy expected to grow 6.5-7% in 2024-25: Economic Survey
The predictions being lower than RBI's 7.2 per cent, Survey said it was 'cognizant' of the fact that 'market expectations are on the higher side'
Union Budget 2024: The significance of the Economic Survey explained
The Economic Survey 2024, to be presented today, will evaluate India's economic recovery, growth potential, and address key challenges, setting the stage for budgetary decisions and fiscal policies
Finance Minister to table Economic Survey on Day 1 of Budget session today
The Economic Survey of India 2023-24, along with a statistical appendix, will be laid on the table of the Houses of Parliament on Monday. The Budget for the Union Territory of J&K on 23 July.
Budget 2024 Live Updates: Sitharaman to walk fiscal tightrope as markets expect tax cuts, capex push
Union Budget 2024 Live: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget on Tuesday, markets expect tax cuts, infra spending, and a boost to rural demand. Stay with us for all updates
Economic Survey 2024 LIVE updates: FM Sitharaman set to table Economic Survey in Parliament today
Economic Survey 2024 LIVE news: On the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to release the Economic Survey
India-Bangladesh trade comes to standstill as students' protests intensify
Trade between India and Bangladesh via land ports came to a standstill on Sunday as there was no movement of cargo trucks to and fro due to the ongoing student protests in the neighbouring country, officials said.
The Bangladeshi side of the Petrapole landport remained non-functional, they said. Nearly one-third of land-based trade between India and Bangladesh takes place through Petrapole.
"Trade from other land ports to Bangladesh, including Petrapole, Gojadanga, Fulbari, and Mahadipur, has also stalled as Bangladeshi Customs announced a two-day holiday from Sunday, following the government's declaration of a holiday except for essential services due to unrest," West Bengal Exporters' Coordination Committee Secretary Ujjal Saha said.
The cargo trucks that crossed over to Bangladesh on Saturday from Mahadipur port in Malda have not returned, but they are safe, he said.
"There has been no movement of trucks (import and export) at the Petrapole border since Sunday morning. Our land
Fresh hirings picked up pace in April-May, shows EPFO payroll data
Tracking the first-time job seekers in India is crucial as around 8 million youth enter the labour market annually, and high youth unemployment signals challenges in the job market
India to record highest per-capita income growth in next decade: Report
The report said OECD nations have seen most drastic fall in the world market consumption for dairy and vegetable oil, and countries like India and China respectively have captured this market share
India FTA talks set to be revived with first major UK ministerial visit
The renewed parameters of the India-UK free trade agreement negotiations are set to be defined this week as UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected in India on Tuesday, the first high-profile visit under the newly elected Labour government in Britain.
The free trade agreement (FTA) talks began in January 2022, under the then Conservative government, with a target to significantly boost the GBP 38.1 billion a year bilateral trading partnership but hit a block in the fourteenth round of negotiations to make way for general elections in both countries.
A report in The Daily Telegraph' on Sunday quotes a New Delhi source to claim the Indian side would seek clarity on whether the Labour government intends to pick things up from where they were left off or start afresh in some way.
India is keen to resume talks on a positive note, but the date needs clarity, the source told the newspaper.
The trade deal was at the final stage in the previous government, and we want to see whether th
Economy booms, pvt sector continues to expand, but youth chases govt jobs
Since 2014, India's GDP has grown from $2 trillion to near $3.5 trillion in fiscal 2023-24 (April-March) and is expected to expand 7.2 per cent in the current year
MP receives investment proposals worth Rs 17,000 crore at RIC Jabalpur
MoU to boost defence production in the state signed; proposals worth more than Rs 5,000 crore given by some 1,500 units of the MSME sector
Rs 35K cr electronic parts PLI plan afoot to give sub-assemblies a leg up
Under the scheme, identified sub-assemblies include camera modules, display assemblies, mechanical parts, battery packs, battery chargers, and vibrators
India flags high trade deficit in policy review meet of China in WTO
India has flagged its concerns over high trade deficit and non-transparent subsidies of China in a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva, stating those measures impact domestic industry, an official said.
Participating at the WTO's trade policy review meeting of China this week, India hoped that China will support issues concerning the Global South.
The Geneva-based trade official said India noted that its bilateral trade with China records the biggest trade deficit.
New Delhi has expressed concerns over the size of this deficit, and the non-transparent subsidies and mechanisms of China that leads to low prices, hurting local industry, the official added.
India's exports to China in 2023-24 stopped at USD 16.65 billion, while imports aggregated at USD 101.75 billion, leaving a trade deficit of over USD 85 billion.
China has emerged as the largest trading partner of India with USD 118.4 billion two-way commerce in 2023-24, slightly edging past the US.
In the meetin
From T V Somanathan to Vivek Joshi, meet FM Sitharaman's Budget team
The July 23 Budget, coming after the general elections, would be watched for coalition compulsions, electoral lessons
Budget for agri research needs to be doubled to widen impact: Paper
Eminent agriculture economist Ashok Gulati is the chief editor of the bulletin which comprises of chapters written by various experts
Custom clearance time for imports drops 6% at air cargo complex: CBIC study
For imports, the study has noted that, out of the 15 ports covered under the purview of the study, 9 ports have witnessed a reduction in the average release time in 2024 vis-a-vis the previous year