India aims to be defence manufacturer, not just buyer: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India's growing defense manufacturing prowess, now at Rs 40,000 crore, emphasizing self-reliance o...
21 Jun, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Meet some of the key people behind the surveyHere’s a look at some of the key people behind the document that was presented in Parliament, a day ahead of the budget as per tradition.
10 Jul, 2014, 06.35 AM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Urgent need to revamp Mahatma Gandhi NREGA: Economic SurveyThere is a need to avoid projects with single or small number of beneficiaries and the use of MNREGA funds in a supply-driven mode.
09 Jul, 2014, 08.32 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Next wave of reforms needed to catch up with worldThe second generation of reforms should focus on positive agenda and developing state structures to address market failures.
09 Jul, 2014, 08.14 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: India needs to build on Re stabilisation: SurveyIn August last year the rupee touched a record low of 68.75 to a dollar, after starting to depreciate in the month of May.
09 Jul, 2014, 07.49 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014 for market pricing of natural gasThe Finance Ministry's economic report card said there will be "under-investment" if India pays lesser price than the world rate for extrac...
09 Jul, 2014, 07.43 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: HighlightsFollowing are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2013-14 report tabled in Parliament today by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
09 Jul, 2014, 05.39 PM IST
Need clear signal to revive Special Economic Zones: Economic Survey 2014Once major export and manufacturing hubs, SEZs started losing sheen after the imposition of Minimum Alternate Tax and Dividend Distribution...
09 Jul, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Investments in telecom surges four times to $1.3 billionIndia's telecom sector has registered phenomenal growth during past few years and has become second largest telephone network in the world.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.37 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Iron ore mining ban led to negative growth in cargo trafficThe traffic in iron ore recorded negative growth of 13 per cent primarily owing to a ban on mining iron ore, according to the survey.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.28 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: India logs record milk production in FY'13Milk has become an important secondary source of income for 70 million rural households engaged in dairying and producing milk products.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.22 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Power production falls short of target by 8 BU in 2013-14Power generation fell short by nearly 8 billion units of the target of 975 billion units in the last financial year.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Six prescriptions to liberalise agricultureAccording to the Economic Survey, growth rates of productivity in agriculture sector are far below global standards.
09 Jul, 2014, 01.36 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Fresh thinking on fiscal policy framework required"The fiscal situation of the central government is worse than it appears, given the acceleration of inflation from 2006 to 2014," the surve...
09 Jul, 2014, 12.47 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: India has second fastest growing services sectorIndia has second fastest growing services sector with its Compound annual growth rate at 9.0%, just below China's 10.9%, during 2001 to 201...
09 Jul, 2014, 12.42 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Inflation limits scope for RBI to cut ratesEconomic Survey emphasised role of monetary policy for controlling price rise. "Monetary policy is essential for controlling inflation," su...
09 Jul, 2014, 12.14 PM IST