Budget 2018

Here's what Economic Survey 2018 focused on

Possible clues to the budget may include Policy focusing on finding good jobs, especially for women, Skilling and education to create better workforce.

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Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian holds a pink copy of annual Economic Survey 2017-18.
Pink is for girls... may be seen as gender stereotyping but the Economic Survey 2017-18 cover that donned a pink hue this year had a different raison d’etre for it. The pink colour was opted to express solidarity with nearly half of the country’s population. “The cover is pink to show our support for women empowerment,” chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said, explaining the unusual colour coding of the cover. The Survey had a graphic to bring out how Indian society exhibited strong son “meta” preference with the number of unwanted girls pegged at 21 million. The cover page, which also had India’s connectivity map, was designed by Jacob George of George Design, Kochi. He was assisted by Vineeth Kumar.

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Clues to budget?

1) Pause in fiscal consolidation in FY18 possible
2) Fiscal consolidation at more modest pace going ahead
3) Policy focus on finding good jobs, especially for women
4) Skilling and education to create better workforce
5) Measures to lift farm productivity and improve resilience
6) Incentives to boost private investments
7) More help to export sectors
8) Steps to reduce tax litigation, judicial reforms

The numbers speak

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