Experts warn current Char Dham road plan could trigger Himalayan disasterA Supreme Court panel warns that the Char Dham road widening project in the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone risks triggering a disaster. Expe...
13 Aug, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
India needs to overhaul metrics used for measuring infrastructure utilisation: Eco Survey 2024The Economic Survey 2023-24 has recommended creating an index to better track infrastructure utilisation rates, addressing concerns of over...
22 Jul, 2024, 03.20 PM IST
Economic Survey 2023-2024: India among world's fastest growing 5G networksIndia's 5G rollout has propelled its global mobile broadband speed ranking from 118 to 15, per the Economic Survey 2023-24. The government ...
22 Jul, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
Rise in trade through Mexico and Vietnam has a Chinese hand: Eco Survey 2023-24The survey highlighted the changing dynamics of global trade stating how de-globalisation trends are highly heterogeneous across countries.
22 Jul, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
Rajya Sabha passes Forest Conservation (Amendment) BillRajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill that exempts land within 100 km of the country's borders from the purview of conservation laws and p...
02 Aug, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Going through eco-anxiety? Here's how climate change affects our mental health & ways to copeHere are some tips for coping with eco-anxiety whenever the despair gets too much.
05 Apr, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
Exclusive: Big payday for PhonePe founders; key takeaways for tech, startups from Eco Survey 2023To kick start the day, we have a packed edition of the ETtech Morning Dispatch. Bunch of stories on what the Economic Survey 2023 recommend...
01 Feb, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
Eco Survey 2023: Caution ahead - CAD could widen furtherIndia’s CAD widened to 4.4% of the GDP in the quarter ended September, up from 2.2% of the GDP during the April-June period, due to a highe...
01 Feb, 2023, 01.49 AM IST
Eco Survey 2023: Private sector’s capex push to help rekindle animal spiritIn the eight months ended November 2022, India saw capex investments to a tune of Rs 4.5 lakh crore against Rs 2.7 lakh crore and Rs 2.1 la...
01 Feb, 2023, 12.49 AM IST
View: Amid uncertainties, Economic Survey looks beyond coming financial year"IMF expects India to grow at 6.1% in FY2024. Our estimate is 6.5%, with a range of 6-6.8%. Given the state of the world, downside risks do...
31 Jan, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
Domestic pharmaceutical market to reach $130 bn by 2030: Eco Survey"The Indian Pharmaceutical industry plays a prominent role in the global pharmaceutical industry," it said adding, India is ranked 3rd worl...
31 Jan, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
Economic Survey 2023 underlines development economicsThe Indian economy's medium term growth is predicated on demographics that require synchronised improvements in inclusion. This requires re...
31 Jan, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
Economic Survey: India Inc hopeful of out-of-box measures to boost growth in BudgetChandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, said the Survey effectively analyses and captures the prevailing trends across all major sector...
31 Jan, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Kicking off Budget session, President Murmu says the aim is to make Bharat aatmanirbharIn her maiden address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that the aim is to make I...
31 Jan, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Housing prices beginning to firm up after 2-yr COVID lull: Eco SurveyThe Russia-Ukraine conflict affected the supply chain, resulting in price escalations of key building materials like steel, thereby increas...
31 Jan, 2023, 03.53 PM IST
List of government pension, insurance schemes for Indian citizensAs per the Economic Survey, “it is important to protect citizens from risks posed by rainy days, such as health issues, natural disasters, ...
31 Jan, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
India's current account deficit needs to be closely monitored, Eco Survey saysThe Economic Survey on Tuesday said that India's current account deficit needs to be closely monitored. It also says that the widening of C...
31 Jan, 2023, 01.31 PM IST