Economic Survey 2020-21

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  Unemployment Rate Fell To 4.2% In 2020-21: Report

  The unemployment rate or the proportion of persons in the labour force who could not find jobs has dipped to 4.2 per cent in July 2020-June 2021

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  India On Way To Become Fastest Growing World Economy: Centre

  A finance ministry report said today that India is on its way to becoming the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

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  Delhi Government Records Increase In Expenditure Incurred Per-Student On Education

  The expenditure incurred by the Delhi government per student annually on education has increased from Rs 50,812 in 2016-17 to Rs 78,082 in 2020-21, according to the Delhi Economic Survey report.

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  Maharashtra Economic Survey: Over Two Lakh Daily Users Of DIKSHA App For School Education

  As per the Economic Survey of Maharashtra for the year 2020-21 (ESR 2020), the average use of DIKSHA portal in the state has been 46 percent as compared to the average use at the national level.

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  Percentage Of School Students Owning Smartphone In Rural India Rose To 61% In 2 Years: Economic Survey

  The percentage of school students owning a smartphone in rural India has increased from over 36 per cent to 61 per cent in the last two years, the Economic Survey 2020-21 noted and stated that if utilised well, the resultant reduction in digital divide is likely to reduce inequalities in education.

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  Air Passenger Traffic Expected To Reach Pre-COVID Levels In Early 2021: Economic Survey

  Air passenger traffic and aircraft movements are predicted to reach pre-COVID levels in early 2021, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21 released on Friday.

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  E-Education, If Well Utilised, Can Reduce Inequalities In Educational Outcomes: Economic Survey

  The Economic Survey 2020-21 pointed out that the percentage of enrolled children from government and private schools owning a smartphone increased from 36.5 per cent in 2018 to 61.8 per cent in 2020 in rural India.

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  Economic Survey Exhorts Rating Agencies To Be More Transparent

  The Economic Survey 2020-21, tabled in Parliament, said that sovereign credit ratings methodology must be amended to reflect economies' ability and willingness to pay their debt obligations

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  Government Says Fiscal Deficit May Overshoot Budget Estimates In 2020-21

  The survey, which comes just ahead of the union budget for the new fiscal year that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present on Monday, also forecast a "V-shaped" economic recovery.

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  India Cruising Towards 'V-Shaped' Recovery: Economic Survey 2020-21

  Faced with unprecedented uncertainty at the onset of the pandemic, India focused on saving lives and livelihoods by its willingness to take short-term pain for long-term gain, the Survey pointed out

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  Healthcare Spending Must Increase To 2.5-3% Of GDP: Eco Survey Highlights

  Economic Survey of India 2021 Live Updates: Ahead of Budget 2021, the economic survey calls for an increased public healthcare spending from one per cent to 2.5-3 per cent of gross domestic product, amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tables Economic Survey In Lok Sabha

  The Economic Survey 2020-21, authored by a team led by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian, details the state of different sectors of the economy

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  Budget 2021: Economic Survey To Be Presented Today

  Union Budget 2021-22: The Economic Survey is expected to dwell on progress made by Indian economy in the previous year and present forecasts for the year ahead, in light of the coronavirus pandemic

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  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman To Table Economic Survey 2020-21 Today

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2020-21 in Parliament on Friday, two days before the Union Budget is presented during the budget session of Parliament.

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  Economic Survey Predicts Pick-Up In Growth To 6-6.5% In 2020-21: 10 Things To Know

  The government's Economic Survey 2020 pegged the gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 5 per cent in the current financial year, which it said would pick up to 6-6.5 per cent in financial year ending March 2021. That marked a sharp downward revision from the estimate of 7 per cent growth for the current financial year in last year's Economic Surve...