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Where Budget 2025 was largely dominated by the income-tax rate and slab relaxations, Budget 2026 has done away with Big Bang measures. Instead, its scattershot approach, through various sectoral and issue-based measures, when taken together, is aimed at propelling India’s growth over the medium term. Given the level of geoeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties that the…
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Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday (January 29, 2026), has noted that the average annual growth rate in the agriculture and allied sector over the last five years has been around 4.4% at constant prices. However, in the second quarter of 2025-26, the agriculture sector registered…
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament shortly. This will be followed by the Union Budget on Feb. 1, 2026. Source link
The week ahead promises intense action on D-Street packed with domestic events, primary market buzz, corporate action, and some major global cues, which will keep investors busy as Indian equities navigate the first few weeks of 2026 with caution amid new geopolitical tensions. The ongoing December quarter results and listings will drive stock-specific action, while…
The previous Budget, presented in July 2024 after the Lok Sabha election, had accorded priority to employment and skill development, given the nature of the election mandate. The Finance Minister had announced a Prime Minister’s Package of five schemes and initiatives to facilitate job and internship opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period…
The Shahid Beheshti Port at Chabahar connects Mumbai to Eurasia via the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC), reducing transport costs and time, leading to a 43% increase in vessel traffic and a 34% rise in container traffic for the financial year 2023-24, according to the Economic Survey released on Friday. Similarly, Sittwe Port in…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The country’s higher education system ranks among the largest globally with 4.33 crore students enrolled in 2021-22, a 26.5% increase from 3.42 crore in 2014-15. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for the 18–23 age group also increased from 23.7% to 28.4% during this same…
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Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran during a press conference on Economic Survey 2024-25, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s equity market has rapidly grown particularly after the pandemic, but its debt market remains undercapitalised, according to the Economic Survey for 2024-25 tabled in Parliament on Friday. Corporate bond issuances in India…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The secondary markets have delivered positive performance amidst significant volatility witnessed since the commencement of FY25 and on a longer-term basis, Indian markets have been among the best-performing markets in the world the Economic Survey 2024-25 has stated. “The compounded annualised returns of Nifty 50 for…
The real challenge in school education is to maintain the retention rates for all classes, from primary to higher secondary levels, the Economic Survey 2024-25 said on Friday. Retention rate is the percentage of students who enrol in a school and continue over a specific period of time. “Retention rates stand at 85.4% for primary…
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