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Economic Survey is a flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. This document is presented to both houses of Parliament during the Budget Session. With detailed statistical data covering all aspects of the economy—macro as well as sectoral.
This document is presented to both houses of Parliament during the Budget Session.
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Highlights of the Economic Survey 2016- 2017
- GDP growth for next fiscal pegged at 6.75-7.5 per cent
- Prescribes cut in individual I-T rates, real estate stamp duties
- Income Tax net could be widened gradually by encompassing all high income earners
- Time table for cutting corporate tax should be accelerated
- Tax administration could be improved to reduce discretion and improve accountability
- Growth to return to normal as new currency comes in circulation
- Demonetisation to affect growth rate by 0.25-0.5 pc, but to have long-term benefits
- GST, other structural reforms should take the trend growth rate to 8-10 pc
- Fiscal windfall likely from Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, low oil price
- Farm sector to grow at 4.1% this fiscal, up from 1.2% last year
- Fiscal gains from GST will take time to realise
- Demonetisation may affect supplies of certain agricultural products like sugar, milk, potatoes and onions
- Growth rate of industrial sector to moderate to 5.2% this fiscal, from 7.4% last fiscal
- Efforts to collect taxes on disclosed and undisclosed wealth should not lead to tax harassment
- Universal Basic Income Scheme is an alternative to plethora of state subsidies for poverty alleviation.
- Demonetisation should be followed up with fast and demand-driven remonetisation, tax reforms, GST and lower taxes
- These would allow in returning to trend growth in 2017-18, making India the fastest-growing major economy
- Middle class to get affordable housing due to fall in real estate prices
- Remonetisation to eliminate cash crunch by April 2017
- Balance sheet problem of over-leveraged companies and bad-loan-encumbered banks has continued to fester
- A centralised public sector asset rehabilitation agency needs to look after the largest, most difficult cases and make politically tough decisions to reduce debt
- Addressing the twin balance sheet problem will be vital
- Suggests incentivising states for good fiscal performance
- Demographic dividend to peak in next five years
- Fiscal activism embraced by advanced economies not relevant for India
- Swachh Bharat to promote a broader fundamental right to privacy for women
- Service sector estimated to grow at 8.9% in 2016-17.
This document would be useful for policymakers, economists, policy analysts, business practitioners, government agencies, students, researchers, the media, and all those interested in the development in the Indian economy.
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